Big terriers for hunting covers

[Darren Clarke 4]

Am hunting a lakendcross foxterrier in covers I do driveing foxtons guns is there any one else youseing the same cross I  there terriers as me and if yous are can you send me your story's and photos of them thanks

[moonlighter 1,164]

Is yours too big to go to ground then? 

[Aussie Whip 4,140]

I use this bigger Parson type Russell for bushing all game here,not a digging type by any stretch but good for what I do.He has bailed a couple of good fallow recently.Also my only terrier than can handle the Eastern brown snakes,Worlds second deadliest land snake, without dying,very agile dog with good self preservation instinct.Very hard terriers don't live long around here.

Edited March 14, 2020 by Aussie Whip

[Darren Clarke 4]

On 12/03/2020 at 22:03, Darren Clarke said:

Am hunting a lakendcross foxterrier in covers I do driveing foxtons guns is there any one else youseing the same cross I  there terriers as me and if yous are can you send me your story's and photos of them thanks

 

[MH1 1,885]

12 hours ago, Aussie Whip said:

I use this bigger Parson type Russell for bushing all game here,not a digging type by any stretch but good for what I do.He has bailed a couple of good fallow recently.Also my only terrier than can handle the Eastern brown snakes,Worlds second deadliest land snake, without dying,very agile dog with good self preservation instinct.Very hard terriers don't live long around here.

Not to take over the thread but do you lose many dogs to snakes?

[forest of dean redneck 11,707]

14 hours ago, Aussie Whip said:

I use this bigger Parson type Russell for bushing all game here,not a digging type by any stretch but good for what I do.He has bailed a couple of good fallow recently.Also my only terrier than can handle the Eastern brown snakes,Worlds second deadliest land snake, without dying,very agile dog with good self preservation instinct.Very hard terriers don't live long around here.

Watched a TV programme recently and a mini schnauzer got bit by one, it killed the snake but had to have about 3 vials of anti venom before its blood started to clot again the vet was Impressed said most dogs would of died. 

[Aussie Whip 4,140]

9 hours ago, MH1 said:

Not to take over the thread but do you lose many dogs to snakes?

I've lost my other 2 terriers to them in the last 18 months,they were working line Russells,I have snake proof runs and don't hunt during summer but you have to let the dogs out for a run and were killed in the house yard.Upsettting is not the word.

[Aussie Whip 4,140]

7 hours ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Watched a TV programme recently and a mini schnauzer got bit by one, it killed the snake but had to have about 3 vials of anti venom before its blood started to clot again the vet was Impressed said most dogs would of died

I got my bitch to the vets $2 500 later she pulled through and got bitten 2 weeks later, and as her system was down died quickly.I'm not getting any more terriers while I live around here,it's like feeding white mice to the snakes.

[MH1 1,885]

12 hours ago, Aussie Whip said:

I've lost my other 2 terriers to them in the last 18 months,they were working line Russells,I have snake proof runs and don't hunt during summer but you have to let the dogs out for a run and were killed in the house yard.Upsettting is not the word.

Must be gutting mate, obviously as you can't snake proof the yard

[Aussie Whip 4,140]

1 hour ago, MH1 said:

Must be gutting mate, obviously as you can't snake proof the yard

My house yard is 2 acres,cost a fortune but it's hard to snake proof the gates and if a snake gets in it can't get out.

[morton 5,368]

3 hours ago, Aussie Whip said:

My house yard is 2 acres,cost a fortune but it's hard to snake proof the gates and if a snake gets in it can't get out.

Its interesting to see how others cope in different countries,my daughter wanted a pup,she lives outside Sydney,a mate of hers lost a dog to a spider bite.

[Aussie Whip 4,140]

7 hours ago, morton said:

Its interesting to see how others cope in different countries,my daughter wanted a pup,she lives outside Sydney,a mate of hers lost a dog to a spider bite.

Never heard of that,do you know if it was a funnelweb or redback spider.

[stevemac 442]

My terrier doesnt go out until theres frost on the ground. Dam wiggle sticks dont like being disturbed by terrier.

[morton 5,368]

On 16/03/2020 at 00:10, Aussie Whip said:

Never heard of that,do you know if it was a funnelweb or redback spider.

Not sure,i visited my Daughter in November,she lives in Pagewood now,the son in law pointed out a red back behind the drain pipe at the front of the house.

[Aussie Whip 4,140]

7 hours ago, morton said:

Not sure,i visited my Daughter in November,she lives in Pagewood now,the son in law pointed out a red back behind the drain pipe at the front of the house.

Where I live now in Western NSW we are infested with Redbacks,If a tin or any rubbish gets left out it will have redbacks in it in a day or two.