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Meet New York's vigilante rat-catching DOGS that are solving the city's vermin [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 26, 2017 | Jordan Gass-Poore

Posted on 03/26/2017 4:31:52 AM PDT by C19fan

An urban dog hunting club aims to help eradicate New York City's vermin.   Ryders Alley Trencherfed Society (RATS) was started by member Richard Reynolds in 1995, at the bequest of a park superintendent who had a rat problem.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogs; rats
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To: alloysteel

There is a breed of dog called the Jack Russell terrier, and a similar-looking but more rugged variety called a rat terrier.

We have just such a dog in Xena, our Warrior Princess. If it moves Xena is on it, lizards, bees, houseflies, but so far no rats or mice.


21 posted on 03/26/2017 5:53:58 AM PDT by CARTOUCHE (Deep State has a tap root.)
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To: CARTOUCHE

My friend and I are bringing our Jack Russell’s to the farm today, think it’s going to be a bad day for the Rats and Groundhogs!


22 posted on 03/26/2017 6:09:17 AM PDT by heshtesh ((New Yorker for Cruz))
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To: PCPOET7
I love the symbolism of President Donald trump owning a rat terrier.

Trump could put cardboard cut outs of Chuckie the clown, Pelosi, Franklin, and several other democrat rats with a live rats hanging off them on the South Lawn....

"Who let the dogs out" playing in the background...

23 posted on 03/26/2017 6:13:21 AM PDT by Popman
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To: alloysteel

Schnauzers were bred to capture rats too. That’s why they clip their ears originally.


24 posted on 03/26/2017 6:21:25 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Geronimo

I was hoping to see a few political RATS in that picture.


25 posted on 03/26/2017 6:38:52 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: bgill
I was hoping to see a few political RATS in that picture.

Those were barn rats, politicians are sewer and swamp rats...😂

26 posted on 03/26/2017 6:48:17 AM PDT by Geronimo (Obama's giant golf balls' lies lie on the Yorkshire Moors...)
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To: alloysteel

My rescued JackRussell was the best at cleaning our pool and garden area, in Ft.Laud.
His record was 3 snakes, 4 rats, and a possum. One snake made it to the pool bottom but when he came up, Jake made the dash on deck 30’ and beat the snake against an awning support..
My wife and boys loved Jake so much, they didn’t like the idea of trying to copy him. So we got a Norrbottenspets (male), Carlton(The Doorman), that’s his job, No rats to chase where we are now, just a few Tree Rats and a few Black Bears.
Norbies are smart, fast, great at coursing and hunting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrbottenspets

http://norrbottenspets.weebly.com/lure-coursing-titles.html

The original “Jack Russell” @
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parson_Russell_Terrier


27 posted on 03/26/2017 7:01:50 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (" The Russians made me vote, for Donald J. Trump"! NOT!)
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To: Ancient Man

My neighbor has a JRT. “A good dog! Unless you’re a rat. Then he’s a very, very bad dog.”

They just have this thing about rats I guess.


28 posted on 03/26/2017 7:04:54 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( rent this space)
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To: Geronimo

Fricken rats. I hate rats. We have rats in our attic right now that our pest guy has been poisoning to get rid of them. That’s about the size.
Did I say I hate rats?!?!


29 posted on 03/26/2017 7:10:34 AM PDT by sheana
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To: alloysteel

My female JRT was the smartest dog I’ve ever had. Loved people too. Especially children. Maybe it was the fact that the kids boundless energy matched that of my Izzy dog. 40 acres of farmland and forest was a perfect haunt for her. We never had any occasion for her to rat hunting but she was a terror death sentence to any rabbit found in the fields.


30 posted on 03/26/2017 7:15:54 AM PDT by Kudsman (Trump or bust 2016!)
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To: C19fan
There are an estimated two million rats in New York City

Yeah, but how many DemocRATS? And many of them voted more than once, or voted illegally?

31 posted on 03/26/2017 7:46:02 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Ancient Man

I rescued a Pattefdale terrier ftom tbe pound
and thought I’d be fostering her forever because she was kind of a spaz. WRONG. I adopted her out to a farmer within a few days who adores her for the work she does killing rats. She has a place of honor in the family because she is so loving with the kids.


32 posted on 03/26/2017 7:56:13 AM PDT by CarolAnn
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To: sheana

Try a product called Ramik.I use it on the farm,very effective on vermin.


33 posted on 03/26/2017 7:57:06 AM PDT by Farmer Dean ("Do you want me to shoot,I'm rested.")
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To: Ancient Man

Just caught my misspell. That’s Patterdale.


34 posted on 03/26/2017 8:00:04 AM PDT by CarolAnn
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To: C19fan

Cool.


35 posted on 03/26/2017 8:02:25 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: C19fan

Got a dog that’s half Chihuahua, half pit bull. She’ll kill anything that crawls.


36 posted on 03/26/2017 8:03:48 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them.)
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To: CARTOUCHE

” If it moves Xena is on it,”

Small animal movement is programmed into their DNA like the Terminator’s target acquisition.

Our rat terrior sits in a window sill and watches the squirrels/chipmunks outside. The ones that are 50’ away and running across the yard set her into a tizzy more than the ones 10’ away rooting around for bird seed.


37 posted on 03/26/2017 8:09:25 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Farmer Dean
We had possums in the neighborhood that broke into our attic under an eave where two rooflines came together. They've closed that up and now can't figure out where they're getting in. Our pest guy is using a bait like warfarin. Makes them bleed out. I'm just sick of dealing with rats! Lol We live in an older country club neighborhood that is just infested with tree rats. A lot of fruit trees around for food. Hubby said he's ready to turn the dog loose up ther. Lol 🐶 🐶 🐭 🐭
38 posted on 03/26/2017 8:13:50 AM PDT by sheana
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To: C19fan

Now if they would only go after the democRATS!


39 posted on 03/26/2017 8:18:58 AM PDT by kenmcg
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To: C19fan

My previous pair of dogs, George and Kramer, died within a month of each other about 8 years ago. George was part boxer and probably the sweetest dog I’ve ever had. I sometimes watched in amazement as he saw something way across our large yard and bolted. In a flash he had grabbed a rat, shook it, and broken its neck. I miss that guy.


40 posted on 03/26/2017 8:22:25 AM PDT by doug from upland (Hey, traitor Democrats. I have a tree. I'm sure another FReeper has a rope.)
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