Best Dog For Ferreting

[jimmy.jim86 1]

I know everybody has different opinions but what would you say is you favourite or most successful ferreting dog?

 

 

Cheers james

[terryd 8,364]

My best ever was a terrier the main reason was he could enter any cover and track the rabbit till it went to ground. So once he scented a rabbit it was game on .

Obviously wouldn't catch a rabbit on the run but that didn't matter. A lurcher physically just can't enter the same cover but they have there own advantages and this day and age with badgers every where a lurcher for me would be the way to go.

 

and here he is

 

 

 

 

Edited August 23, 2014 by terryd

[wi11ow 2,657]

best bitch up to date saved me some netting and guessing patt x springer

Edited August 23, 2014 by wi11ow

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

Farm bred collie, the one on my profile pic.

[fluff 409]

collie lurcher cross greyhound whippet line bred were the best ive saw and had , bolting rabbs etc they were pretty dynamite , most lurchers do well but if your not netting or going on you own a lot you need a good dog with a touch of collie and racing grew something that gets the job done quick and retrteives fast ,but most dog will ferret but good ones are fast agile and got a good attention span ,

Edited August 23, 2014 by fluff

[Tiny 7 1,694]

I personally think somthing whippety little spash of collie or beddy... If its just ferreting your after,

But most x's will if entered right I think its more to do personally with types you get on better yourself, maybe just source a pup out of working ferreting parents would be a start maybe more that exact cross or crosses. .....

[nothernlite 18,075]

We bitch i have just now beddy whippet 2nd cross silent marker and has a good nose and always at the right hole when it bolts personally think a silent marker makes a great asset to ferreting

[foxtails 272]

lakeland x jack russel is my best so far although i would like a wippet x jack russel

[jigsaw 11,863]

get a kelpie x .some brain on it and better than another bloke,lol

[ferretfatcamp 21]

its a plummer terrier for me closly followed by a springer spaniel

[The one 8,457]

Be better with some type of running dog so it can pick up any that slip the nets but each to there own

[irishnut 297]

have a look at the rabbiting dog post, 103 pages, and plenty to read about

[Neal 1,854]

Although there are various elements to consider...like nose, concentration span, willingness to work cover, ability to catch bolters...not everybody will necessarily be after the same ones. E.g. some people aren't bothered about the dog working cover as they may feel that this reduces the chances of it being on the outside in case of a bolt. Conversely, some may not be too fussed about speed because either they're relying on the nets or the nature of their ground means any bolters will only go a few yards.

 

Personally, my list would include all of the above but the one thing I'd never compromise on is temperament...not everyone would agree, but...if we were talking extremes...I'd rather have a fruitless day with a dog I like than a shoulder-straining-bag-full-of-rabbits-day with one I didn't.

Edited August 24, 2014 by Neal

[wi11ow 2,657]

this bitch is ok but hits them to hard in the nets marks fair bit full on quiet around the holes as well

[Tiny 7 1,694]

I'd rather have a fruitless day with a dog I like than a shoulder-straining-bag-full-of-rabbits-day with one I didn't.

Thats more or less what I was trying to say. Go for a type you get on with