Rabbits with terriers

[Ratreeper 441]

If a terrier can nip in and out of a warren, why do we use ferrets? A terrier will retrieve them back.

 

How small does a terrier need to be to work with ferrets, or instead of ferrets at all.

[rizla1 122]

it needs to be as small as a ferret

[deadlock 0]

It would never be small enough so you would end up digging it out every five minutes

[countrymaid 2]

Ive got a chihuahua cross Jack russel who is no bigger then a guinea pig but she is hard little bitch that will take on anything. But yes ive often wondered if you had a small enough terrier that can retrieve why use a ferret.

I just wish i could upload photo's onto this web site as id love you all to see this bitch of ours, she has the looks of a chihuahua but the attitude of a JR and she is no way a handbag dog!!

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

there is the rabbit sized daschund.

 

I personally would never put a terrier down a rabbit hole. Stick with the ferrets.

[ASME IX 1]

there is the rabbit sized daschund.

 

I personally would never put a terrier down a rabbit hole. Stick with the ferrets.

 

WELL PUT

 

ASME IX

[Ratreeper 441]

I posted because i just got made redundant, and i have been volunteering walking dogs at a rescue and had great fun with a tiny little terrier. He was crying to get down rabbit holes, and when we walked past one i didn't see in the grass i ended up dragging him back out. I never thought he would fit but it reminded me of an ad i saw a while ago. Someone was selling 'ferret terriers', just very small terriers he claimed were better than ferrets and small enough to run through th holes?

 

I have to admit, after walking that terrier i want to take him home and go dig some bunnies

[Bosun11 537]

If a terrier can nip in and out of a warren, why do we use ferrets? A terrier will retrieve them back.

 

How small does a terrier need to be to work with ferrets, or instead of ferrets at all.

 

No dog, no matter how small, will be able to manage the burrows and warrens a rabbit occupies, sooner or later your dog WILL come a cropper and get stuck. Trapped underground in such a tight place, even if you have a shovel, could lead to a very unpleasant death. As said before, for bolting rabbits, stick with ferrets!

 

If you have a terrier that is mad keen to get to ground seek some permission and try it on sommat bigger! If that don't float its boat, digging for rats is a great way to go but for fecks sake keep it away from entering rabbit holes!!