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I had a red fell bitch one time well bred from a hunt kennel in England. Took her on a rat hunt one time where we caught over 100 and after seeing her first rat she spent the rest of the night hiding under the car. Another terrier, Spike, I dug him with a vixen at 7 months old by accident. He did around 45 minutes and worked hard for 8 seasons. At 9 months he refused to kill a rat.

There's a big difference between a terrier that will kill a rat or two and a good proper ratting terrier. The type of rat hunts where you're killing 50 + is tough on terriers. I can only imagine how tired the terriers would be of those boys who can get 200 plus per hunt. It must be hard on them tykes.

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17 hours ago, snizle06 said:

Best dog i have ever seen on rats was a collie cross jack Russell she would kill and drop and onto the next one.

Keen as anything [BANNED TEXT].  Good they drop and move on. Some pull and fight .

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3 minutes ago, neil cooney said:

I had a red fell bitch one time well bred from a hunt kennel in England. Took her on a rat hunt one time where we caught over 100 and after seeing her first rat she spent the rest of the night hiding under the car. Another terrier, Spike, I dug him with a vixen at 7 months old by accident. He did around 45 minutes and worked hard for 8 seasons. At 9 months he refused to kill a rat.

There's a big difference between a terrier that will kill a rat or two and a good proper ratting terrier. The type of rat hunts where you're killing 50 + is tough on terriers. I can only imagine how tired the terriers would be of those boys who can get 200 plus per hunt. It must be hard on them tykes.

Something special bout good ratting dogs. Take some energy to gown 100+ rats. Wee fells I like.

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