Terriers turned up after 16 days!
Discussion
Well my two terriers chased a hare into the woods near home on new years eve and vanished. Being terriers they will disappear for an hour or 2 sometimes, but on new years eve the fireworks started before they came back so it's possible they were disorientated or frightened.
I have searched and searched, walked miles and miles, put posters everywhere, put it on facebook etc etc. It's pretty remote where they disappeared, a good 200 acres of dense woods plus farms with outbuildings to check, ditches, gullies, badger setts etc etc. And nothing. No sign.
And this morning they turned up. 16 days living wild. They are a bit thin and smell of foxes but otherwise fine.
Amazing.
I have searched and searched, walked miles and miles, put posters everywhere, put it on facebook etc etc. It's pretty remote where they disappeared, a good 200 acres of dense woods plus farms with outbuildings to check, ditches, gullies, badger setts etc etc. And nothing. No sign.
And this morning they turned up. 16 days living wild. They are a bit thin and smell of foxes but otherwise fine.
Amazing.
Is there no way you can stop this behaviour, I know you've had some bad situations with your terriers before.
Must be a constant worry every time you take then out! Really glad they've come back and fairly well with it by the sounds. Wonder what they've been killing to survive!
Lets hope they have learned that home is the best place to be, warmth, food on tap etc
Must be a constant worry every time you take then out! Really glad they've come back and fairly well with it by the sounds. Wonder what they've been killing to survive!
Lets hope they have learned that home is the best place to be, warmth, food on tap etc
JohnnyJones said:
It was stopped Bex, a GPS tracker and only one off the lead at a time. However they gave me the slip as the phone rang while I swapped the lead over and the tracker was lost early on as it broke off the collar. And the company won't replace it.
That is such bad luck 
. So glad that it's a happy ending though. Poor customer service.I see you've already tried GPS trackers
If you need something that can work underground, these might be of interest:
Ortovox Doggy D1
If you need something that can work underground, these might be of interest:
Ortovox Doggy D1
Edited by snowmuncher on Monday 16th January 14:59
At least it shows they can look after themselves! Good to hear they came back.
What "explanation" did they give? I only ask as we had a cat disappear for a few weeks and when he turned up scraggy looking he shot us an expression that could not be mistaken for anything other than "yeah, what????"!
What "explanation" did they give? I only ask as we had a cat disappear for a few weeks and when he turned up scraggy looking he shot us an expression that could not be mistaken for anything other than "yeah, what????"!
h while the dog shot me a 'Where were you when I needed help you bsnowmuncher said:
I see you've already tried GPS trackers
If you need something that can work underground, these might be of interest:
Ortovox Doggy D1
Thanks for that. Will have a good look. The GPS stuff is great in flat fields etc but in woodland it's still a bit hit and miss.If you need something that can work underground, these might be of interest:
Ortovox Doggy D1
Edited by snowmuncher on Monday 16th January 14:59
snowmuncher said:
I see you've already tried GPS trackers
If you need something that can work underground, these might be of interest:
Ortovox Doggy D1
Thanks for that. Will have a good look. The GPS stuff is great in flat fields etc but in woodland it's still a bit hit and miss.If you need something that can work underground, these might be of interest:
Ortovox Doggy D1
Edited by snowmuncher on Monday 16th January 14:59
JohnnyJones said:
Well my two terriers chased a hare into the woods near home on new years eve and vanished. Being terriers they will disappear for an hour or 2 sometimes, but on new years eve the fireworks started before they came back so it's possible they were disorientated or frightened.
I have searched and searched, walked miles and miles, put posters everywhere, put it on facebook etc etc. It's pretty remote where they disappeared, a good 200 acres of dense woods plus farms with outbuildings to check, ditches, gullies, badger setts etc etc. And nothing. No sign.
And this morning they turned up. 16 days living wild. They are a bit thin and smell of foxes but otherwise fine.
Amazing.
Good they turned up .I'd suspect the "smelling of foxes " is a pure terrier thing,especially for those who's prey could be a fox - smell like a dog and fox goes into overdrive - smell like a fox ,and old Basil doesent get too suspicious ,till terrier ( you say there were two) jump fox -and they've got a fox supper . They'll roll in anything to disguise their scent - not the first time I've been warned by council blokes in park of manure wheb they see my Cairn - or a Westie or a Border - even Jack Russels -it's part of being a terrier I have searched and searched, walked miles and miles, put posters everywhere, put it on facebook etc etc. It's pretty remote where they disappeared, a good 200 acres of dense woods plus farms with outbuildings to check, ditches, gullies, badger setts etc etc. And nothing. No sign.
And this morning they turned up. 16 days living wild. They are a bit thin and smell of foxes but otherwise fine.
Amazing.
JohnnyJones said:
It was stopped Bex, a GPS tracker and only one off the lead at a time. However they gave me the slip as the phone rang while I swapped the lead over and the tracker was lost early on as it broke off the collar. And the company won't replace it.
You lost a GPS tracker?? Not a very good one then...[quote=Who me ?]Not a nag ,but - recall training then ???I know terriers can be terrors when they see/smell prey -but I'd have thought some sort of control is necessary on working dogs .
[/quote]
Doesn't work when they see something to chase unfortunately.
The dog was once the subject of a bet when my friend decided to teach him to shake paws in return for a treat. An hour later (his initial boast was that he'd do it in 20 mins) he gave up. He hadn't got the dog to even take a treat from him.
A good working terrier is bred to hunt on instinct, not command. So training just doesn't work. But it's part of the dogs' character and I love them for it.
[/quote]
Doesn't work when they see something to chase unfortunately.
The dog was once the subject of a bet when my friend decided to teach him to shake paws in return for a treat. An hour later (his initial boast was that he'd do it in 20 mins) he gave up. He hadn't got the dog to even take a treat from him.
A good working terrier is bred to hunt on instinct, not command. So training just doesn't work. But it's part of the dogs' character and I love them for it.
It is possible to train a chase recall. Not always easy, but possible.
Have a look here: http://www.dog-secrets.co.uk/how-do-i-stop-my-dog-...
Next time may not be such a good outcome
Have a look here: http://www.dog-secrets.co.uk/how-do-i-stop-my-dog-...
Next time may not be such a good outcome
Gassing Station | All Creatures Great & Small | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff