Sentences with phrase «as vermin hunting»

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.

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These hunting dogs were bred by the indigenous people of Malaysia as a means of controlling vermin like rats and snakes.
In the early days, it was used primarily for hunting vermin, mostly rats, and as a watchdog.
Hounds such as dachshunds burrow into the ground to hunt for vermin.
The Lakeland Terrier's purpose was to hunt and kill vermin who live in dens such as badger and fox (and otter) in the rugged mountains of the Lake District of northern England.
Terriers as a whole were bred to hunt vermin.
Unlike other terrier types, they often get along well with cats and other dogs, but his vermin - hunting instinct will kick in if you keep rodents or rabbits as pets.
The precautions I see for keeping vermin seperate from dogs is as much for safety of dog and handler as for safety of the pest being hunted.
As a hunting dog in Africa, the Basenji was used for controlling vermin and chasing prey toward the hunters» nets.
The terrier was used to hunt otters and badgers, as well as vermin around farms including skunks and weasels.
The breed was originally used as a hunting dog for some types of small vermin.
Bred to control vermin, Irish Terriers were watchful guardians of farm and family and also served as hunting companions, capable on land and water.
Irish Terriers were bred to be working dogs to kill vermin (a «ratter at heart»), hunt small animals and they were even used as a messenger and sentinel in WWI.
As household pets, most dogs are never asked to herd the cattle, pull the sled, hunt for dinner, guard the sheep, or kill vermin on the farm!
However, this is not the case as these dogs were primarily used for hunting and vermin control.
Most of the Patterdales are kept by masters of fox hunts or used as vermin exterminators.
History and Facts: Originally bred as a smaller version of the Standard Pinscher, the Min - Pin was originally used for ratting and vermin hunting.
History: Aussies have an origin from Australia and are known as a ratter - type of dog whose purpose was to hunt vermin, be watchdogs and herd sheep.
The Scottish Terrier was bred to hunt vermin such as mice, rats and badgers.
In German, pinscher refers to dogs who were bred as guardians or to hunt vermin, and zwerg means «dwarf» or «midget.»
This attitude stood them well in vermin - hunting and gives them an earnest and often boisterous attitude towards life as a pet.
As you probably guessed from the name, the rat terrier was developed to hunt rats and other vermin on farms.
Bred to hunt, kill vermin and to guard their families home or barn; sizes range from fairly small, as in the Norfolk, Cairn or West Highland White Terrier, to the larger and grand Airedale Terrier.
This breed wasn't only limited to hunting foxes, though, as it was used to hunt otters and other vermin in the surrounding areas.
The case of Jeffries v Evans (1865) held that game was «generally understood as including anything that is usually hunted for, shot for and sported after... excluding small birds and vermin which are beneath the notice of a sportsman».
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