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Quote: Originally posted by fran1000 on 03/5/2016

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Quote: Originally posted by Wibsey on 02/5/2016

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We live next to a field, the council no longer cut the grass and it has gone wild over the last two years, the other day our dog escaped (thanks to the person that didn't bother shutting the gate after leafleting) saw her on the field chasing something....yes she was very pleased with the two rats she killed!! but now she wants to go play on there all the time.

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I suspect you may have a terrier! Lola Lakie is mad for rats. When rats got in the house, we only knew because Lola was trying to dig up the kitchen floor.

We had to get the council's rat man round, and he told me that when he went to a house that had clear evidence of rats, but he couldn't find them, he went back round with his lakeland/border cross. The dog had been in the house for less than 5 minutes before he got very excited in one of the children's bedrooms. The rats were nesting under the child's built-in cabin bed.

We haven't had a dead rat on the lawn for several months now, so either there aren't many around any more or they've learned not to come in our garden.

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Quote: Originally posted by Wibsey on 15/5/2016

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Lol yes a border terrier! she loves a good furry or feathered chase.

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Quote: Originally posted by Paul_B on 15/5/2016

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When using traps make sure nothing but rats can get to them, especially small birds etc.

That said, either a fen trap or one of the plastic rat traps are good but they're better if you add some peanut butter as bait.

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