Post by fureverywhere on Sept 22, 2014 19:58:12 GMT -5
From what I understand with some dogs prey drive is something hard-wired in there. Sophie is probably around ten years old now. She fears our house cats. Getting claws stuck in her forehead enough times finally taught her the house cats mean business. But her reaction to everything else is the problem.
Walking her is an adventure. I've gotten to avoiding other dogs completely with her. If someone pops up when we're walking I'll call out "She doesn't like other dogs!" and get her turned around right away. The other day my kid came running downstairs. The dogs-Sophie, Callie was just tagging along-had something cornered in the yard.
I went out with a leash thinking I could lasso her an drag her in the house. There was something in the bushes screeching and I couldn't get to the dogs or creature for all the shrubs in the way. Finally my son got the dogs in and we looked outside.
There was a raccoon obviously injured and staggering around the yard. Animal control took it away and Sophie's shots are up to date but
. She's killed so many creatures along the way. I guess short of muzzling her in the yard too there's not too much we can do.
Feel like a hypocrite sometimes. When the cats leave prizes on the steps it doesn't seem so gruesome. Then again the typical cat is a more effective hunter. One bite to the neck and it's all over. Dogs like Sophie maul rather than kill so you have this poor critter that needs to be put out of it's misery. Thank you for letting me share:(
Walking her is an adventure. I've gotten to avoiding other dogs completely with her. If someone pops up when we're walking I'll call out "She doesn't like other dogs!" and get her turned around right away. The other day my kid came running downstairs. The dogs-Sophie, Callie was just tagging along-had something cornered in the yard.
I went out with a leash thinking I could lasso her an drag her in the house. There was something in the bushes screeching and I couldn't get to the dogs or creature for all the shrubs in the way. Finally my son got the dogs in and we looked outside.
There was a raccoon obviously injured and staggering around the yard. Animal control took it away and Sophie's shots are up to date but
. She's killed so many creatures along the way. I guess short of muzzling her in the yard too there's not too much we can do.Feel like a hypocrite sometimes. When the cats leave prizes on the steps it doesn't seem so gruesome. Then again the typical cat is a more effective hunter. One bite to the neck and it's all over. Dogs like Sophie maul rather than kill so you have this poor critter that needs to be put out of it's misery. Thank you for letting me share:(
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