Ratting Article Daily Star

[wirral countryman 2,110]

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Edited July 17, 2014 by wirral countryman

[R.A.W 1,987]

 

 

Pest controller Ricky Clark has trained his plummer Kimba to see off vermin in London.

He explained: “The plummer terrier is by far the best rat-catching dog you can get.

He missed a trick in order to line his/pockets in my opinion. Any terrier wil do the same job WHY is a plummer the best.

 

One of the reason I don't waste money on a tabloid is because of that shite..................

 

You know somethin' R.A.W. I did always have you down as a Financial Times man.

 

 

 

............................ I only wish I had the money to buy it

[R.A.W 1,987]

It was all a great con by Plummer himself to create the myth that Plummers are the best ratting terriers, in my opinion he had plenty of ratting on his doorstep and being lazy by nature he made a name by filming his exploits, I keep Plummers and russells and there's no difference ratting, you get good and bad examples in every breed and as previously stated not all Plummers are good at ratting, mine are very driven by anything but I've seen some poor ones as with any terrier, WM

 

[steve66 3,469]

 

 

Pest controller Ricky Clark has trained his plummer Kimba to see off vermin in London.

He explained: “The plummer terrier is by far the best rat-catching dog you can get.

He missed a trick in order to line his/pockets in my opinion. Any terrier wil do the same job WHY is a plummer the best.

 

One of the reason I don't waste money on a tabloid is because of that shite..................

 

Have just seen his dog on line,its a shit rat killer(not a dig at Plummers)could not find the rat in the basket.He is no better with the roars out of him.

 

Any chance of a link ? just to see what the fuss is about

[HGN 150]

youtube.com/user/londonpestcontrol

[stormyboy 1,352]

Not the best example I've seen. 2 minutes in a small bedroom and never found the rat in a wicker basket. wouldn't be proud of that let alone post videos of it.....Hope it's not bred from....

[PFS 12]

I'm a terrier man and a professional pest controller, There is nothing more I love than working my dogs on rats but in commercial & domestic environments you can't always expect the land or property owner to be okay with dogs running all over their property. You can have the best terrier in the country you but aren't going to gain 100% effective control. The public love the idea but it ain't guna happen

[Cleanspade 3,322]

well i will have to disagree with most of the posts on here. ive seen and worked some very fine terriers. but ive yet to see a breed that can better a GOOD. ratting plummer.as far as i am concerned the plummer sets the benchmark for ratting. (please note the word in caps .

[stormyboy 1,352]

Agreed CS. But not the video star! Poor example IMO. A good dog of any type should find a rat in a small room pretty sharpish. I gave my old lurcher a pat on the head after watching that.

[Cleanspade 3,322]

Agreed CS. But not the video star! Poor example IMO. A good dog of any type should find a rat in a small room pretty sharpish. I gave my old lurcher a pat on the head after watching that.

like i said stormy. a good example of the breed is hard to better. there are bucket loads of poor examples of all breeds working.. ive seen a few black terriers that have put in poor shifts below ground, but i still think they are the dog that sets the pace for working below ground all terriers should be able to deal with rats. but plummers must be bred to do the job better. and deal with them in style. otherwise they have no reason to exist

[Ggib 370]

 

Agreed CS. But not the video star! Poor example IMO. A good dog of any type should find a rat in a small room pretty sharpish. I gave my old lurcher a pat on the head after watching that.

like i said stormy. a good example of the breed is hard to better. there are bucket loads of poor examples of all breeds working.. ive seen a few black terriers that have put in poor shifts below ground, but i still think they are the dog that sets the pace for working below ground all terriers should be able to deal with rats. but plummers must be bred to do the job better. and deal with them in style. otherwise they have no reason to exist

 

sorry mate ive got to disagree on this, a good earth dog of any type should be more than capable of dealing with rats no matter where they are, as nose is 1 of the main tools needed to find the game below ground in total blackness never mind a floodlit bedroom, thats any breed

[foresterj 1,096]

Not a patch on those Ratting Sealyhams shown on that dvd on here.........

as an aside I don't feel the use of the word "ferocious" in the article to be fair or accurate, are these journalists on bonus for using unnecessarily evocative language?

[paulk73 151]

I have to agree with cleanspade on this 1. although all terriers should in theory be able to deal with rats, a decent plummer is hard to beat. it takes some beating on agility and nose. im not taking anything away from other terriers breeds for other types of terrier work. I just have not seen any other type of terrier as a breed come close to the plummer as a ratting dog.

[Ggib 370]

I have to agree with cleanspade on this 1. although all terriers should in theory be able to deal with rats, a decent plummer is hard to beat. it takes some beating on agility and nose. im not taking anything away from other terriers breeds for other types of terrier work. I just have not seen any other type of terrier as a breed come close to the plummer as a ratting dog.

i guess its just personel points of view, but id expect my terriers to use rats as a starting point with hope that when their ready to move onto biggr quarry, which makes rats easier to take, in my opinion, ive never used plummers but weve had cracking rat numbers with russels , patts and lakies, which were all earth dogs

[paulk73 151]

best of both worlds then ggib mate.