Ratting mayhem with the Suffolk & Norfolk Rat Pack

Rat and dogs everywhere - the Suffolk & Norfolk Rat Pack are out in force to clear the rodents, and James Marchington is there to film them.
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[@matthewhutton8275]

1:31 I'm sure I'm just ignorant, but that rat looks colossal.

[@darrenlaithwaite7810]

I love watching working dogs. The dogs looked like they had a great day.👍

[@anthonyharrison8584]

Excellent videos you put on here,,, takes me back almost 50 years, to most Sundays working Ferrets and terriers to reduce the Rat population on the local Pig and Poultry farms,, keep up the good work, and thanks for posting for jogging the memories 👍👍👍

[@Oakleaf700]

My Whippet has her ears up at the sounds! She loves a hunt!

[@stevejeffries1603]

God bless them dogs they do an amazing job!

[@harrisappleton5866]

Always awesome seeing lurchers grab running rats. Keep up the good work! Environmentally friendly and humane. Keeping the craft alive too!

[@Zaf2010]

Twinkle is amazing 😊 my old lurcher was still catching rats in her early teens 😊

[@jingleman1]

Great work. I love to see the dogs enjoying themselves; you can tell by their wagging tails.

[@carbo3017]

Twinkle is my favorite. Beautiful dog.

[@kenfisher803]

Mine to we had a Batersea terrier rescue dog when we got divorced we fought over the dog not the kids

[@peterwebb8732]

I think she has her own fan club by now.

[@MelliundSpike]

Hello from Hamburg Germany, thats my Favorite Rat Pack Action Dog's. Look in her Face 🤩the Dog's Love his Job🤘🏼😅

[@frode880]

😂😂😂😂”very traditional way of pest control” the next scene 2 dogs fighting over a rat 😂😂 LOVE IT 👍

[@nickjohns1192]

Vegans passed out🤣🤣

[@fredmorozov]

Or a rat being stomped with a boot 5:12

[@JH-lo9ut]

Yeah, that closeup was gruesome. I am happy these guys are so open about the fact that this is sports to them. This is fun and exciting, AND they do a service for the farmer and keep poison out of the ecosystem. I have met moose hunters and wolf hunters (Sweden) who almost pretend they don't like hunting bur insist that what they do is strictly necessary to maintain a good balance in the ecosystem and keep traffic accidents down and keep moose from eating the saplings in the newly planted forest and they'll come up with endless arguments for being the most heroic and misunderstood people in society. And then they post pictures of themselves, posing with game they shot. It is redicilous. Just admit that you do this because you enjoy it... It is sport, first and foremost, and it is totally OK to think that this is exciting and fun. Just like those dogs.

[@dl1659]

@@nickjohns1192 What's funnier is if vegans realize how many creatures are killed to protect their crops, whole ecosystems are demolished to grow avocados and almonds

[@mattpratt4458]

Lol yeh that killed me 😂 then the greyhound cross with a mouthful of blood 😂

[@seancoffman4803]

Wish you could come to my place in Michigan USA

[@Choober65]

Bedlingtons are EXCELLENT ratters. We had one and he would take off across a field like a guided missile. He'd hit a rat or rabbit so hard he'd tear them in half most times. Part in his mouth and half not moved from there it was sat. I loved that dog, I miss him.

[@Madasin_Paine]

I miss em and that's just after reading this fine endearing comment. B Franklin saud wisely there are 3 reliable friends Old dog Old wife Ready money

[@donnag4554]

These dogs love this!!!!

[@thatsmrtwattoyou]

Reminds me of my childhood on the family farm

[@rfmlets6713]

Some of those rats are huge.

[@jonathanblack3]

LOVING watching the speed of those dogs. Phenomenal ! Certainly does look like a whole lot of fun for everyone, except the pesky rats. Thankyou for your expertise Thankyou for the videos. 👌

[@elizabethmoorehead2136]

Brilliant way of using dogs and as saying so much better than posion

[@ianhurst8625]

A working dog is a happy dog.

[@AustinGoodman-ub9fo]

Yes it certainly brings back memories. Loved vid

[@michaelrussell2477]

Hello my name is Michael Russell, I have been watching series for bit & I must say that you do have my support as I have had to deal with a rat problem recently.

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks

[@Molly_and_pops]

It’s brilliant to see the pigs outdoors. Respect to you guys. What is your farm? I’ll look out for the label?

[@bigc5630]

I love watching the dogs work, look how happy they are, brilliant!!!!

[@gnads1]

Great work.

[@sophieg1658]

Absolutely brilliant!! That beige whippet is incredible

[@HuskitaLover]

Her name's Twinkle and she's more greyhound and collie than whippet.

[@damienhughes3168]

Class, great team work, true graffters them dogs 👏👏👏

[@susancuenin2137]

My dachshund would absolutely love this!

[@tooge47]

Jerry Clower would be proud !!!

[@TinaSprague]

I have a part patterdale terrier, I discovered after I found out he kills rats and cats on our property here in Hawaii. He has longer legs and is larger than the purebreds. RESCUE dog, my cousin told me Koa's breed after he saw him.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

Only problem is KZbin is clamping down on Ratting Channels like The Mink Man.

[@briandutcher5447]

Argh your pups are properly trained. Beautiful proper little ratting machines

[@fancymcclean6210]

I love ferrets. Takes me back to the days when I used to go out rabbiting with granddad in the badlands of the 'Black Country', England. Old Shagger, the ferret was my favourite. When I get a tan I still sport a tracery of white scars on my hands due to Shagger's tender 'kisses'. Sadly, I'm in exile these days and my adopted country of New Zealand does not allow ferrets. Flaxen Saxon.

[@harleyelvin9835]

I'm in Norfolk and I've got a jagd terrier cross Jack Russell and he's an amazing ratter hes fast and has a Keene scene of smell

[@doctorsocrates4413]

Should be a national sport.

[@billysikes1374]

I'd tune in every week lol

[@Telays]

Oh my God very big rat 🐀 and all dogs have fun searching on it..hehehehe amazing dogs 🐕

[@keithstephens6943]

Thank you

[@HuskitaLover]

Twinkle is so beautiful and fast! She's my favorite out of all of them! I find it hard to believe that she's a senior!

[@alisonshanahan9529]

Good exercise for man and dogs 🐕

[@beezhomestead6576]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻We have voles and our border collie and blue heeled/border dogs take care of them in quick order. Lol. 😊💕🇨🇦

[@kcuzz4091]

It's kind of gross, but fascinating at the same time. I love the idea of not using pesticides to kill the rats.

[@deanmitchell4233]

My pair of jacks would love this, like a trip to disneylànd lol....

[@erikfreezer6282]

Great Job👍💯

[@user-vu7lx5rs3f]

Absolutely fantastic work thankyou ❤

[@theatomicclap5328]

The lurcher don't play❤

[@Zaf2010]

Love Twinkle ❤

[@shaunpattinson1621]

The dogs are having so much fun!

[@christopherking9439]

Just brilliant

[@gailfawcett5555]

Fantastic dogs

[@regkane-Pluvis]

Great stuff guys, fantastic dogs.

[@williambock1821]

I miss watching my yellow lab catching rabbits mice and squirrels. He’d be so happy when he got to catch one. Used to swallow them whole,lol!!

[@paulhampson8496]

love to watch that in real life them dogs are brilliant hunters cracking video lads x girls

[@bobmasencup5819]

what fun that must be !

[@flash51050]

Good work boys

[@cathedralImages]

Brill post ..well done

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

Love watching this when the other Ratting Channel is not available.

[@Madasin_Paine]

Ferrets in UK but see also rescued American Mink + Rat Guy + terrier He's created quite an enterprise beyond ratting too. He'll do well when thd S H T F. Certainly safer and more food secure then most.

[@Swimfinz]

GOOD DOGGIES! Amazing!

[@purplecarpet2954]

Bet the dogs had a great day , love it

[@rfmlets6713]

I was waiting for Rishi Sunak to run out of that dung heap.

[@jeremyprodger6766]

Great work guys and keep the videos coming

[@brandyag]

The brown dog is relentless! So much for to watch.

[@xray6667]

Keeping old Traditional ways alive and dogs being Dogs Love it

[@terrykoch1250]

Fantastic Boys.

[@MsAlien911]

Bring them to New York, damn rats the size of cats

[@Savedbygrace363]

Love this ❤️

[@genecibispo3043]

I liked the dogs having fun with this amount of mice 👉🇧🇷 LIKE guaranteed.

[@nbarrett259]

The shaking 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tooge47]

this one's for YOU, Mike Kemp

[@sarge4455]

My favorite pack

[@AdminAdmin-vo3zx]

Работа этих маленьких и милых собак впечатляет! Потрясающие собаки!

[@adbfishing]

Love this channel and love this group. Adore terriers as a breed and one day i hope i can have a working one myself. Question on how you dispose of the rats tho?

[@outoftownr3906]

Grind em up & put them in doner kebab - sold nationwide - very popular

[@williamwilson6499]

@@outoftownr3906 That would be the crunchy kebab.

[@suecollins3246]

I _particularly_ like this group!

[@rexstonbull250]

some of them as big as cats .

[@doriandavies3124]

Well done good team

[@playmakerlab]

In your opinion how does the small munsterlander compare to the other dogs as working dogs for this type of work? I appreciate your time.

[@mnj640]

Get some Australian Terriers in there. Those little guys will surprise you

[@robertcromeenes4177]

They all look so Happy !! Great to see Working dog’s Work

[@travismcghee1244]

Awesome working dogs ! Looks very effective.

[@leedza]

Environmentally friendly my butt, it's all about the action and the rush.😂😂

[@Rufus_Cottrell]

Nice video

[@joem7922]

1:32 I thought that was another dog he had gone for. Size of that bastard

[@davidbrennan3613]

Ye are doing a mighty job

[@rosad538]

Wonderful day, your lovely 😊

[@zijeisdezon]

Rat at 1:32 is huge! Size of a cat💀😨

[@arabelaaguilaralvaradoalva5818]

Son mejor que los gatos

[@euanreid6682]

I bet the Dogs sleep for a day after ratting.

[@robertreed7963]

And I know what they are dreaming about when they do.

[@sarge4455]

That whippet mix is a legend

[@HuskitaLover]

Twinkle or Belle?

[@sarge4455]

@@HuskitaLover twinkle speedy

[@HuskitaLover]

​@@sarge4455 Yeah, she's my favorite. Belle's quite fast too.

[@wolvespunk]

I used to love watching the ratters on the farms when I was a kid in the early nineties but how do you get away with it since the Hunting with Dogs Act?

[@fieldsportstv]

Thanks for this. Tony Blair had a strange attitude to animals. He protected hares and mice, not rats and rabbits. / Charlie

[@wilfcottrell2669]

That’s my old teacher who runs it

[@shazzykins1]

What happens to the dogs when they retire?

[@PobbieRoops]

O hell. Freakin. YES!

[@rodneyzurek4900]

How do you protect your dogs from diseases?

[@amarjitbachas2759]

My presa Canario is so fast and kills with out any blood drawn

[@nofirstgonzalez7888]

😊

[@stevefowler3398]

How do you dispose of the carcasses? They stink to high heaven if left to decompose.

[@alanarmer8069]

👍👍👍🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕👍👍

[@lukeya1983]

The dogs are fantastic Excellent way to control filthy rats

[@Kemipops81]

I’m quite shocked as an animal lover that I’m OK with Rats getting their arse kicked by these Dogs. I didn’t know this existed until a few months ago.

[@byron1509]

Are those furry buggers cairn terriers ?

[@abc33944]

Need this gang in the cities ..

[@southsomersetferretersfiel5202]

We’re out ratting soon , it’s something we haven’t done in years 😁

[@jfi368]

The irony here is the two legged vermin has warmed our Planet 😢😢