TOMO 29,116 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Thought some of you on here might like this clip, as I've been surfing YouTube , it's been on the dog section befor,,, you see them putting a string cope/muzel on there ferrets,,, whilst that's not my thing, you can see how well handled the ferrets are as there very calm ,,, and just check out the rock the dogs are running on,,, old lava from the volcano http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=bp7Bgv2QYXI#/watch?feature=related&v=bp7Bgv2QYXI Edited January 10, 2013 by Malt Fixed link.. Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Where is that Tomo, Timanfiya? I've been to Lanzarote, you wouldn't think rabbits could survive in that harsh landscape with so little vegetation. Just goes to show what fantastic little survivors they are, they deserve more respect for it IMO.. Quote Link to post
TOMO 29,116 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I don't know exactly where on lanzarote,, but it's only a small island. As you say it's ruff old terrain. I know in Ibiza they live in the walls,, there's lots of terraced fields, so they live in the cracks 1 Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I think the only fields I saw in Lanzarote were full of cactuses where they were farming beetles! Quote Link to post
socks 32,253 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I was there 2 years ago and asked a few of the locals about hunting and all mentioned shooting birds but nobody mentioned ferreting ..... Shame I could have maybe had a day out .... Ferreting in flip flops and shorts ... Now that's would be something .......... 1 Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Can maybe see why they muzzle the ferrets - stable warm temperature so all year round breeding and no way in hell you're going to dig there! Quote Link to post
TOMO 29,116 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Plus I dowt there any preditors,, I dowt they have stoats or foxes,,, mind I suppose they could still encounter a rat,, although why any rat would live out there,,, there's hardly any vegetation for the rabbits Quote Link to post
socks 32,253 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Those dogs are scabby looking curs .... That white one is so underweight that whenever he barked his asshole popped out lol ......... 1 Quote Link to post
TOMO 29,116 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I was there 2 years ago and asked a few of the locals about hunting and all mentioned shooting birds but nobody mentioned ferreting ..... Shame I could have maybe had a day out .... Ferreting in flip flops and shorts ... Now that's would be something .......... Not quite flip flops , but here's me in shorts ferreting in oz Quote Link to post
Matt3699 142 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 The Podenco Hounds are handy little rabbit dogs. Loads of them there and all over Spain. I think the muzzles are necessary as killing underground on that land would result in a lost ferret for sure. Mind you, knowing the Spanish, it wouldn't surprise me if they took a Kango drill with them. 1 Quote Link to post
mushroom 14,163 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 The rabbits are generally smaller than their UK cousins, same here in Catalunya, fast wee feckers that turn on a penny a real headache to big dogs Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 The rabbits are generally smaller than their UK cousins, same here in Catalunya, fast wee feckers that turn on a penny a real headache to big dogs Here you go Kie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergmann's_rule Guess where I first read about Bergmanns rule? Quote Link to post
mushroom 14,163 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 The rabbits are generally smaller than their UK cousins, same here in Catalunya, fast wee feckers that turn on a penny a real headache to big dogs Here you go Kie: http://en.wikipedia....mann's_rule Guess where I first read about Bergmanns rule? Let me guess was it Escort??? Or was it Velvet Claw perhaps 1 Quote Link to post
TOMO 29,116 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Heres an od clip,, with the cut away burrow http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l5EGD1n550s Quote Link to post
TOMO 29,116 Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Come on mushroom do the translations. Lol Quote Link to post
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