#patterdale

[mango-pup]

Buying Rhu this bed was so the right choice

#dog #patterdale #mixed breed #shar pei #rhu

[hiraeth]

Newest addition to the family 🐶 Murphy Ramsey Lewis

#patterdale #terrier #puppy #geoff ramsey #achievement hunter #patterdale terrier #dog

[zooophagous]

I'm gonna be contrarian here for a minute and rant about "cats aren't even good pest control."

Which, one study that found cats don't do well against rats is not the be all end all of reality. A cat may not go after Norway rats, which are large and aggressive, no. An adult male wild Norway rat is large enough to give almost any cat a run for its money.

But Norway rats aren't the only thing that exist and get into houses and barns. It is very cold where I live, and while I see mice and packrats and voles, I have never once seen a wild RAT. Wild RATS don't get into my garage. Deer mice do. Bushy tailed pack rats do.

And you know what fixed it?

My cat. He's not even an outdoor cat. He's 100% indoors, or in the garage but only with the door closed so he can't leave.

He single handedly removed my packrat problem. I didn't need to resort to poisons and while I did set traps, none of them had even half of his success rate. Cats were domesticated primarily because of how good they are at catching small rodents. Their success knocked other animals such as trained ferrets off the popular spot for the task. Claiming a cat is useless as pest control is just plain not true.

Cats are decent pest control WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS. They're good for certain types of small pest, and cats need ro be CONTAINED. Much like poisons, you can't just throw cats around willy nilly because they'll kill a shitload of non target animals.

A barn or shop cat is a good option for long term mouse control *if* it is actually confined to that barn or shop and not free to just leave. A semi feral cat that lives in a large warehouse and is vaccinated and desexed and vetted and kills whatever tiny pests get in to chew on stuff is the best case scenario for an adopted feral.

What I do NOT get however, is the insistence that terriers are better and you should just get one of those.

A dog is not an easy animal to keep and nor is it one you should go purchase because you want long term pest control in your barn. If you want a pest control solution call an externinator. If you want a dog that's intelligent and driven and needs dedicated training and care and you're happy to put in the energy to actually focus its chaotic energy into something useful then go get a ratting terrier.

These little dogs do not fill the same niche as a barn cat and their care is quite a bit more intense in general especially if the dog is going to be a house pet as well as a worker. They're intense and destructive and can and will pick fights, often fatal fights, with other animals. Stop telling people to go get one when all they need is to get some squirrels out of a shed. Buying a dog and buying pest control are not the same thing.

You could *hire* a ratter to do a sweep, but unless you're also removing the conditions that made your property popular with rats to begin with you're going to have to keep bringing them back.

The kind of people who leave feral cats outside to roam and breed freely are the last fucking people who have any business keeping a working line terrier.

#even a relatively easy puppy is a ton of work #i cant imagine trying to raise like a patterdale or jagd terrier puppy #or buying one and expecting it to live in and clear out my barn

[thepoochandi]

Molly, 16 weeks old.

#dog #puppy #cute puppy #patterdale #terrier #cute #dogs of tumblr

[petnews2day]

Meet Rigby, the Patterdale Terrier - could you provide him a house?

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Meet Rigby, the Patterdale Terrier - could you provide him a house?

Meet Rigby, a five-and-a-half month-old Patterdale Terrier. Rigby was confessed to the RSPCA’s York Animal House off Landing Lane with an injury to his back leg. This necessary treatment by a veterinarian. ” However he has actually gotten veterinarian treatment and is now prepared to begin trying to find his permanently home,” a member of […]

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#canine: #charities #could #him #house #meet #news #patterdale #pet #provide #rigby #terrier #the #you #Pet Charities News

[xxgaensebluemchen]

My love

#patterdale #puppy

[paulbeal]

🚶🏻‍♂️ The Patterdale and Hart Crag walk in the Lake District

🧗‍♂️ Magnificent views of Ullswater observed during the ascent of Thornbow End.

🤓 Read about this walk 👉 https://bit.ly/3MbZrzQ

#Patterdale #HartCrag #Ullswater #LakeDistrict

[patrickmhiggins]

Ullswater. @patrickmhiggins #spring #ullswater #cumbria #patterdale #lakelandfells #naturephotography #springtime #landscape #april #naturelovers #beauty #blossom #trees #life #glenridding #landscapephotography #lakedistrict #lakedistrictnationalpark #glenridding #cumbria #igerscumbria #cumbrialife #landscapephotography #hiking #mountains #thelakes #lakedistrictwalks #lakes #england #thelakelanders #visitcumbria (at Ullswater The Lake District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeViDdcMamh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#spring #ullswater #cumbria #patterdale #lakelandfells #naturephotography #springtime #landscape #april #naturelovers #beauty #blossom #trees #life #glenridding #landscapephotography #lakedistrict #lakedistrictnationalpark #igerscumbria #cumbrialife #hiking #mountains #thelakes #lakedistrictwalks #lakes #england #thelakelanders #visitcumbria

[fawndog121dogtraining]

Love #cockerdale dogs!! This guy was one of my hardest pullers EVER!! #patterdale (at Kent, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJO4RNqsTp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#cockerdale #patterdale

[mango-pup]

Scruffy dog is now 5. He was actually 5 yesterday but I had a day full of boring meetings so he had to be A Good Dog.

He enjoyed this chew, but he's a gremlin so it had to be confiscated for trying to pull pieces of plastic off instead of getting the treats out. Entirely unsurprising, but it was fun while it lasted.

He's definitely matured into a good solid dog. It's strange watching him develop and mature while Mango declines. Comforting and heartbreaking all at the same time. But we've come a long way and I can't imagine my life without my little fluffy sidekick.

#dog #patterdale #mixed breed #shar pei #rhu

[hiraeth]

Stop growing lil boy

#murphy #patterdale #puppy #terrier

[thisblogisaboutdogs]

Sigurd the patterdale terrier enjoying a little October sun ❤️

#sigurd the patterdale terrier #technically he's a patterdale terrier and cocker spaniel mix but you can't really tell from looking at him #patterdale terriers #terriers #mix breeds #mix breed #dogs #dog #doggo #doggos #dogblr #dogs of tumblr #blessed

[fidgetspringer]

It’s fox terrier timeeeee, what are doing???

Her name would be Teak!

We'd probably try to find someone doing barn hunt over here, which i'm not sure is a thing. She'd be my hot water bottle during the winter and she'd nip at people when we go sledding.

#digital art #art #illustration #original art #dog art #my art #I lowkey would love a spicy little terrier at some point #if i ever decide i no longer want to have fun i'll get a jagd terrier or a patterdale #but i'd have to lose my will to live a little more before then #border terriers are calling to me as well #this will likely be the last one of these i do for a bit #i'll keep the rest for a rainy day #but i gotta try to make friends with my art again for a second so i don't out this pen down for another six months #thank you to everyone who submitted breeds!! i got a ton more than i'd expected and they're all such good suggestions #i'll try to do one every now and then when i feel like doing something quick and easy <3

[thepoochandi]

Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria.

#dog #dogs of tumblr #best friend #patterdale #terrier

[sillysealfan]

so dash tag came back this month

#everyone in sparky's wiki comments are making fun of him for liking fidget spinners FUCK all of you he's safe with me #i get to use animal jam tags because it takes place in same universe probably im into the lore i KNOW THINGS shut it #ive never done any “rendered” art before it was scary but his head lightening bolt was AWFUL since i headcanon him as a #patterdale terrier x pug #i guess this also counts as a slight redesign because the original needed a little work i think #can anyone tell i wanted the style to be like littlest pet shop esque #special interest for almost 9 years she is in every breathe i take #animal jam #animal jam classic #animal jam art #ajpw art #aj art #aj #feral art #sparky #jamblr #my art #redesign #ajpw #dash tag #dash tag art #lps #littlest pet shop #lps art #furry art #furry fandom #furry

[theseagull16]

I decided since I draw his dog or dragon dog. I draw Archie himself. Plus it's a first day back in college and I wanted to draw something in my little sketchbook again, and I find it's hard to draw Archie sometimes especially his face so I decided to try drawing him as a little practice, he's looking up a fluff after he's been transformed into a dragon dog and wondering how is my life ended up like this.

#ocs #archie #fluff #patterdale manor