On 30/4/07 22:09, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
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| Aren't rats classed as vermin? So do those rules apply? I must make sure
| the dogs read the books when they're up the nursery, foraging around......

You're thinking of the Game Laws. The Anti-hunting law is different.

I don't think the dogs are going to read that either, Nick. ;-) To be
honest, I'm not thinking of either. We don't hunt with the dogs in any
shape or form. We open the doors in the morning and they go out on their
own. We don't take them, encourage them, do anything other than open the
door and get on with whatever needs doing on the nursery. On the rare
occasion a dog gets a rabbit it's usually solo from the others, chasing it
down one of the tunnels or through a hedge. Sometimes, they get a rat but
that's pretty rare because we use exterminators. The dogs aren't an
organised pack encouraged by humans or even followed by them. They're just
dogs running around our own property doing what dogs do. Occasionally they
surprise themselves!


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