bunnyboiler 1,052 Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 Any litters about a mate of mine is looking atb BB Quote Link to post
C.green 3,229 Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 Not quite as popular as they was couple year back are they Quote Link to post
grompz 703 Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 often thought about getting one, for bushing and doing a bit of ferreting with, not had any experience of seeing them at work first hand though, talking to a few lads who have worked them, been told they are excellent at the job they were bred for ratting,but for bushing they told me, that plummers will shy away from real heavy cover, sustain lots of bleedin from ears and skin is not great on them tears easy,would they be steady enough to train to work with ferrets and maybe a bit of gun work. Quote Link to post
wildman 481 Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 21 minutes ago, grompz said: often thought about getting one, for bushing and doing a bit of ferreting with, not had any experience of seeing them at work first hand though, talking to a few lads who have worked them, been told they are excellent at the job they were bred for ratting,but for bushing they told me, that plummers will shy away from real heavy cover, sustain lots of bleedin from ears and skin is not great on them tears easy,would they be steady enough to train to work with ferrets and maybe a bit of gun work. Had a plummer for 14 years before he passed . great dog would hunt anything ,would work the thickest cover bolt rabbits to my beddy whippet never complained ,great marker but not to be trusted near ferrets,tried everything, he was 18 month old when I got him though 2 Quote Link to post
WHWT 1,865 Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 Got two bitches never seen mine shy away from the thickest of cover. PUD 5 Quote Link to post
stormyboy 1,352 Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 Hunted cover, worked with ferrets and to ground with mine. Break them early and they're fine with ferrets, like any dog. Mine went beating too. If there's something in there they'd find it. 3 Quote Link to post
Shortstraw 476 Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 01/11/2021 at 09:11, bunnyboiler said: Any litters about a mate of mine is looking atb BB You tried Facebook..........always seems to be someone with a litter.....a lot on there seem to have them as pets....so you may need to pick wisely Quote Link to post
Crispy Trunks 3 Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 My next busher going be a plummer terrier. The perfect little terrier i think. 1 Quote Link to post
Davydunny 57 Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 Love the little dogs .are they still true plumbers about ? Quote Link to post
Wheaten_al 80 Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 Seen some work great little mooching dogs great in cover. Suited more for mooching about than heavy work loads imo. Quote Link to post
ferret333 742 Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 My mate used to have mother and daughter plumber terriers, hands down the best dogs in cover I had ever seen. We pushed tons out of tight gorse bank sides 1 Quote Link to post
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