Disapionted with lakey bitch

[allgame 0]

vixens get quite nasty around there cubs they really test a dog

[alimac 882]

vixens get quite nasty around there cubs they really test a dog

yep your right there she will often give out more stick than a dog will in say january

[patterdale moocher 10]

I have a question for all you digging lads out there.I had a Lakeland bitch which i purchased in 2004 at the age of 8 weeks.I reared her and she took to rats squirrels ect. around 8 months.She self entered to her first fox at 13 months and never looked back.She wasnt a hard terrier but would certainly mix it,but never realy took what i would call a really sore one.I had two good seasons with her in which we dug around a dozen foxes,most of which were 30-60mins.But we did have several digs over the two hour mark(one of which was 4).In April we have to check all the dens for all the local farmers due to heavy lamb losses(if we dont we lose permission).We checked a hole which was stinking of cubs.Game bird feathers ,lambs everywhere.The bitch refused to enter.WE entered another terrier and bolted the vixen Now i know that around these times the scents are different but the same happened two days latter.We had a guest with us the first day so i was a little embarristed to say the least.I parted with the bitch not long after this but cant help thinking that i may have been a little hasty in doing so.So my question is .

1.Should i have kept the bitch for winter digging only?

2.Is this just a case of the dog spuing?

3.What are your thoughts?

Cheers clachan

a few years ago now seen a bitch bring cubs to the entrance unharmed-also seen a bitch that would not enter tried my dog and dug to a vixen with cubs

something to do with the scent they give off

[clachan 72]

I have a question for all you digging lads out there.I had a Lakeland bitch which i purchased in 2004 at the age of 8 weeks.I reared her and she took to rats squirrels ect. around 8 months.She self entered to her first fox at 13 months and never looked back.She wasnt a hard terrier but would certainly mix it,but never realy took what i would call a really sore one.I had two good seasons with her in which we dug around a dozen foxes,most of which were 30-60mins.But we did have several digs over the two hour mark(one of which was 4).In April we have to check all the dens for all the local farmers due to heavy lamb losses(if we dont we lose permission).We checked a hole which was stinking of cubs.Game bird feathers ,lambs everywhere.The bitch refused to enter.WE entered another terrier and bolted the vixen Now i know that around these times the scents are different but the same happened two days latter.We had a guest with us the first day so i was a little embarristed to say the least.I parted with the bitch not long after this but cant help thinking that i may have been a little hasty in doing so.So my question is .

1.Should i have kept the bitch for winter digging only?

2.Is this just a case of the dog spuing?

3.What are your thoughts?

Cheers clachan

a few years ago now seen a bitch bring cubs to the entrance unharmed-also seen a bitch that would not enter tried my dog and dug to a vixen with cubs

something to do with the scent they give off

Unfortunatly a good percentage of our digging is done at lambing,so this bitch wasnt ideal.Otherwise i couldnt fault the bitch.I supose its just horses for courses.

[clachan 72]

I have a question for all you digging lads out there.I had a Lakeland bitch which i purchased in 2004 at the age of 8 weeks.I reared her and she took to rats squirrels ect. around 8 months.She self entered to her first fox at 13 months and never looked back.She wasnt a hard terrier but would certainly mix it,but never realy took what i would call a really sore one.I had two good seasons with her in which we dug around a dozen foxes,most of which were 30-60mins.But we did have several digs over the two hour mark(one of which was 4).In April we have to check all the dens for all the local farmers due to heavy lamb losses(if we dont we lose permission).We checked a hole which was stinking of cubs.Game bird feathers ,lambs everywhere.The bitch refused to enter.WE entered another terrier and bolted the vixen Now i know that around these times the scents are different but the same happened two days latter.We had a guest with us the first day so i was a little embarristed to say the least.I parted with the bitch not long after this but cant help thinking that i may have been a little hasty in doing so.So my question is .

1.Should i have kept the bitch for winter digging only?

2.Is this just a case of the dog spuing?

3.What are your thoughts?

Cheers clachan

a few years ago now seen a bitch bring cubs to the entrance unharmed-also seen a bitch that would not enter tried my dog and dug to a vixen with cubs

something to do with the scent they give off

Unfortunatly a good percentage of our digging was done at lambing,so this bitch wasnt ideal.Otherwise i couldnt fault the bitch.I supose its just horses for courses.

[tullyeyed 90]

i,ve seen a hard lakey bitch take cubs to the mouth of a hole before, my wheaten bitch caught a squirrel the augh day and played with it like a cat would play with a mouse, wouldn,t let the two terriers near it, i eventually got it of her and let it go, the bitch is a working bitch.