terrierman5432 0 Posted May 8, 2024 Report Share Posted May 8, 2024 Getting a patterdale pup very soon. I'm going to be working it around the area, but there is a very busy highway right behind my house. There is a little fence behind it, and a fair bit of thick woods. I'm worried that if I set the Patt loose in my backyard to run the rabbits, it'll end up on the highway, unlike my bigger dogs. How do I go about that? Shock the dog to shit when it gets near the fence or? A rabbit running through there would completely nullify that method. Quote Link to post
BEARINATOR 2,892 Posted May 8, 2024 Report Share Posted May 8, 2024 You won’t be able to stop it going under and trying to chase them and risk getting hit. My patt dog pup got ran over last August running hot on a scent on a country road so not worth it Quote Link to post
Neal 1,888 Posted May 9, 2024 Report Share Posted May 9, 2024 My brother once had a patterdale which was a grandson of "Jack." It jumped out of a second floor window to pick a fight with two German Shepherds. I can't see a breed which does that giving up at a fence. 2 Quote Link to post
lurchers 2,921 Posted May 9, 2024 Report Share Posted May 9, 2024 Ya won’t get a terrier to stop when it’s on a scent they go into f**k you moad. 3 Quote Link to post
Daniel cain 46,938 Posted May 10, 2024 Report Share Posted May 10, 2024 Get a ferret if you want to catch rabbits...terriers,scent,roads= 2 Quote Link to post
terryd 8,753 Posted May 10, 2024 Report Share Posted May 10, 2024 Won’t work and don’t even consider shocking it. Be shame to turn a confident little terrier into a nervous wreck or just loopy 1 1 Quote Link to post
Busher100 750 Posted May 10, 2024 Report Share Posted May 10, 2024 I tend to keep any digging type terrier on a lead unless at the beach or somewhere as pups not worth the risk losing them chasing rabbits if you want a small dog for bushing rabbits get a cocker makes it easy for you. 2 Quote Link to post
oxo 504 Posted May 10, 2024 Report Share Posted May 10, 2024 Get a jagd, you'll be glad when it fucks off 3 Quote Link to post
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