Jamie m 668 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Well there's a thread running in the loons section on the other side of the forum ?, but not getting the answers there , so thought I'd start it up here , Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Talking all rounder , that's at the ferreting game field , marsh , brook , dyke , woodland , paddock , nettles bramble , bracken , gorse , hilly , bog, etc , you get the jist , if you could only have one , or have had love to hear , cheers j , Quote Link to post
terryd 8,039 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 The best ferreting dog to me is a terrier type that can get in any cover hold a line until the rabbit goes to ground. Fair enough it wont have the speed to catch bolters that slip the net or what once they get going but it will track it to ground again so you can have another go. With a dog like that you won't miss much and just a couple of rabbits can provide a good bit of sport. I have had one like that and it was rare he would lose a line Quote Link to post
mighty celt 995 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 probly the best ferreting dog i have seen oustanding marker,always in the right place to pick up bolters most wouldnt get 5 yards before he whipped them up,was a joy to watch him listening to the bumping and commotion going on in the warren bouncing along waiting for the bolt,he was a real gem and allways worked without nets,[NO TEXT TALK] that seen this dog working with ferrets rated him very highly. 6 Quote Link to post
bhawk 64 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Ive always liked a bit of bedlington in a dog although i just picked up a new pup and hes a whippet X greyhound bull....we shall see how he goes! Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 if I was ferreting for a living and doing all kinds terrain then id either have no dog, just nets or id have a collie that marked holes and watched over netted bunnies, be no sport involved, every bunny counts. He knows.... 2 Quote Link to post
ferret333 709 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I've seen a few good collie bred dogs, they have appealed to me much more other than other breeding. I use a lurcher containing collie deerhound Beddlington and greyhound. Brilliant ferreting dog. http://rs683.pbsrc.com/albums/vv195/andrew_scotchegg/10896989_1513080605619414_9011560394089424532_n_zpseb8jf5eh.jpg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip 4 Quote Link to post
mrstinker 20 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I have a staffy at home that i took once or twice and i would literaly of been better of taking a patio slab with me. My bull x collie on the other hand is quite good. He marks well. Catches the 1s that slip the net. Always makes me giggle watching him stare at the ground as all the thumpings going on underneath. 2 Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 I will be after a pup for all round , one to get stuck into cover lol not stand about waiting for bolters , hedgerows ditches , nettles , Quote Link to post
TOMO 24,863 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 if I was ferreting for a living and doing all kinds terrain then id either have no dog, just nets or id have a collie that marked holes and watched over netted bunnies, be no sport involved, every bunny counts. He knows.... I'm glad some fecker does,,,,I've read the title ten times,,,and I'm fecked if I know what specialist stroke means...lol 5 Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 if I was ferreting for a living and doing all kinds terrain then id either have no dog, just nets or id have a collie that marked holes and watched over netted bunnies, be no sport involved, every bunny counts. He knows.... I'm glad some fecker does,,,,I've read the title ten times,,,and I'm fecked if I know what specialist stroke means...lol / Quote Link to post
comanche 2,799 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 if I was ferreting for a living and doing all kinds terrain then id either have no dog, just nets or id have a collie that marked holes and watched over netted bunnies, be no sport involved, every bunny counts. He knows.... I'm glad some fecker does,,,,I've read the title ten times,,,and I'm fecked if I know what specialist stroke means...lol I had to think about it; having read it I decided it wasn't a reference to being touched up by a member of the medical profession while under anaesthetic. My simple mind would have responded better to Specialist/ultimate..... Then my simplistic approach is that any dog that has good manners , marks and is nimble enough to pin potential net-flippers without chewing them up is good enough. Different if you have wide-open country and forgo the use of nets in order to see a dog run. In my tight little corner of the world its nets and bunnies in the bag that count and fast dogs equal vet's bills. 3 Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 if I was ferreting for a living and doing all kinds terrain then id either have no dog, just nets or id have a collie that marked holes and watched over netted bunnies, be no sport involved, every bunny counts. He knows.... I'm glad some fecker does,,,,I've read the title ten times,,,and I'm fecked if I know what specialist stroke means...lol I had to think about it; having read it I decided it wasn't a reference to being touched up by a member of the medical profession while under anaesthetic. My simple mind would have responded better to Specialist/ultimate..... Then my simplistic approach is that any dog that has good manners , marks and is nimble enough to pin potential net-flippers without chewing them up is good enough. Different if you have wide-open country and forgo the use of nets in order to see a dog run. In my tight little corner of the world its nets and bunnies in the bag that count and fast dogs equal vet's bills. And,..he also knows... Quote Link to post
lifelong cumbrian 1,793 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Had terriers and got and had lurchers but this farm bred collie was best ferreting dog i have had. 7 Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Anyone had a farm bred collie to a terrier based lurcher at all , Quote Link to post
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