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Do your ratting dogs get on with cats?


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Hi all,

 

i recently got a 7month old lakeland/plummer cross, and my step dad knows people who take their terriers ratting/rabbiting etc, and i was wondering, at what age i should take my pup if i do decide to try it out?

 

also he doesnt get on well with the cats at the minute, and as i am currently living at home and the cats are my mums if anything ever hapened to one of them i think me and the dog would be out :thumbdown: , im more then confident i can make him stop attacking the cats, however if i do take him ratting i dont want my hard work to go to waste so to speak lol

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My Patts 5 month old and he's killing rats and I think he would kill next doors cat given half a chance :whistling:

but he has been hunting rats since he was 4 months old, I would say get him out there

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My Borders regularly work Rats and I have 6 Cats. They are absolutley fine with MY Cats, but anyone elses are fair game. Just be patient and firm, the Cats should be fine, and I personally see no reason why the dog shouldnt distinguish whats "his" and not.

 

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Thanks for the replies everyone :victory:

 

he had a run in with our largest cat today, the cat is a stone in weight and huge!! lets just say the dg felt a bit :icon_redface: , and was thrown around abit lol,

 

so he gives him a wide birth now also we have a very small cat around the size of a 5months old kitten, she is the main concern tbh, but our others got used to them so theres no reason why the new guy wont i suppose,

 

is 7months old a good time to start ratting then, my plan was to make sure is recall, sit and wait where all 100% before i took him, as he hasnt really been trained at all, only new a few commands in welsh which i dont speak lol

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my terroists just love cats they will go mental if they see one and if they get to one its dead !! had the cops around a few times about the dogs killing cats up the field but they have got the message now , cats are classed as property under english law and have no rights if there out and about trespasing on other peoples ground

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Get him out and try him, you might just have to crack down on the cat breaking a bit more.

My russel was killing rats before 5 months and he really really loves cats :whistling:

 

dont get me wrong he loves cats, but in the same way he loves atacking and killing his toys lol

 

i think i will make sure he is good with the cats before i take him out

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I personally think some people think that their dogs , if they are working dogs , should hate cats and want to kill any thing that moves. To me this would be a nuisance , I think most dogs would chase a cat as they would anything else of the same size as a matter of fact , however wether or not they would kill them is another matter as a cat can be a fair opponent. Best thing to do is train ya dog not too as too many people again thnink terriers are a law unto themselves and cant be trained. Terriers are dogs just like collies etc and if they are trained properly there shouldnt be a probvlem. Now I am gonna get some replies saying" hey , my dog goes totally deaf when he is working and takes no notice of me" well I dont subscribe to that , theese dogs in my opinion are in charge of their owners.

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