Participators Only, No Spectators

Participators Only, No Spectators When dealing death to rodents with dogs, it can be nice to have helping hands. That being said, like anything that involves death, it is nice to have people that understand the process. Like butchering a chicken or a goat, when people ask to help. It rarely means they are interested in learning how to butcher and skin a goat, or how to pluck feathers more effectively. It usually means that " I want to stand around, and take photos of you killing something. While offering critique in a process I am not participating in and know little or nothing about. " "Hmmmmmm, I read in a book that you can hypnotize them first." "Hmmmmmm its still moving and you put it in the hot water " "Hmmmmm, cant you just shoot it. Would that not be faster " Death is a process, the total cumulative process of ever being alive at all, it certainly is not a moment. Death by acute terrier-itis is certainly a much quicker process than rodenticide. The goal itself to easy the rats journey smoothly into the netherworlds of rat karmic reincarnation or where ever they might go depending on your "personal" belief system. That is neither here or there, and not actually a participation sport, unless your a pastor or a priest or otherwise dogmatic leader of a proselytizing faith, and again even if you are its not part of this post. Golly Gurl at the controls demonstrating how quick a terrier is at instigating that death process via a snapped neck and crushed skull. We are not standing around with red solo cup's laughing as the dogs fill buckets. We are a dog pack/ handler team that works together to locate, bolt, and dispatch rats. The dogs use experienced noses to locate the rats. This is called " marking " The handler clears, cleans, and shovels to force the rat to run. This is called " bolting " the rat. The dogs use skills learned on the job to run down and dispatch the rats. As you can clearly see, a dog can not see through plywood, and does not have eyes on the back of its head. That means it is also the job of the handler to be extra eyes and focus the energy of the working dog where it is needed. A good handler or handling team with a working pack is just as vital as a good dog and a good shovel. So enjoy watching a skilled terrier work, this is as close as most people ever get. If you have a righteous rodent shovel, or swing a bat of rat reckoning. That gets you past the line of spectators and into the world of participators. Jreed and his Mongrol Hoard​