working bales

[hunter89 3]

been told that not alot of terriers when working them climb the bales of there are stacked up. anyone have any views on this? or any tips on teaching young dogs how to work them

[ferretfinder 20]

hi mate i work my terriers in bales best way i got mine in and climbin then is climb up your self on out side them and dogs will follow and then show then hole in them and dogs do rest

[Born Hunter 17,639]

The little bit of terrier work im involved with, we never work bales as there arnt any on the land we work, all kicked out rabbit earths and drains.

 

My point; what type of terriers do people prefer for bale work? I shouldnt imagine taking the stack apart to get to your terrier is often an option.

[rickydog71 7]

If i was you mate ,i would stay well away from them as we found out today , we put a dog in a stack today at 745 am and after moving 158 ,1 tonne bales of straw we got the dog out at 5.45 pm with his quarry dead , what i would say if you do work bales make sure you have someone who will come out with a teleporter to move the bales if your dog gets stuck or will not come out even if the quarry is dead , we was lucky today 1 phone call and there was 2 teleposters there within a hour and half and a 3rd one on stanby .