Pup N Ferret

[iworkwhippets 13,132]

cant bring em together soon enough

[iworkwhippets 13,132]

thanks for looking

[The one 8,579]

I keep showing mine the big hob ferret there no going to touch him but one of the pups dances about when she sees the ferret , will she settle down and stop doing this as im scared she might hurt him if she lands on him ??>

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I keep showing mine the big hob ferret there no going to touch him but one of the pups dances about when she sees the ferret , will she settle down and stop doing this as im scared she might hurt him if she lands on him ??>

I would correct her but yeh she will calm down and ferrets are pretty tough. You're best correcting the pup before the ferret does though.

[rob190364 2,594]

I introduced my pup to my ferrets thinking the hob will be ok with him and with play etc. but the jills will probably nip him......how wrong could I be, the jills both gave him a thorough inspection and then they played, and my big daft hob latched onto the side of his face...doh!

[Chicken_man 1,651]

Looking good IWW ?

[bird 10,014]

I introduced my pup to my ferrets thinking the hob will be ok with him and with play etc. but the jills will probably nip him......how wrong could I be, the jills both gave him a thorough inspection and then they played, and my big daft hob latched onto the side of his face...doh!

ive never found the need to interact them with each other like that, by all means show them to each other, but have a healthy respect for each other . most dogs and young dogs soon know what ferrets do, when working they know the bolt rabbits out either to nets or for them to catch, and ferrets know what dogs are . i havnt kept stinkers for years , but old Bryn knows what they are,, as soon as he see a ferret box , he knows what the job is that day. i dont like to see either dog or ferret take liberties .

[Wales1234 5,679]

My blue bitch won't mark a rabbit unless I have a ferret box with me

[brenner 773]

My blue bitch won't mark a rabbit unless I have a ferret box with me

yeah. My whippet won't bother marking holes unless he is out with ferrets.

[rob190364 2,594]

 

I introduced my pup to my ferrets thinking the hob will be ok with him and with play etc. but the jills will probably nip him......how wrong could I be, the jills both gave him a thorough inspection and then they played, and my big daft hob latched onto the side of his face...doh!

ive never found the need to interact them with each other like that, by all means show them to each other, but have a healthy respect for each other . most dogs and young dogs soon know what ferrets do, when working they know the bolt rabbits out either to nets or for them to catch, and ferrets know what dogs are . i havnt kept stinkers for years , but old Bryn knows what they are,, as soon as he see a ferret box , he knows what the job is that day. i dont like to see either dog or ferret take liberties .

 

I'm the same normally to be honest bird, I just don't think it's necessary and I don't particularly trust ferrets not to bite dogs (rather than the other way round). My lurcher doesn't really come into actual physical contact with my ferrets, she just gives then a bit of distance and they carry on working without paying too much attention to the dog, she knows to avoid them if they start coming too close. In this instance though, my pup was being overly hyper round the house so in my wisdom I thought an hour or so chasing the hob round the garden and having a bit of a wrestle would burn off some energy....and at the time he was not much bigger than the hob. To be fair it wasn't a full on bite as I got him off quite easily.