RobertMcCheese t1_j1qeick wrote on December 26, 2022 at 3:57 PM Reply to comment by Pompen534 in Were cats really seen as demons in medieval times? by Rear-gunner If you have rats, dogs are way better at controlling them. Your hulking barn tom will do ok with rats, but rats will mess up a regular cat but good. Most of your rats were going to be in your fields, not inside your dwelling. Regardless, ratting is the whole point in breeding dogs like a Jack Russell, a dachshund and the like. Permalink Parent 5
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Reply to comment by Pompen534 in Were cats really seen as demons in medieval times? by Rear-gunner
If you have rats, dogs are way better at controlling them. Your hulking barn tom will do ok with rats, but rats will mess up a regular cat but good.
Most of your rats were going to be in your fields, not inside your dwelling. Regardless, ratting is the whole point in breeding dogs like a Jack Russell, a dachshund and the like.