What are some dog breeds that kill rats?

This is the reason some people refer to terriers as "Earth dogs." They were bred to hunt rodents and other tiny animals that live underground. These dogs all have small bodies and surprising amount of energy. They can quickly dig up a hole in order to catch their pray. read more

The most effective rat catchers and killers are the “terriers”, whose name literally means “of the earth” because they were bred to dig out animals living underground. Some terrier breeds are cairn terriers, scotties, border terriers and Jack Russell terriers. read more

Hunting rats is their specialty, but some were bred to hunt foxes and badgers as well as moles and other animals. When you think of the terrier breeds, words like tenacious, tough and determined come to mind. Now you know why. These guys needed to be feisty and rugged to go into a burrow after vermin, drag them out and kill them. read more