best lurcher for rabbits and rats

[mexlad 189]

hello everyone im wanting another dog just for rabbits and rats as my bitch is nearly 9 now im goin to be lampin bushin and ferretin the fields i work are quite small and the rabbits dont come out far in the day so i need a dog that will work cover and also ive never had a go on rats before can dogs catch diseases off rats would i need to get a jab off the vets to prevent this?

All replies appriceated cheers mexlad.

[clabby 14]

hello everyone im wanting another dog just for rabbits and rats as my bitch is nearly 9 now im goin to be lampin bushin and ferretin the fields i work are quite small and the rabbits dont come out far in the day so i need a dog that will work cover and also ive never had a go on rats before can dogs catch diseases off rats would i need to get a jab off the vets to prevent this?

All replies appriceated cheers mexlad.

a whippet x bedlinton type thing would be ideal or even a pure whippet

[Guest ferret feller]

pure whippet but they have very thin skin and it can be damaged quite easily.... id go for something like a collie/whippet or a beddie/whippet...

[fazza123 516]

If your working rats then yes you need your dog jabbed asap

[heart of wales 19]

Bedlington x Whippet without a shadow of a doubt

 

And Yes Rats carry all manner of diseases which can be fatal to dogs always jab them as pups well before they come into contact with them and treat any bites that they cant get at themselves.

[adrianvygus 0]

hello everyone im wanting another dog just for rabbits and rats as my bitch is nearly 9 now im goin to be lampin bushin and ferretin the fields i work are quite small and the rabbits dont come out far in the day so i need a dog that will work cover and also ive never had a go on rats before can dogs catch diseases off rats would i need to get a jab off the vets to prevent this?

All replies appriceated cheers mexlad.

Nobody should be working unvaccinated dogs in this day and age a Whippet would be perfect for what you want, by the way my colliexgrew is eleven this year and still catching rabbits although my eight month old nonped whippet is faster.

[mexlad 189]

hello everyone im wanting another dog just for rabbits and rats as my bitch is nearly 9 now im goin to be lampin bushin and ferretin the fields i work are quite small and the rabbits dont come out far in the day so i need a dog that will work cover and also ive never had a go on rats before can dogs catch diseases off rats would i need to get a jab off the vets to prevent this?

All replies appriceated cheers mexlad.

Nobody should be working unvaccinated dogs in this day and age a Whippet would be perfect for what you want, by the way my colliexgrew is eleven this year and still catching rabbits although my eight month old nonped whippet is faster.

 

Thanks for the replys everyone beddy whippet it is then thats what ive been thinking about just wonderd what everyone else thaught does anyone know of any good breeders.

Cheers mexlad.

 

 

 

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[mexlad 189]

hello everyone im wanting another dog just for rabbits and rats as my bitch is nearly 9 now im goin to be lampin bushin and ferretin the fields i work are quite small and the rabbits dont come out far in the day so i need a dog that will work cover and also ive never had a go on rats before can dogs catch diseases off rats would i need to get a jab off the vets to prevent this?

All replies appriceated cheers mexlad.

Nobody should be working unvaccinated dogs in this day and age a Whippet would be perfect for what you want, by the way my colliexgrew is eleven this year and still catching rabbits although my eight month old nonped whippet is faster.

 

Thanks for the replys everyone beddy whippet it is then thats what ive been thinking about just wonderd what everyone else thaught does anyone know of any good breeders.

Cheers mexlad.

 

 

 

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Also what are the jabs called from the vets.

 

All the best mexlad.

[nasher1 258]

Just ask the vet for dog inoculations, surely you should know this already if youve got a 9 year old dog, its a lot easier and cheaper to prevent em than try and cure em

[mexlad 189]

Just ask the vet for dog inoculations, surely you should know this already if youve got a 9 year old dog, its a lot easier and cheaper to prevent em than try and cure em

 

Yes me dogs had her jabs when she was a pup i meant would i need a different type of jab if i was workin my new dog on rats.

[adrianvygus 0]

Just ask the vet for dog inoculations, surely you should know this already if youve got a 9 year old dog, its a lot easier and cheaper to prevent em than try and cure em

 

Yes me dogs had her jabs when she was a pup i meant would i need a different type of jab if i was workin my new dog on rats.

Leptospiral jaundice is the worse thing that rats carry, get a copy of Brian Plummers book Tales of a Rat hunting man so if you get it you can die laughing the jabs'll prevent yer mutt from following you in to the wide blue yonder

[codder85 0]

whippet x beddy, personal pref. speed and sharpness of the whippet and determination and kill of the bedlington.

[Guest reload]

Forget a specific breeding, get a dog bred from stuff that have been proven rabbit catchers from generations.......

Theres plenty of crap dogs about wether a beddy whippet or a collie X.....go for tested working parents every time.