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05-01-2011, 04:53 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Round Rock
Posts: 22
| Birds I'm a new member and a new yorkie mom of Henry. I still have a lot to learn. Tell me this.....do all yorkies really dislike birds? I have a fenced in back yard so I take him out there and let him run around. And he spends a lot of time barking and "chasing" birds. Sadly today we found that a baby bird fell into my back yard. Henry chased it around. It took a lot for me to get Henry to let it go. Luckily Henry didn't kill it, but now I have to take him out with a harness until the bird can fly. Otherwise I'm not sure what else to do. The other birds were screeching and flying overhead as well since the baby bird was making a lot of noise. |
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05-01-2011, 05:16 PM | #2 |
and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington
Posts: 14,732
| My two chase birds... I could never own a bird because one of them would kill it. However, I know several members on here own parrots, macaws, cockatiels etc and their dogs like peacefully with them. My grandfather has a parrot and we were getting it out to hold it... and he freaked and flew across the room and landed on the floor. In a split second, Couver was on top of the bird trying to attack it. Both my grandfather and I ran across the room and tripped over things trying to separate the two. Luckily, neither of them were hurt and we were able to separate them without incident.
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05-01-2011, 05:25 PM | #3 |
Mama's girl Phoebe Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: nc
Posts: 887
| This is too funny.......just about 20min ago Phoebe was going nuts over a bird. One was sitting in the door way of hubby's barn and she was doing her best to get out of the house!!
__________________ Rhonda ...Mama to Phoebe RIP sweet girl |
05-01-2011, 05:47 PM | #4 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Taft, TN, US
Posts: 603
| It is their nature to be little "hunters". AND everything is a game. LOL |
05-01-2011, 05:58 PM | #5 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
Posts: 21,173
| They're terriers! Mine chases every bird that dares to land in her yard or on her fence. She learned a cute little thing watching my neighbor's bird dog one year. She'd come over here and dance all around a mugo pine and sit up and try to see if there were any birds in the mugo pine. Funny thing was that Kacee started sitting up trying to see in the mugo pine after that and if there were any birds the chase was on - for a little ways. Kacee is always on a leash outside her yard! Tell me they don't imitate and learn from bigger dogs! Another time a baby bird landed on the steps outside the patio doors and I had to go save it. Kacee was having a fit at the doors and I didn't dare let her out there until I got that bird outside of her yard. He wasn't very good at the flying thing yet!
__________________ Karen Kacee Muffin 1991-2005 Rest in Peace My Little Angel Last edited by yorkieusa; 05-01-2011 at 05:59 PM. |
05-01-2011, 06:03 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Macomb, MI
Posts: 2,112
| We Have a 31 year old parrot {Rudy} and Louie always tries to instigate play with him, but if he goes into the backyard he will stalk, chase, bark at the birds,and I think he would definitely kill one if caught one but with Rudy it's a different story. I believe he knows it's family, and I always tell him Leave rudy alone he's a old old bird:
__________________ Dee and Lil' Louie RIP Lil' Brody boy 6.7.99 - 1.3.10 |
05-01-2011, 07:26 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Round Rock
Posts: 22
| Thanks! Henry does stop under a tree and looks up and barks at the birds too. He is so fast that there is no way that I can let him loose until I'm sure the baby bird is gone. |
05-01-2011, 07:30 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Round Rock
Posts: 22
| Thanks! I was a little bit horrified at first, but I do understand that it's in his nature. |
05-01-2011, 07:36 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: FtWorth,TX,USA
Posts: 3,269
| I have not introduced Mina to the cockatiels yet. Just not ready to chase any of them around the house. |
05-01-2011, 07:40 PM | #10 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S. W. Suburbs of Chicago, IL
Posts: 12,235
| Birds, squirrels, bunnies, snakes................nothing is safe in our yard.
__________________ “Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.” Mark Twain |
05-01-2011, 08:39 PM | #11 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
Posts: 22,140
| Tibbe has a terrier's strong prey drive and chases anything that gets into the yard! Your little guy was just doing what his breed was bred to do. I hope the birdie is going to be okay.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
05-01-2011, 08:46 PM | #12 |
YT 1000 Club Member | Being hunters and having a territorial instinct is just the way our little guys are. However, I have some Zeebs (Finch's) caged inside, and both mine pay very little attention to them. They know the difference.
__________________ Dogs know that you love them, weather you own them or not Mbrs of YT Teapot Club: SNEAKERS since Apr 2011, Ichabod SOON ! RIP my darling Becca. |
05-01-2011, 11:57 PM | #13 |
No Longer a Member | It's lizards here, Rizzo chases them in the house and the cat finishes them off If you didn't know, it's pretty gross watching a cat "dance" around the house with a lizard tail hanging out if his mouth! gag! Rizzo is pretty fascinated watching birds, but he usually just barks his little head off when he sees one daring to land in a tree, in his yard!! The nerve of those winged creatures!!! |
05-02-2011, 07:33 AM | #14 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Citrus Heights, California USA
Posts: 1,315
| Calleigh doesn't bother the birds unless they are walking on the ground. Then she will try to catch them. I think she knows they will fly away. She does go crazy with chipmunks and squirrels. I guess it's the natural ratter instinct these dogs have. I saw a program a week a week or so ago [it was a little disturbing because I love all animals] where silky terriers were hunting and killing rats in a barn. I was so amazed at how fast they caught them, killed them, and moved right on to the next one. It seemed to be their job on this particular farm.
__________________ Carol & Calleigh Proud member of YAP, THE PINK CLUB,The Spoiled Rotten Club,The Crazy Club Welcome Waggin' Last edited by cslat1; 05-02-2011 at 07:36 AM. |
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