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Post by briankroberts on Feb 1, 2009 9:36:52 GMT -6
I just don't know about them Jack Russells for trapping dogs. But than again Its Thurman's Dog!  Here's one of Max working a swift fox a little. He's one heck of a tree dog when it come to feral cats, treed every cat in town. Also got in a pretty good dog fight the first night we were there. Tough Little Cuss!  |
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Post by northof50 on Feb 1, 2009 10:59:02 GMT -6
Sure hope you have a comp chip in that guy. Picked up two on the highway, and ran them over a whand reader, those two were 45 miles away from their owner. I think the owner changed their names after that to Brake and Away.
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Post by briankroberts on Feb 1, 2009 11:07:48 GMT -6
After 3 weeks in Ks, Max must have heard STAY MAX 10,000 times, I think he caught on!....B...
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Post by northof50 on Feb 1, 2009 16:44:49 GMT -6
From my experience, when you say stay(whoa=pointer),,,, and no response,,,,,,they are reinforced once they step in a trap if the last thing they remember was whoa,,,,, it is going to be rock hard whoa after that snap experience.
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Post by rk660 on Feb 1, 2009 23:34:51 GMT -6
Brian, jagd and jacks never really learn STAY, they just give in every now and again to get their human pet of their ass occasionally, and let the human think from time to time that they are in charge. Its a ploy they pull to continue their reign of terror as they see fit.
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Post by briankroberts on Feb 2, 2009 12:25:08 GMT -6
I hear ya Rich, Max learned pretty quick out there what the rules of engagement were, 3 rd snare he hit he slammed on the brakes and backed out of it.
Also leaned that 1 certain cat at the ranchers house didn't run and there was a reason!.....B.....
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Post by rk660 on Feb 2, 2009 15:44:43 GMT -6
Them little dogs get smart to a snare quick dont they. I can hardly snare mine anymore. He is almost "trail adverse" any more. Ive yet to find a house cat Jager wont kill, although there are some I'd rather keep him away from if I could. They can do some damage, but all end up the same once the jaws are clamped on their throats.
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Post by briankroberts on Feb 2, 2009 17:54:23 GMT -6
Jager's a little more seasoned than Max.
J is one tough SOB.
Remember me playing fetch with him at the FTA this year? With the 2' 2x4, little sucker would come running back to me with it, slam on the brakes about 2' from me and turn it loose at the same time and the 2x4 would hit me in the shins everytime.
Than I let him grab it and slung it and him over my shoulder and carried him around, I could feel him squeezing the board.
One bad little dude!
I wouldn't piss him off if I was you, you know like whack him with a trap stake he might grab you by the Nads in the middle of the night sometime.
.....B.....
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Post by rk660 on Feb 3, 2009 0:20:00 GMT -6
That was a bad dead, ifs I would have killed him, I'd never forgive myself. He does have a grip dont he. I snared 7 coyotes by leg this year in low coon/cat snares. He has got pretty good at charging in on coyotes, and bailing before getting bit himself. sometimes he will actually get on throat of a coyote. they usually shake him off . he does have a new pierced ear he is proud of from messing with yotes.
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Post by briankroberts on Feb 4, 2009 17:27:38 GMT -6
T t Top for Bob
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Post by slik1 on Feb 4, 2009 20:31:56 GMT -6
I have a jack russell. he is 5mos old. I have been trying to break him on gray squirrels. He runs em, but can't get him to bark tree on em. He is still a pup. Live trapped a few grays. He is coming around. TOO much snow here, loses scent quick on frozen snow.
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Post by northof50 on Feb 14, 2009 2:21:47 GMT -6
There should be enough scent on snow for 4 hours for the dog to follow squirrels been my experience with my short haired terrier.
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Post by trappnman on Feb 14, 2009 7:43:25 GMT -6
forget trying to train a pup on frozen snow- the BEST that could happen, is to teach him bad habits-
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Post by musher on Feb 15, 2009 11:47:29 GMT -6
What do you think of fresh wet snow?
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Post by trappnman on Feb 15, 2009 14:21:56 GMT -6
great for starting pups (assuming a couple of inches)
2 things to watch for, and if you see it happen, pick them up-
1) high scent- trying to outrun their nose- if their feet seem to be moving faster than their brains, I pick them up- plenty of time for speed
2) looking- easy habit for a dog to get into is looking for tracks- in fact, real good snow hounds soon learn to run racks visually as well as by scent- but o na young dog, not something you want to encourage-
best scenting conditions in my opinion- are temps 40-75 or so, average to high humidity, and short grass type cover- grass 4-6 inches high-
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