RABBITING TERRIERS: THEIR WORK AND TRAINING. By David Bezzant with John Bezzant.

2006 1st edition. Large 8vo (195 x 252mm). Pp144. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

Demonstrates how a trained rabbiting terrier can show its owner where rabbits are located and how the dog can work in a typical warren, along the hedgerows and in more unusual surroundings such as derelict barns and amongst farm debris. Describes how a rabbiting terrier can be worked happily alongside ferrets and within a terrier pack. Emphasizes that the terrier must be properly trained and discusses basic and advanced obedience commands and how the dog must be trained to behave correctly amongst livestock. Provides advice on health and welfare, including nutritional requirements and how to administer simple first aid. Chapters include: The history of rabbiting terriers; What is a rabbiting terrier?; Working the rabbiting terrier; The health and welfare of the rabbiting terrier; Further reading.