Sentences with phrase «as hunting rats»

With its first use as hunting rats, it's apparent that the Toy Fox Terrier was not only a show dog from its early days, but actually be of some use around the house and yard to get tasks done.

Not exact matches

A good example of this is the fact that you should avoid keeping small pets such as rats and guinea pigs with small hunting dogs such as chihuahua and king Charles spaniel.

These hunting dogs were bred by the indigenous people of Malaysia as a means of controlling vermin like rats and snakes.

History and Facts: Originally bred as a smaller version of the Standard and Giant Schnauzer, this dog was originally used for hunting rats.

The Jack Russell Terrier is still built as a dog that is intended for hunting and the tradition of docking the tail so it may serve as a handle to hold while pulling a ratting dog from a hole is still intact today (although rarely done for practicality it is mostly done for the look of it.)

In the early days, it was used primarily for hunting vermin, mostly rats, and as a watchdog.

Although not bred for the purpose, the Silky is adept at hunting small rodents, such as mice and rats.

Terriers are often categorized as being difficult to housetrain and these mostly include the smaller, working terriers bred as vermin hunting dog such as rat terriers and Jack Russells.

Jack Russell Terriers are commonly known to harass, injure or kill other small pets, such as cats, birds, rabbits, mice, rats, etc., simply due to their strong natural hunting instinct.

Jim Stevenson, executive director of the Galveston Ornithological Society, doesn't much care when urban cats hunt nonnative species such as the common domestic rat or collared dove.

There, Standard Schnauzers were bred with smaller dogs, such as the miniature poodle and the Affenpinscher, to create a farm dog that was skilled at hunting rats.

Some of the game little terriers also were owned by miners and other workers who used them for sport, such as badger digging, rabbiting, ratting, and fox hunting.

The natural place of cats in the food chain is as hunters of mice, rats, and other small rodents, who in urban habitat are themselves overwhelmingly of introduced species, and as scavengers of sick and injured birds who remain on the ground after dark, when healthy birds are roosting and cats do most of their hunting.

As time passed they were also used to hunt rats, because they appeared to have a knack for it, and its small size was perfect to get into tight places to catch them.

In France, the word «terrier» means burrow, which perfectly makes sense since these dogs were often used to hunt underground critters such as rats, groundhogs, foxes, raccoons and badgers.

The development of the Yorkshire Terrier started as settlers came from Scotland to Yorkshire in the 1800's to work in the textile mills and mines, bringing with them their little dogs that hunted rats and served as their companions living with them in their homes.

Both breeds today are rarely used for hunting foxes due to laws banning the practice in many places, but some breeders and owners have their dogs compete in sporting events such as go - to - ground contests, in which they have to go underground to attempt to kill a caged rat or other small animal.

An American dog breed with a hunting and farm - dog history, Rat Terriers are cherished as family pets and for their pest control skills.

History and Facts: Originally bred as a smaller version of the Standard Pinscher, the Min - Pin was originally used for ratting and vermin hunting.

Back then, this dog was used as a rat catcher and as a hunting dog.

History: Affenpinschers have an origin from Germany and are known as a «Schnauzer» ratter - type of dog whose purpose was to hunt and kill rats.

The Scottish Terrier was bred to hunt vermin such as mice, rats and badgers.

Ren originally came to us as what we thought was a 2 year old Shiba Mix, but DNA testing shows that he is actually a Rat Terrier / American Eskimo mix — some have called this intentional mix a «Feist» Dog, bred for hunting squirrels.

As you probably guessed from the name, the rat terrier was developed to hunt rats and other vermin on farms.

Most of these breeds began over 200 years ago as working terriers, developed to hunt game, control rat populations or chase off varmints.