![]() ![]() But the mill’s owner has invited Reed to come hunt and he’s willing to try. Grain mills also are great rodent homes – any place with lots of hiding places and plentiful food are – but Reed isn’t sure how much success they’ll have in a place where quarry can hide in the walls or beneath the concrete ground. He typically brings his pack to farms, especially chicken farms. It’s unusual for Reed to hunt in a grain mill. To see how Reed and his rat terriers work, Modern Farmer went along on a job. When Reed and his pack descend on rat-infested sites, they can sometimes kill over 100 in one day. The dogs have names like Sir Grumps a Lot and Oh My Good Golly I Can’t Believe I’m Called Herkimer. ![]() Nicknamed “the Mongrol Hoard” (sic), he employs a team of four rat terriers to catch and dispatch rodents with great precision and speed. He’s also a rat catcher although his mode of pest resistance is unlike any other: Reed has trained terriers to kill. ![]()
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