I stumbled onto a rat hunt video by accident. But I thought it was interesting that the dogs locate the rats, kill the rats, and then fetch them to hand.
Not really much different than what our gun dogs do for us... except for a Dutch Shepherd who cut out the middle man and deposited his dead rat into a bucket instead of giving it to the man who then put it in a bucket. But the delivering of game to hand for the human is apparently a dog thing and not just a gun dog thing.
Also interesting: the pack was a couple of Pattersdale terriers, a hairy looking terrier that was probably a Jack Russel, two coursing greyhounds, the Dutch Shepherd, and a German Shorthair Pointer. The Pointer was keen to locate rats but he never actually killed any because he was too polite. He'd go for the rat and the terriers would just shove him out of the way, without so much as an "excuse me". Which makes sense. The gun dogs are bred to be polite and wait for the kill.
Interesting, to watch but I am not planning on taking up the hobby.
Wildly OT Rat Hunt
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oregon woodsmoke
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" We are more than our gender, skin color, class, sexuality or age; we are unlimited potential, and can not be defined by one label." quote A. Bartlett
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gotta love a terrier doing its thing; especially on rats