K C terriers and ratting

[mancterrierman 1]

i know that most kc registered terriers eg kc lakelands kerrys cairns etc aint any good for ground work anymore but can any terrier, with reason be used for ratting if introduced at the right age and all?

[whippetmike 3]

i have a kc parsons russull she's the best ratter i'v had!

[half n' half 8]

i dare say a lot of kc terriers will kill rats in small numbers but when they start to take some serious pain/exhaustion after killing larger numbers then its best left to the working bred terriers.

[whippetmike 3]

i have a working pat and my parsons is much quicker to kill and never gets knocked about has much of the workin terrier she works with

[donnyc 1,203]

KC regd

i dare say a lot of kc terriers will kill rats in small numbers but when they start to take some serious pain/exhaustion after killing larger numbers then its best left to the working bred terriers.

Yeah that little bit of paper changes everything eh.Tell me whats the difference??Also the one in my profile is KC regd.Anything will kill rats. All my KC ones work to ground .KC doesnt mean jack shit its just a bit of paper its who breeds them .And how.Mine are all bred worker to worker and are KC.

[COMPO 54]

my brothers KC border has done lots of ratting, in fact he got her when he kept lots of chickens and needed a ratting dog, works just as well as his none KC bull terrier on rats

[half n' half 8]

KC regd

i dare say a lot of kc terriers will kill rats in small numbers but when they start to take some serious pain/exhaustion after killing larger numbers then its best left to the working bred terriers.

Yeah that little bit of paper changes everything eh.Tell me whats the difference??Also the one in my profile is KC regd.Anything will kill rats. All my KC ones work to ground .KC doesnt mean jack shit its just a bit of paper its who breeds them .And how.Mine are all bred worker to worker and are KC.

 

i would dare say yours are rather the exception than the rule.

i'm guessing yours are parsons which are a relative new breed in KC terms so still retain working instinct moreso than the likes of cairns,kerrys etc etc which are mentioned in the original post.

[donnyc 1,203]

KC regd

i dare say a lot of kc terriers will kill rats in small numbers but when they start to take some serious pain/exhaustion after killing larger numbers then its best left to the working bred terriers.

Yeah that little bit of paper changes everything eh.Tell me whats the difference??Also the one in my profile is KC regd.Anything will kill rats. All my KC ones work to ground .KC doesnt mean jack shit its just a bit of paper its who breeds them .And how.Mine are all bred worker to worker and are KC.

 

i would dare say yours are rather the exception than the rule.

i'm guessing yours are parsons which are a relative new breed in KC terms so still retain working instinct moreso than the likes of cairns,kerrys etc etc which are mentioned in the original post.

New breed ?? Borders have been KC d for a long time now and they still do the job ..This KC crap does my head in .KC is just a registration nothing to do with breeding as such .If they are bred right no worries they do not dictate how you have to breed .Its the owners not the KC .Like I said almost anything will rat if brought up right Ive seen some strange things rat and rat well .KC regd doesnt stop them working if they are from the right stuff. No more from me I know feck all anyway

[T.F.Student 0]

I am minded of a fella who was told he couldn't show his terrier The fella that refused the terrier asked the owner if it fought its foxes upside down...and that terriers that did this were unacceptable in the ring