Mary said:
>For the person wondering about hunting with ferrets - my bookmarks are on
>my old machine (I just got my new Dell today but am using my old monitor) -
>however if you do a search for "Lurcher" you should find the official
>Lurcher web site.  There are some narrative stories on there about hunting
>with ferrets by a guy who rabbit hunts in England with his ferrets and
>lurchers (not a breed of dog but a type).
 
It's Gary Hosker that you're talking about and he's recently moved over to
your parts.......well, Florida anyway:-)  The Official Lurcher Web Site can
be found at http://www.lurcher.com .
 
>A "bad" ferret is one who continually "lays down" with the rabbits - i.e.
>kills them, eats and takes a nap, or kills one then marches off to kill
>another etc.  They don't want the rabbits killed in the warren where the
>hunter can't get to them.
 
Um, at the risk of sounding petty, it's " lays up" when they stay down the
rabbit burrow.  "Lays down" sounds a bit biblical, "the lion will lay down
with the lamb" type thing:-))
 
>For other questions I believe we have a UK FML member who also has
>lurchers.
 
At least 2 actually, Sheila has one (Spock) and I have um.........4 today!
(I foster them for a local rescue as well as having 3 of my own.  If
anyone wants to nosey at ours, they can be seen on the *animals* bit of
http://www.lurcher.demon.co.uk) I'm always happy to talk lurchers:-))
 
Keeping dogs and ferrets..............our JRT tried to eat the cage our
ferrets were in for about 3 weeks before he gave up.  Our lurchers have
all found out that being nipped hurts and keep out of the way now:-))
 
TTFN,
 
K.
 
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[Posted in FML issue 3000]