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[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

9 hours ago, stop.end said:

Bang on..I'd rather walk away for an hour if I thought a pup was messing than dig him... Come back after an hour he still there and result...some questions answered surly?

Bit extreme but I get the thought process .Do you peep from behind a tree to make sure he’s not popping out for a breather

[fireman 10,856]

I was out with a keeper and some other lads and i was sort of pressured to try my terrier in a rabbity place, i knew it was risky as she was a young dog and had been used as a busher and general all rounder as such.I dug her to a rabbit only shallow but a rabbit all the same, she went on to bolt two foxes and was dug to another one that day. She was young and like i say a general all rounder but she never ever made the same mistake again and wouldn't enter a rabbit burrow again even when worked along side ferrets,glad i didn't give up on her as she turned into the best terrier iv'e ever had and one mistake over 11 years of all sorts of work i can live with quite happily myself..

[Bakerboy 4,489]

I had a bitch years ago first few times I took her out she'd go to ground and started baying straight away, before I had her she'd only been to ground in occupied earths, took a few weeks before she sussed out not every hole held game, went on to be the best bitch I've ever owned 

[dillydog 8,461]

5 hours ago, fireman said:

I was out with a keeper and some other lads and i was sort of pressured to try my terrier in a rabbity place, i knew it was risky as she was a young dog and had been used as a busher and general all rounder as such.I dug her to a rabbit only shallow but a rabbit all the same, she went on to bolt two foxes and was dug to another one that day. She was young and like i say a general all rounder but she never ever made the same mistake again and wouldn't enter a rabbit burrow again even when worked along side ferrets,glad i didn't give up on her as she turned into the best terrier iv'e ever had and one mistake over 11 years of all sorts of work i can live with quite happily myself..

You were either very lucky Steve or you were fortunate enough to have enough game around that she didn't get bored checking empty places

[fireman 10,856]

3 hours ago, dillydog said:

You were either very lucky Steve or you were fortunate enough to have enough game around that she didn't get bored checking empty places

Like i said bud i used her for all sorts and at the time she was under 2 years old, it also had me "on her" when she was around a rabbit hole and she could  have a sniff around one but stick more than a nose in and i was on her and she soon learnt when to and when not to mess with rabbits...I was lucky with that old plummer mate that i know and we both were fortunate i had the time to do lots with her so she never got bored at her tasks.....

[stop.end 4,079]

12 hours ago, foxdropper said:

Bit extreme but I get the thought process .Do you peep from behind a tree to make sure he’s not popping out for a breather

No...he has a mobile...he gives me a ring when there done messing.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

3 minutes ago, stop.end said:

No...he has a mobile...he gives me a ring when there done messing.

[Hatch28 240]

On 27/12/2022 at 18:13, Corkman said:

Agree with first sentence but totally disagree with second? I’ve dug to seasoned dogs with various animals in ground including rabbits and ducks! Telling a young man to PTS a young keen pup because a rabbit bolted out of a hole near where she was at wouldn’t be my advice. Keep bringing her to good active holes putting proper game in front of her. Never encourage her to go as it sounds like she certainly doesn’t need it… nice and calm around holes. The more she works the more she “should” settle. If she is to be a clown that trend will show itself over time. Then it’s up to you to see what standards you want to achieve with the dogs you feed. 

Ducks?

[fireman 10,856]

28 minutes ago, Hatch28 said:

Ducks?

Eider ducks will nest in a hole in the ground...

[gnipper 6,403]

Shellducks do too. 

 

 

[Gypsydog94 4,542]

3 hours ago, Hatch28 said:

Ducks?

No of a man that dug a feral cat dog was battered 

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

26 minutes ago, Gypsydog94 said:

No of a man that dug a feral cat dog was battered 

Bolted them with ferrets.

[Chevy Chase 77]

3 hours ago, gnipper said:

Shellducks do too. 

 

 

[Hatch28 240]

15 hours ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Bolted them with ferrets.

I bolted a cat once to straight into a long net it didnt end well for the cat.

[Hatch28 240]

14 hours ago, Chevy Chase said:

You dont really see any ducks in Ireland out from mallard and teal and their scarce in the country side,well around me they are.