Cleanspade 3,324 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 i was just wondering ho many of you use your terriers for multiple tasks.. and how many of you keep your terriers specifically for earthwork. and what are your thoughs? Quote Link to post
Guest GoneToGround1 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 mine were carefully bred for multitasking. their number 1 main task is rounding up sheep, number 2 is rounding up the quack pack and number 3 is earthwork (5 times a season tops). Quote Link to post
Rabbit Hunter 6,613 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Only ever use my terriers for digging, beating stuff out of woods for the big dogs is our job... Quote Link to post
drifter 1 50 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Try to keep mine for earthwork but they will also work sheep, cattle, chickens and cats Quote Link to post
long dogs 580 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 my little black bitch will fetch ducks from water,earthwork,bushing, & rats oh and cats Quote Link to post
dev 227 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 I use mine for earthwork only.I believe a terriers vocation is work below the ground . Anything else is just a bit of sport for them Quote Link to post
danny300 2,240 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 mine do earth work rats and cats and a bit of bushing when i no theres no earths around 1 Quote Link to post
alan626 305 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 my little bitch can chase her tail and smoke a joint at the same time Quote Link to post
danny300 2,240 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 my little bitch can chase her tail and smoke a joint at the same time what else do you give her coke or Es Quote Link to post
FightTheBan 1,147 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I only use mine for digging. Never even been ratting tbh. My old bich is great at putting up fox and deer through cover so I sometimes hunt her on the way to earths. Been a few times she has ran a fox to ground. FTB Quote Link to post
events co-ordinator 353 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Our terriers work above and below and in buildings under buildings on buildings and anywhere else a fox can be found. Quote Link to post
alan626 305 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 my little bitch can chase her tail and smoke a joint at the same time what else do you give her coke or Es bottle of vodka Quote Link to post
North east finest 105 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 use mine for everything earthwork, flushing, ratting anything i can lol Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I think the more you can get out of your terrier the better, i think ratting is one of the best bits of sport available, i used to enjoy bushing but now im older i am more pesamisstic and when a terrier is bushing all i can think of is "will it drop to ground" "will it get lost" etc etc etc Quote Link to post
lurcher330 2,301 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I think the more you can get out of your terrier the better, i think ratting is one of the best bits of sport available, i used to enjoy bushing but now im older i am more pesamisstic and when a terrier is bushing all i can think of is "will it drop to ground" "will it get lost" etc etc etc I will let my ground terriers do a bit of bushing but only 1 at a time and they will have the collar on and with a bit of luck they will drop to ground ,but i have a couple of terriers there for soley bushing when i work them with the whippets and they have dropped the odd time but they never stay too long they are only rabbit terriers and they are worth their weight in gold for what i do with them Quote Link to post
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