Raccoons

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Been around the traps this morning and had another one of these critters Nr 32 since May last year. they are in some of the fox sets that I have on the shoot and also in the trees, what do you think would a terrier put up against one of these?? the lab in the background is a normal bitch that comes in at about 32 Kg in the Hunting season.

 

Sorry that you could not come down this weekend Steezy I had the BBQ ready. Eric if you are on here check out the coon there will be more this one was a big male .

where is the beard hope to see you over here again will see if we can get hold of some of these for ya.

 

HTS

[JPTfellterrier 65]

the brother to my boyfriends dog (patxlakie) was shipped over to america for racoons

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the brother to my boyfriends dog (patxlakie) was shipped over to america for racoons

 

don't you think they will be worse than a fox due to the fact they can hold things with their front paws!!

 

Cheers HTS

[coldweld 65]

It's hard getting a grip with your front paws with a lakey on your throat !

[Dux 5]

It's hard getting a grip with your front paws with a lakey on your throat !

I've seen coons push my 70lb DDs head under water, had always thought that was just an old wives tale. Coons are tougher than a fox, might be a good idea to have several terriers down at once, eh?

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if they fit in a set they cant use there paws,surely. anyway use what ever dog you would use for a badger.

[wilko 1]

www. linruff kennels top terrier fodder...

[00taz11 39]

jagd terrier maybe they are tough

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It's hard getting a grip with your front paws with a lakey on your throat !

 

I would think it would be hard to get a grip with anything attached to ya throat

but nice thought

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are raccoons native in Germany??

 

they are in some parts the animal rights Pxxxx's let them out of farms and cages in some parts a few years back, and they are breading been getting the young ones in the autum and start of the winter. they are a pain in the @rse they will eat anything from eggs to small rabbits and hare. can chew through the mesh on the phesant pens and will kill just for the fun of it.

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As far as personal experience of racoon digging goes, i have none.... but ive read loads about working terriers in other countries, especially Europe, but also USA.

Most terriers suitable for earthwork will work coon no bother at all, and as far as ive read, they are not as punishing as a fox for an earthdog to takle...

Greg Donnell (rip) for instance, who was a regular writer in the EDRD magazine, dug groundhog, racoon, fox and possum with his terriers, and I dont think I ever read that his terriers struggled with the task of coon digging at all....

 

Regards

DnN

[Tiff 36]

they are fighting for their lives, until you see them worked you can't appreciate them IMO. You tell me what you would do if someone was throttling you and you had free hands to use?

[thurso jack 3]

imo any earth dog worth its salt will work one?

[wilko 1]

looking on usa websites ie linruff they make the job look easy. though i dout it is. the english breed the dogs for the work you do i no most yanks are nuttle mad middleton dogs also thrive on the work thier given in the usa.. it would take a lot to find it but thiers eveidence of two red smooth nuttle slaying a bob cat . hard little feckers or what .. but then when you think bout it most terriers will kill fof the sake of it. thats why we all love em.....

[wilko 1]

im sure some of the old school will no more but on reading . frank buck n.. cyril bray sent dogs to the usa way back.. long before nuttle or middleton . .whatever looking through the yank websites ,their breeding some nice terriers ..