I was thinking he didn't get as many when we were there, but clearly I wasn't paying attention. He got way more than I was remembering. I think Leia was the only one that figured out they were running around overhead though.
@@JosephCartertheMinkMan yeah sorry you lost her i know what a shitty feeling it is cos I lost my Border terrier recently I had him 12 years so it's a massive loss to me and the house isn't the same without him.
He did, if I remember correctly! A while ago, when he was introducing Raptor, he mentioned this exact thing and how the lizard would be able to fill in the gap the mink leave, because Raptor _needs_ the sun to get warm and started
Once had a phobia to rats; Joe's channel helped me alleviate that, now I could deter them properly in our farm. Also, extremely interesting historical and anatomical trivia (thought it was just the color difference) consider that knowledge "steel-trapped" in my mind.
My SIL and I agree (she's vegan, I'm not) This is the most humane way of dealing with rats, and probably most effective. As long as veterinary care is provided as needed, livestock and people stay safe, this is what these dogs are bred to do. They love hunting and using that drive with their handler. I do enjoy these rat hunts - she's too squeamish, but that's okay. Less poison, traps and unnecessary accidental wildlife decline. Love the videos, always look forward to the next one.
Fun fact: I live in Alberta. All rats are killed on sight, you cannot even keep dead rats for reptiles, even shipped pre-frozen. We have a massive hog problem here though. A lot of big predators end up in the traps or are poisoned. When "rats" are found in Alberta, it hits the news. No one is talking about the feral pigs.
I agree that it's a great way to get naturally get rid of the infestation. Especially since the dogs absolutely love it. I still feel sorry for the rats but you gotta deal with it somehow & at least it's quick this way. Unlike glue traps. I watched animal aid have to work so hard to get a native mouse free. If you're going to take out rodents. Then do it in a quick clean way.
🇨🇦 I can't imagine the damage these rats can do to crops. This is the first time I've ever seen this way of catching rats! What a fantastic help this is to farmers or to anyone having an infestation. I'm in AWE of how amazing these dogs are at catching them! Way to go guys! Hello from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Boss is such a specimen. His acceleration is surreal, after two strides he’s up to full speed. Normally smaller animals have the agility advantage, but boss can cut faster than the rats despite being an order of magnitude heavier.
Inside a dark room and they're crawling around above your heads...you could turn this into a really creepy movie plot. Thanks for recording this one, very interesting stuff.
i know it's been said a thousand times before but watching dogs have this much fun is amazing and beautiful. it's so sad that they just lay around the house and still pretend to be chipper. this is true joy.
He could probably kill some of the smaller to medium sized ones? But any bigger than that, and it starts getting dangerous for Raptor. Even store-bought domesticated 'tame' rats will bite back and do a heck of a lot of damage if fed live to a predator, and these ones aren't remotely tame.
@@alexisgrunden1556 no rats not tame, fuckers will bite humans and dogs and lizards but Raptor will end up big Argus monitor be like 3 or 4 foot long so will smash rats soon.
dude buttercup is one of my favorites. i love her name, i love her tiny spunk and attitude, her never-ending eagerness to absolutely murder some rats. she's a great little dog, a true loyal companion.
Buttercup is a true bred ratter. She is at her finest, when living up to her breeds DNA stock. Terrier's are a busy dog/working breed. Not a LAP dog, unless exhausted!!
Much respect to Joe, he knows a lot and have the skills, plus makes those doggies happy by awakening their hunter instinct... It's so satisfying to watch and makes me want to have a dog as a pet!
Wow; I definitely see why they’re called “ roof rats”! That’s a whole new level of training! Perhaps there will be a way to get a travel permit in place in the winter time so that you can see how your minks do against the roof rats. :-)
Little bit of a learning curve with those different rats? The other ones that y'all hunt are suited for the ground. These are definitely roof rats because when you get them in your house/ church it sounds like a heard of tiny buffalo stampeding in your attic. There's nothing like opening a closet door to seeing sets of glowing little beady eyes looking at you. Our church was infested with them and surely could have used your dogs and your minx for that matter to eradicating their little smelly bodies. Where I lived in West Texas we had the roof rats on the inside of the buildings and attics then we had the Norway rats that were anywhere from 11" to 20" nose to tail. Those were scary! I'm so glad you had time to make us another video. 🙂
The rats on the roof freaked me out! Joe jumping up to catch them reminded me of when I was younger in middle school, the boys would always have a jumping contest to see who could have the highest tap on the door frame. 🙌🏽
it's interesting that I can tell from unexperienced ratting dogs and experienced ratting dogs now just from watching your videos, sometimes it's frustrating to see (in this video exclusively since it looks like there is only 3 very experienced ratting dogs), but it'll be amazing to see what they turn into due time
@@metarugia2176 Yeah, but Buttercup is far from being as good as the other dogs. She just won't listen. They can tell her 'out', 'drop it', 'stop killing the dead rat', but she just will not. She will shake a dead rat while a live one runs right by her. Watch for that some time, she does it a Lot. But yes, she Is very enthusiastic, I will surly give you that. haha
@@kyfarm Buttercup's prey drive may be too strong and she fixates on them.Not all dogs will have that catch,kill and release mindset.It really depends how "trainable" the dog is.The breed can make a difference,just look at Sherni.Not all dogs are created equal.
@@metarugia2176 True, Buttercup might not be as trainable as the other dogs, which is kind of what I was meaning. And yes, Sherni ... my own heart breaks for her, I can't even imagine Joe's pain. I can't even think of it, my mind shies away. She was so special, she was truly magnificent.
It takes a LOT of repetitions with Buttercup. There's a switch that flips in her brain and you can see her get "in the zone". It's in large part her terrier breeding for sure and part of it is she just doesn't get the same amount of repetition as Joe's dogs. It takes both. I think you'll see Gypsy progress much faster than Buttercup because of high volume of opportunity. That said, what isn't in the videos is how many Buttercup located for us. Leia is hands down the best nose dog, but Buttercup is probably second , and she very easily learned we can help her get at them. The jagd terriers that were helping were fun to watch, and with more repetition, will probably be very good. Hildi understood it early (she's the blue collar pups mother) and started both locating and catching. The pup just needs experience and maturity. It all just takes time and experience, but there is definitely a disposition factor. Lily is three years old and loves to chase, but will still not bite. Probably never will now. As hard as it is to train a dog like Buttercup to release, she at least has drive to catch. Can't teach release to a dog that won't first catch...
My 70lb standard poodle caught a mouse today and carefully carried it around in his mouth when he wasn’t playing with it. He only accidentally killed it when I tried to take it away from him. I know a 5lb Yorkie who’s more of a hunter than he is! I wish he’d just kill whatever he catches quickly like Joe’s dogs.
honestly, i do believe they do training on these dogs essentially from birth. sometimes a dog will take to it very naturally and not need much training, but i do think at a young age they get these dogs in to train them to hunt rats and to not hunt other things on farms like birds/chickens etc. so i do believe some consistent training is involved to actually make the dogs attack and kill immediately. you could very well probably train your dog to kill mice, but you'd want to be careful about it, of course, because behavior could easily translate to other animals if you're not careful, hence the needing to train them out of attacking other farm animals etc. otherwise it might be best to just grab his "prey" and humanely put it down yourself, if you can. lol.
Standard and Miniature Poodles were bred to have soft mouths because they were bred for retrieving; to bring back the bird unscathed. One could probably teach a Poodle to kill things, just not sure how that would work with the soft mouth business.
@Kurupt Force I assume pull toy means something like a tug toy? (And my comment about the soft mouth business is more a wondering out loud if the trainer wants a Poodle that will kill things, but also retain the soft mouth. Possibly it's easier than I think. That said, thanks for the thought about how to train retrievers to kill).
We had a lab/rotti mix which looked a lot like a jumbo version of the blue collared pup. She was great at catching rodents, and loved the chase. Thing is, she never killed a single one. She would just catch them and then try to give them to you! I think she just had to much birder instinct for anything else. Luckily we also had a rat terrier/cocker mix who killed almost instantly, and had no problem stealing her catch. Thank you for the videos and the warm memories they sometimes bring back :)
I have t been able to go back and watch any of your old videos with sherni in them, I never knew her personally but thru all the videos, I felt like I did and it still hurts, esp the suddenness with which it happened, so I can only imagine what you and your family are still dealing with but just know she was a special one and even though the time with her was short, it was none less meaningful. 🙏
Thank you Joe that was very interesting and educational. Love seeing your ratting videos and look forward to watching you train the new member(possibly). Blessings to your family! ❤️🙏🙏❤️
I love watching your videos, all your 4 legged soldiers - dog and Mink are so cool, so we'll trained. This is how it should be done and not using chemicals. Love from me, 🇬🇧😊😘❤️
Aw I thought Gypsy was a Patty. So was my Sally and she was a perfect rat hunter. Half Patterdale Terrier, quarter Fox Terrier and quarter Jack Russell. Black with long legs like a mini Boss. My vicious huntress. 😁
Every video is so fun to watch! Keep it up Joseph! Experimenting and learning to hunt different animals/species is cool, as well as stuff like when you had that monitor lizard. Maybe you can try hawking more and other ways to hunt!
@@pandalala888 hehehehehe. Yeah, we make the same noise to get our dogs and polecats going. Glad I helped you find that out there, that's my good deed done gor the day. 😄👍
Really sorry that Fang took off on you. From the looks of it and the way you talked about her I'm sure it was just like loosing any other pet. Basically a part of the family. I'm sure she got the leash off and is thriving. Probably misses snuggling with you and Onsa now and then.
Here in NSW Australia, we’ve had a mouse plague and my sister recently bought a farm. My uncle mowed around the fence line of one of the paddocks and said he saw loads of mice running out of the grass so I decided to bring one of my shibas up for a visit to see if we could catch some 😆 I had my girl, yumi, on an extending lead and walked her along the fence to see if she picked anything up- there was one spot she showed interest in where a tree stump was (the tail was wagging from side to side so excitedly which was very rare for her) and just as she started to sniff amongst the tall grass, i immediately yanked her back. We came across something we think was also chasing the mice - a red belly black snake 🤣 so we didn’t catch any of the mice 🙃 and I wasn’t going to pursue them knowing that a venomous snake was also in there going after them but damn, I know we were so close to catching some! 😭 thing is, I also got the encounter on video and in my shock- was calling the red belly a red back 🤣
Australia has a worse rat problem than the u.s. but I'm pretty sure that chasing political leaders with dogs and mink ain't going to be catching on soon.
Yeah, poison everywhere in the city. And on top of that, they swallow a lot of toxic components when feeding in the city, due to all the pollution spread there. So if a mink/dog bites the rat and get it's blood in the mouth, he's basically poisoning itself due to how polluted their bodies are, thus you can't use this ratting method in a city.
I seen or read somewhere that black/roof rats thrive in hotter conditions which is another reason yull find them up above because HEAT TRAVELS UP,and brown/ground rats(i just made that up🙂) burrow in the ground and are lower simply because their main food source is in areas that are usually lower to the ground,so over time since thy are born usually under stuff or in holes in the dirt each generation continues it over n over!
🇨🇦 I'm a new subscriber and I've been watching these videos for hours now! I'm hooked! Lol. What an effective way of getting rid of these rodents and helping the farmers. I recently watched a documentary where these farmers are so infested that their thousands and thousands of dollars worth of hay bundles were trashed by rats/mice
When I was in pest control I had the opportunity to hear Dr. Bobby Corrigan speak. He is an expert on rodent behavior & control. He has a book called, Rodent Control: A Practical Guide for Pest Management Professionals. I recommend it. While I was at Presto-X I learned a lot about rodents. Black rats or Roof rats are from tropical climates. That's why they are more often found in the south. They have longer tales to help them balance as they travel through trees since fruit is high on their dietary preferences. Brown rats or Norway rats are adapted for colder, more northern climates.
My fave are Buttercup and Boss... Ur videos are really addictive. And Im no longer disgust by rats. Thats what you also managed to do lol "AWW GOOD JOB JO THATS SUCH A GOOD JOB lol" #inMyJoVoice 😂🤣😂 PS : Sorry for my funny english and spelling. English is my third language 😅🤦🏾🙏🏾
@@ayiti4009 English is a class 7 language. It’s very difficult and makes no sense even to many of us English speakers. Im always amazed when a non English speaker speaks English so well! (Or at all)
Thanks for the rat information. Very interesting. . My part of the city I live in (Ottawa, ON, Canada) Has become infested lately. They live under the sidewalks and in the parks and areas unused my humans. Grey with a white belly, I found some dead in the parking garage lot .
Great video, love that you’ve turned having fun into a job! Also, the ending segment was great I enjoyed learning a new ‘theory’. Also agree about history!
Maybe somebody should create a line of Chihuahua to help ratting. I'm sure it will immensely improve the breed's quality, because you need a physically sturdy and healthy dog to do an intense job like ratting in small spaces.
@@MIZZKIE it would be pretty easy to do. "Deerhead" chihuahuas are very similar to the original Native dogs that were used to create the AKC breed and often have some prey drive. They're everywhere in AZ and NM. With careful breeding of deerheads with small terriers, I could easily see the result being little 7-lb mouse-murder machines.
Even for his first time ratting, blue collar boi at least got into the excitement of it. I'd imagine that's half the battle - getting them excited enough to make them want to chase, catch, and kill the rats - of the game.
New place, new rat pallet swap 8DDD. It's like a video game. The rats look visually the same but they can climb and are called a different color now 8DDDD
Good to see you again👍😁always so exciting...thx guys👍😁wow, saw those teeth come out on Boss! Glad I'm not a rat...good job Boss👍all the dogs did great👍
I am glad that you are going rat hunting again. It was interesting to have seen a pig hunt once, but nothing like the rat hunt with dogs and your minks.
Boss is truly...a boss. He quickly flips and dispatches the rats, then drops it nonchalantly for the other dogs to play with, lol
Boss is an efficient hunter.
Hunt,kill and move onto the next.
I was thinking he didn't get as many when we were there, but clearly I wasn't paying attention. He got way more than I was remembering. I think Leia was the only one that figured out they were running around overhead though.
Adorable how Boss passes the rats he's dispatched to the smaller dogs, like he's letting them practice
IKR: he actually trains his dogs well enough that the dogs can help train new dogs. That’s some serious loving efficiency! :-)
i also like how he makes sures that he kills them
Thats a real alpha dog right there
@@daphneraven9439 some do the same with children
If you keep a real eye on him you catch him (Boss) swallow a rat here and there and I laugh every time.
Really miss hearing “Sherni - bucket,” she was an amazing dog, Joe you had trained her so well,
Yeah, now I yell to the poor guys helping me out to put the rat in the bucket when I'm busy 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭
@@alikamran9540 she sadly passed away 😔
@@JosephCartertheMinkMan yeah sorry you lost her i know what a shitty feeling it is cos I lost my Border terrier recently I had him 12 years so it's a massive loss to me and the house isn't the same without him.
@@alikamran9540 boss is a bull lurcher
@@alikamran9540 I think he's greyhound x with some bull terrier. I might be wrong but he looks a lot like my old dog.
Buttercup is my favorite barely-contained stubby little ball of furious energy.
"Mink don't handle the heat very well"
*Remembers he has a monitor lizard in training*
Oh dear, he planned this far ahead ...
He will soon have an animal for every environmental situation. Needs to start training like dolphins or something now
@@Wambario naw. Dolphins would be to tame fir mink man. Sharks or piranhas.
@@danielthurber8911 Yeah you right. Hope he gets some barracudas on board
@@danielthurber8911 bruh dolphins kill for fun and sharks are scared of em, lol
They're straight up metal ngl
He did, if I remember correctly! A while ago, when he was introducing Raptor, he mentioned this exact thing and how the lizard would be able to fill in the gap the mink leave, because Raptor _needs_ the sun to get warm and started
I found the educational part on black and brown rats enjoyable. Thanks!
Once had a phobia to rats; Joe's channel helped me alleviate that, now I could deter them properly in our farm. Also, extremely interesting historical and anatomical trivia (thought it was just the color difference) consider that knowledge "steel-trapped" in my mind.
@@richardgalang5113
Me too, a mate showed me we eat them, not the other way round, so I do better these days at keeping them at bay.
My SIL and I agree (she's vegan, I'm not)
This is the most humane way of dealing with rats, and probably most effective. As long as veterinary care is provided as needed, livestock and people stay safe, this is what these dogs are bred to do. They love hunting and using that drive with their handler.
I do enjoy these rat hunts - she's too squeamish, but that's okay. Less poison, traps and unnecessary accidental wildlife decline.
Love the videos, always look forward to the next one.
Fun fact: I live in Alberta. All rats are killed on sight, you cannot even keep dead rats for reptiles, even shipped pre-frozen.
We have a massive hog problem here though. A lot of big predators end up in the traps or are poisoned.
When "rats" are found in Alberta, it hits the news. No one is talking about the feral pigs.
I agree that it's a great way to get naturally get rid of the infestation.
Especially since the dogs absolutely love it.
I still feel sorry for the rats but you gotta deal with it somehow & at least it's quick this way. Unlike glue traps. I watched animal aid have to work so hard to get a native mouse free. If you're going to take out rodents. Then do it in a quick clean way.
These comments 😂😂😂😂
I'm vegetarian and I agree too, poisoning rats or gluing them is a lot more painful than a dog in the long run
@@sladiewolf
Alberta Canada?
Buttercup didn’t get the all black clothing message
But she's definitely a killer lol
LOL! We were talking about that on the trip.
Isn't buttercup Matthew's dog or am I mistaken?
@@chainweaver3361 Neela is Matthews terrier. Buttercup is my little Jack Russell.
🇨🇦 I can't imagine the damage these rats can do to crops. This is the first time I've ever seen this way of catching rats! What a fantastic help this is to farmers or to anyone having an infestation. I'm in AWE of how amazing these dogs are at catching them! Way to go guys! Hello from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
"it's dead guys"
Buttercup "Lemme just make sure"
😂😂😂
Boss is such a specimen. His acceleration is surreal, after two strides he’s up to full speed. Normally smaller animals have the agility advantage, but boss can cut faster than the rats despite being an order of magnitude heavier.
Dang; you might need to start training pine martens if you're gonna keep hunting roof rats!
23:06 that rat unlocked imperfect ultra instict for a moment 🤣🤣
When Dogs Collide
“we don’t need to have a 5 way on one rat” 😆😆 dying.
The fact that it 30 somethin minutes long
AND I LOVE THIS CHANNEL ITS BASICALLY LIKE A MOVIE
Better than a movie. Far better.
its oddly relaxing
Inside a dark room and they're crawling around above your heads...you could turn this into a really creepy movie plot. Thanks for recording this one, very interesting stuff.
i know it's been said a thousand times before but watching dogs have this much fun is amazing and beautiful. it's so sad that they just lay around the house and still pretend to be chipper. this is true joy.
You're a great animal trainer, but I'm even more impressed by how amazing you are as a father. Love the channel!!
In that lighting the dogs looks like solid muscle especially Leia. It's like watching the dog Olympics.
Almost all dogs that eat real meat instead of corn kibble look like that.
Buttercup is more of a man than my buddies 90 pound Pitbull. Facts.
These small dogs were bred to kill rats. Pitbulls to fight other Pitbulls.
The Holy Terror Terrier Buttercap Returns!
*BESERKER MODE* !
I wanna see Raptor have a go at rats, i wonder if he's big enough yet.
He could probably kill some of the smaller to medium sized ones? But any bigger than that, and it starts getting dangerous for Raptor. Even store-bought domesticated 'tame' rats will bite back and do a heck of a lot of damage if fed live to a predator, and these ones aren't remotely tame.
Raptor is still to small for anything much bigger than a mouse
@@alexisgrunden1556 no rats not tame, fuckers will bite humans and dogs and lizards but Raptor will end up big Argus monitor be like 3 or 4 foot long so will smash rats soon.
@@mattgosling2657 That's why I put the word tame in quotes.
@@alexisgrunden1556 yeah I know
WE NEED A RAPTOR UPDATE😭
I can't wait to see how much bigger he's gotten since he first appeared on the channel.
@@mr.dr.kaiser4912 You mean she...Turns out (based on size from one of the last updates), Raptor is more than likely a female!
@@mr.dr.kaiser4912 she still too small
yeah , the weather is warm now
YES
The dogs: Black Ops.
Buttercup: White Ops.
dude buttercup is one of my favorites. i love her name, i love her tiny spunk and attitude, her never-ending eagerness to absolutely murder some rats. she's a great little dog, a true loyal companion.
LOL! We accidently left her ninja suite at the dry cleaners. They've been having troubles with some blood stains...
Buttercup is a true bred ratter. She is at her finest, when living up to her breeds DNA stock. Terrier's are a busy dog/working breed. Not a LAP dog, unless exhausted!!
wow, have never seen roof rats before. the big ears and small size almost make them look like a cross between a mouse and a rat. cute!
Lots of them in texas
I watch these videos from beginning to end without a single interruption. It's quite a compliment if a video can shut off my ADD for 30 minutes.
Much respect to Joe, he knows a lot and have the skills, plus makes those doggies happy by awakening their hunter instinct... It's so satisfying to watch and makes me want to have a dog as a pet!
Didn’t know they have that many rats living at a farm, they should have more people like you to help catch them
Wow; I definitely see why they’re called “ roof rats”! That’s a whole new level of training! Perhaps there will be a way to get a travel permit in place in the winter time so that you can see how your minks do against the roof rats. :-)
Little bit of a learning curve with those different rats? The other ones that y'all hunt are suited for the ground. These are definitely roof rats because when you get them in your house/ church it sounds like a heard of tiny buffalo stampeding in your attic. There's nothing like opening a closet door to seeing sets of glowing little beady eyes looking at you. Our church was infested with them and surely could have used your dogs and your minx for that matter to eradicating their little smelly bodies. Where I lived in West Texas we had the roof rats on the inside of the buildings and attics then we had the Norway rats that were anywhere from 11" to 20" nose to tail. Those were scary!
I'm so glad you had time to make us another video. 🙂
The rats on the roof freaked me out!
Joe jumping up to catch them reminded me of when I was younger in middle school, the boys would always have a jumping contest to see who could have the highest tap on the door frame. 🙌🏽
it's interesting that I can tell from unexperienced ratting dogs and experienced ratting dogs now just from watching your videos, sometimes it's frustrating to see (in this video exclusively since it looks like there is only 3 very experienced ratting dogs), but it'll be amazing to see what they turn into due time
Boss,Leia and Buttercup are the only 3 with plenty of ratting time under their belts and the rest are all newbies and babies.
@@metarugia2176 Yeah, but Buttercup is far from being as good as the other dogs. She just won't listen. They can tell her 'out', 'drop it', 'stop killing the dead rat', but she just will not. She will shake a dead rat while a live one runs right by her. Watch for that some time, she does it a Lot. But yes, she Is very enthusiastic, I will surly give you that. haha
@@kyfarm Buttercup's prey drive may be too strong and she fixates on them.Not all dogs will have that catch,kill and release mindset.It really depends how "trainable" the dog is.The breed can make a difference,just look at Sherni.Not all dogs are created equal.
@@metarugia2176 True, Buttercup might not be as trainable as the other dogs, which is kind of what I was meaning. And yes, Sherni ... my own heart breaks for her, I can't even imagine Joe's pain. I can't even think of it, my mind shies away. She was so special, she was truly magnificent.
It takes a LOT of repetitions with Buttercup. There's a switch that flips in her brain and you can see her get "in the zone". It's in large part her terrier breeding for sure and part of it is she just doesn't get the same amount of repetition as Joe's dogs. It takes both. I think you'll see Gypsy progress much faster than Buttercup because of high volume of opportunity. That said, what isn't in the videos is how many Buttercup located for us. Leia is hands down the best nose dog, but Buttercup is probably second , and she very easily learned we can help her get at them.
The jagd terriers that were helping were fun to watch, and with more repetition, will probably be very good. Hildi understood it early (she's the blue collar pups mother) and started both locating and catching. The pup just needs experience and maturity.
It all just takes time and experience, but there is definitely a disposition factor. Lily is three years old and loves to chase, but will still not bite. Probably never will now. As hard as it is to train a dog like Buttercup to release, she at least has drive to catch. Can't teach release to a dog that won't first catch...
In England and Ireland ferrets are used for jobs like this, they are domesticated but still very in touch with their instincts like dogs.
He uses minks
@@bendover6594 yeah I know I'm just saying what we use in Ireland and the uk. (we don't have mink)
And here we see the king (Boss) and his queen (Leia) in their natural element...Ready to defeat the rat army!
And the homeless barbarian they picked up on the side of the highway that goes back wild at every battle. Buttercup!
Boss catches them and gives em to the little dogs all the time. So awesome.
that auger was like a rat cloning machine, just cranking them out
LOL! Everytime it ran out we would just circle back around in a few minutes and crank out a few more too!
Or a rat pez dispenser.
The way the dogs jump on a rat when you drop it kinda reminds me of kids jumping on the candy from a pinata.
Idk how I came across your videos but I can say I’m totally addicted now!! I love your dogs and the dedication all of you guys put into this
My 70lb standard poodle caught a mouse today and carefully carried it around in his mouth when he wasn’t playing with it. He only accidentally killed it when I tried to take it away from him. I know a 5lb Yorkie who’s more of a hunter than he is! I wish he’d just kill whatever he catches quickly like Joe’s dogs.
honestly, i do believe they do training on these dogs essentially from birth. sometimes a dog will take to it very naturally and not need much training, but i do think at a young age they get these dogs in to train them to hunt rats and to not hunt other things on farms like birds/chickens etc. so i do believe some consistent training is involved to actually make the dogs attack and kill immediately. you could very well probably train your dog to kill mice, but you'd want to be careful about it, of course, because behavior could easily translate to other animals if you're not careful, hence the needing to train them out of attacking other farm animals etc. otherwise it might be best to just grab his "prey" and humanely put it down yourself, if you can. lol.
Standard and Miniature Poodles were bred to have soft mouths because they were bred for retrieving; to bring back the bird unscathed. One could probably teach a Poodle to kill things, just not sure how that would work with the soft mouth business.
@Kurupt Force I assume pull toy means something like a tug toy? (And my comment about the soft mouth business is more a wondering out loud if the trainer wants a Poodle that will kill things, but also retain the soft mouth. Possibly it's easier than I think. That said, thanks for the thought about how to train retrievers to kill).
We had a lab/rotti mix which looked a lot like a jumbo version of the blue collared pup. She was great at catching rodents, and loved the chase. Thing is, she never killed a single one. She would just catch them and then try to give them to you! I think she just had to much birder instinct for anything else. Luckily we also had a rat terrier/cocker mix who killed almost instantly, and had no problem stealing her catch. Thank you for the videos and the warm memories they sometimes bring back :)
I would love to see you help with the Australian rat problem
They have a feral cat epidemic and the cats aren’t even enough to stop the rodents.
Not enough minks and dogs in the world for that
What about the mice plague in Australia.
That's not a rat...(pulls out a aussie rat) this a rat !
Y’all go need mini terminators to take them down
I have t been able to go back and watch any of your old videos with sherni in them, I never knew her personally but thru all the videos, I felt like I did and it still hurts, esp the suddenness with which it happened, so I can only imagine what you and your family are still dealing with but just know she was a special one and even though the time with her was short, it was none less meaningful. 🙏
Joseph: "We don't need to have a five way on one rat."
Cameraman and UA-camrs: 'Snorting Laughter'
I immeadiately thought of the couch meme...
It is interesting to see the young dog learn and see how they get the idea of the job. Good video nice to see you working and enjoying ratting
Whoa, those are big rats. I'd be wearing a hard hat, tho.
Oh man, I could watch these videos all day! Love the content - just subscribed to your Patreon to show support. Keep up the awesome work!!
Love Boss has always been my favorite, but I wish Sherni was still here. She would've had a field day tracking in this area.
Thank you Joe that was very interesting and educational. Love seeing your ratting videos and look forward to watching you train the new member(possibly). Blessings to your family! ❤️🙏🙏❤️
Roof rats? Why the heck would we call them...oh😳... Ooooooooohh😱😱😱. Lmao🤣
I love watching your videos, all your 4 legged soldiers - dog and Mink are so cool, so we'll trained. This is how it should be done and not using chemicals. Love from me, 🇬🇧😊😘❤️
Aw I thought Gypsy was a Patty. So was my Sally and she was a perfect rat hunter. Half Patterdale Terrier, quarter Fox Terrier and quarter Jack Russell. Black with long legs like a mini Boss. My vicious huntress. 😁
Every video is so fun to watch! Keep it up Joseph! Experimenting and learning to hunt different animals/species is cool, as well as stuff like when you had that monitor lizard. Maybe you can try hawking more and other ways to hunt!
This is a complicated yard. All the rats are in super tight spaces, but the dogs still did good. Great job, Joe and crew!
Awesome Joe 👌 I hope to not hurt feelings but Shernie would have had a blast in that hunt, thanks for letting us come along 👍✌
My heart hurts because we can no longer watch Sherni's considerable talent in action.
@@catpurrson3651 thanks, she was such a cool dog, and jumping would have rite on her take style 😀
@Tinkering With Tech thanks I like to believe that our friends stick around and help us think straight 😉 rip beautiful girl.
Joe will get another Dutch Shepherd soon.
Sherni has already shown Joe what an amazing breed they are.
Man, every time I think of her, my heart hurts ;-;
Every time you make that noise, my dogs spring into action.
Chasing magpies and crows out of the garden.🤣
That tssss sound? I thought it was the rats and mice?
@@pandalala888 no that's Joseph making that sound hahaha, I make the same for my dogs so they were on high alert while watching. 😂 funny.
@@dragalochta4531 I just continued watching and you're right...haha, all this time - I thought it was the rats and mice. I love his channel!
@@pandalala888 hehehehehe. Yeah, we make the same noise to get our dogs and polecats going.
Glad I helped you find that out there, that's my good deed done gor the day. 😄👍
I use that sound for my dogs because of him. My dogs will sit straight up, ready to go when they hear it.
Really sorry that Fang took off on you. From the looks of it and the way you talked about her I'm sure it was just like loosing any other pet. Basically a part of the family. I'm sure she got the leash off and is thriving. Probably misses snuggling with you and Onsa now and then.
I love this channel, thanks for all the great content Joe!
Love coming back to see how far gypsy made it shes such a special dog
Here in NSW Australia, we’ve had a mouse plague and my sister recently bought a farm. My uncle mowed around the fence line of one of the paddocks and said he saw loads of mice running out of the grass so I decided to bring one of my shibas up for a visit to see if we could catch some 😆 I had my girl, yumi, on an extending lead and walked her along the fence to see if she picked anything up- there was one spot she showed interest in where a tree stump was (the tail was wagging from side to side so excitedly which was very rare for her) and just as she started to sniff amongst the tall grass, i immediately yanked her back. We came across something we think was also chasing the mice - a red belly black snake 🤣 so we didn’t catch any of the mice 🙃 and I wasn’t going to pursue them knowing that a venomous snake was also in there going after them but damn, I know we were so close to catching some! 😭 thing is, I also got the encounter on video and in my shock- was calling the red belly a red back 🤣
Upload the video with the snake to youtube 😃
The snakes will take care of the rodents!
@@imagin916 yes, I know :)
@@jacintylou I think its great, natural pest control!
@@imagin916 yes, of course
Great to see the dogs having a good time, and super educational! Love the videos :D
Patterdale is just up the road from me. There are good working terriers.
Buttercup for the win.
Maaan im in love with that dog
Buttercup is a busy little bee! Thanks for the interesting rat history.
we need you in Australia we can help you beat your record 10 fold
Australia has a worse rat problem than the u.s. but I'm pretty sure that chasing political leaders with dogs and mink ain't going to be catching on soon.
Will Australian laws allow ratting with dogs/minks?
@@MIZZKIE yes with dogs but I’m not actually sure about minks
Im so sorry for what you guys are going through, yall are in my prayres.
@@garymurt9112 they are having a mouse plauge right now, its absoluetly horrifying.😞
Nice too see buttercup again
Can you PLEASE do a tutorial on how you make the sksksksksks sound?
Need To Take Them Dogs To New York City .. They Will Probably Get A Train Load Of Rats ...
Yeah, poison everywhere in the city.
And on top of that, they swallow a lot of toxic components when feeding in the city, due to all the pollution spread there.
So if a mink/dog bites the rat and get it's blood in the mouth, he's basically poisoning itself due to how polluted their bodies are, thus you can't use this ratting method in a city.
He took them to a city once.., but I can’t remember which one
Damn Poison !!! Would Have Love To See Them In Action In The City ..
Been there, done that.
What a great movie that would be, city rats'd buy all the tickets to sit back and enjoy the horror.
Amazing how, even in all of the excitement, the dogs don't fight with each other over the rats.
I watch you several times a day ALL THE WAY THROUGH! (The last one I watched three times!). 👍 👍
I seen or read somewhere that black/roof rats thrive in hotter conditions which is another reason yull find them up above because HEAT TRAVELS UP,and brown/ground rats(i just made that up🙂) burrow in the ground and are lower simply because their main food source is in areas that are usually lower to the ground,so over time since thy are born usually under stuff or in holes in the dirt each generation continues it over n over!
🇨🇦 I'm a new subscriber and I've been watching these videos for hours now! I'm hooked! Lol. What an effective way of getting rid of these rodents and helping the farmers. I recently watched a documentary where these farmers are so infested that their thousands and thousands of dollars worth of hay bundles were trashed by rats/mice
Minkman should do an all small dog special. it will be SO CUTE THAT I CAN'T EVEN!!!!
When I was in pest control I had the opportunity to hear Dr. Bobby Corrigan speak. He is an expert on rodent behavior & control. He has a book called, Rodent Control: A Practical Guide for Pest Management Professionals. I recommend it.
While I was at Presto-X I learned a lot about rodents. Black rats or Roof rats are from tropical climates. That's why they are more often found in the south. They have longer tales to help them balance as they travel through trees since fruit is high on their dietary preferences.
Brown rats or Norway rats are adapted for colder, more northern climates.
This is the type of videos you watch at 3 am (it’s 3 am here).
My fave are Buttercup and Boss... Ur videos are really addictive. And Im no longer disgust by rats. Thats what you also managed to do lol "AWW GOOD JOB JO THATS SUCH A GOOD JOB lol" #inMyJoVoice 😂🤣😂
PS : Sorry for my funny english and spelling. English is my third language 😅🤦🏾🙏🏾
Your English is great! I speak other languages but, I doubt as good as you speak other languages!
@@CreativeCreatorCreates aww thx u. I often make syntax mistakes in English which is why I think my English is not good
@@ayiti4009 English is a class 7 language. It’s very difficult and makes no sense even to many of us English speakers. Im always amazed when a non English speaker speaks English so well! (Or at all)
Buttercup may not have been trained for this but she gives it her 100% every time and that's all that matters
My husband called me Buttercup the other day, dont think he realized Buttercup is a cute rat killer , 😂
I think it’s buttercut
oops
I absolutely love to watch you guys work, looks like so much fun 😀
Thanks for the rat information. Very interesting. . My part of the city I live in (Ottawa, ON, Canada) Has become infested lately. They live under the sidewalks and in the parks and areas unused my humans. Grey with a white belly, I found some dead in the parking garage lot .
Great video, love that you’ve turned having fun into a job! Also, the ending segment was great I enjoyed learning a new ‘theory’. Also agree about history!
I feel like my chihuahua would do great on his team of dogs because my chihuahua is amazing at killing all the rats and mice in my sheds
Most small breeds and terriers were originally bred for ratting, mousing. It's in their instincts and love to do it. Makes them happier
They can use chihuahuas like the minks
Maybe somebody should create a line of Chihuahua to help ratting. I'm sure it will immensely improve the breed's quality, because you need a physically sturdy and healthy dog to do an intense job like ratting in small spaces.
@@MIZZKIE it would be pretty easy to do. "Deerhead" chihuahuas are very similar to the original Native dogs that were used to create the AKC breed and often have some prey drive. They're everywhere in AZ and NM. With careful breeding of deerheads with small terriers, I could easily see the result being little 7-lb mouse-murder machines.
That’s awesome!! ❤️
Even for his first time ratting, blue collar boi at least got into the excitement of it. I'd imagine that's half the battle - getting them excited enough to make them want to chase, catch, and kill the rats - of the game.
@6:21 "We don't need to have a five-way on one rat!"
Cameraman: *snicker*
Remember my dads springer was nuts for hunting rats as a past time. He got bit once, never again 🤣
New place, new rat pallet swap 8DDD. It's like a video game. The rats look visually the same but they can climb and are called a different color now 8DDDD
19:03 absolutely munching on that rat, I thought he was bouta swallow.
I discovered recently that my rescue English Saffordshire terrier is a master pigeon destroyer.
Good to see you again👍😁always so exciting...thx guys👍😁wow, saw those teeth come out on Boss! Glad I'm not a rat...good job Boss👍all the dogs did great👍
Boss is like chomp chomp and toss them to the side without a second glance. Job done.
I learned more about history here then the school. Thanks joseph!
your rat knowledge is on point!
GIH!
Who are you...? You're not me....
@@rustyshackleford3107 hahaha
@@rustyshackleford3107 get off my property, whoever I am!!
I am glad that you are going rat hunting again. It was interesting to have seen a pig hunt once, but nothing like the rat hunt with dogs and your minks.
Ooooooh I've never been this early before!
Joe, you and your dogs sways do an amazing job on these sites!
I love the rat removal vids bro keep up the good work and keep the good vids coming man
Love to watch his critters at work! Great 👍 training
Here we go! SSSSsssSSSSsssSSSsssSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bet farms like this think you are God sent! Fascinating to watch you work!
Have you ever heard of a Boston Terrier killing mice? Mine has gotten three and she gets so excited.
my guy your dog is going to protect you no matter what he is to powerfull to be true
Should have used a slingshot so if they don’t die they fall and u can’t harm the dogs like with blowgun