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. LOST DOGS UK (List of Lost & Stolen Dogs) http://www.pavilion.co.uk/lostdogsuk/ A Free, Internet & Web Based Service to Dog Owners TIA GREYHOUND AND LURCHER RESCUE http://www.lurcher.org/tia [Posted in FML issue 3000]