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11-11-2014, 03:40 PM | #1 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Omg, I'm mortified. Jackson just killed a huge rabbit right in front me. I know, I know, I'm a wimp and that's what he was bred to do. It was just so weird to see him in such a mode - he's hunted bunnies for years in my dads yard and is definitely pretty intense about it but they always escape out of the fence before he catches them. Well we had just got home and the bunny was taken by surprise and was just sitting eating grass in between the deck and an ex-pen we have blocking the dogs from under the deck (well, so we thought. Jackson obviously found another route in there). Lilly my dads dog (12lb jrt/shihtzu mix) helped corner it and then Jackson GRABBED it so fast and shook it's neck like a ragdoll in less than 5 seconds. The rabbit's legs were shaking for a bit and then it died (so I hope). But omg I was so traumatized by what I saw lol. I don't like to see any innocent animal killed for no reason. Poor thing. Anyway now he keeps barking at the door and being obnoxious trying to go out there. My dads gonna shovel it up and bury it tomorrow. I know I should be proud, and he was so pleased with himself, lol, but I can't help but feel for the poor bun bun. haha
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11-11-2014, 03:56 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| I know just how you feel. All my yorkies were intense hunters. My last girl after yearssss of hunting for mice finally caught one and killed it while on a camping trip. Thank god I didn't see the actual kill, what I saw was the little feet & tail sticking out from the side of her mouth and a dazed look on her face like she couldn't believe she actually caught this little critter. When I saw the feet and tail I screamed at her to drop it, which she did, I picked it up with a paper towel and trashed it. I was very upset that my sweet passive little girl would actually kill anything, also upset that now she made a kill this would intensify her hunting, which it did. You can't blame your self or Jackson, they are fast and born hunters. We do all we can to protect the wild life. Sometimes things just happen. Sorry you had to see the actual kill, it would be hard on me, so I know how you must feel.
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11-11-2014, 03:56 PM | #3 |
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| That poor bunny Couver killed a baby duckling once... It was pretty traumatizing watching that poor thing die in his mouth.
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11-11-2014, 03:56 PM | #4 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Oh my, Jackson is a hunter! I understand your mixed emotion, feeling bad for the bunny. My cat Sneakers hunted chipmunks. Just be glad that Yorkies go for a swift kill. Sneakers liked to play with his wounded prey. Teddy would be right there with Jackson. Max would bark from a safe distance.
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11-11-2014, 03:59 PM | #5 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Poor duckling! I would be traumatized too. As I wrote above, my kitty killed a lot of cute chipmunks and made me sad.
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11-11-2014, 04:08 PM | #6 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Omg I can't decide which one is more sad.
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11-11-2014, 04:09 PM | #7 | |
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11-11-2014, 04:10 PM | #8 | |
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11-11-2014, 04:30 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| I pity anything Cody would catch, it would be unidentifiable. I pray he never does.
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11-11-2014, 04:31 PM | #10 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Well you could always cook it lol. I know sounds bad but rabbit is ok for dogs he was just probably taking the word organic treats a little far
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11-11-2014, 04:37 PM | #11 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| LOL- I know, at least it would get put to good use, I suppose. I would have no idea how to prepare it though
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11-11-2014, 05:01 PM | #12 |
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| I remember our previous yorkies were terrible about hunting pests (as in they made bad hunters :P). lol our male actually wouldn't hunt the mice problems we had at the time, he even cried and shooked when there was one caught in a trap. Our female didn't care about the mice, she went to catch and play with any roaches she would find ><; Now our current jack russells are hunters for sure. Our older girl has helped us root out a large cockroach a couple of times, cause she can see/smell where they are. She'll try to grab them out from under the cabinets and pull them out for us to catch. I'm not sure how much a hunter Kimchi is. She's got potential and a bad penchant to try and grab about near anything on the floor (especially if she knows she's not suppose to have it and it moves).
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11-11-2014, 05:32 PM | #13 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| LOL! Around here, we would leave it for the hawks and vultures to eat.
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11-11-2014, 05:44 PM | #14 |
YT Addict | My doxie loved to chase mice. When we built our house we put plywood down. She would catch them to play with but her teeth were no match. Bad thing i might have got lyme desease from her catching them then sleeping with me. |
11-11-2014, 06:46 PM | #15 |
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| Oh goodness, I would be so upset. I have a fit every time my foster, Jax, kills a toad. He is relentless and always on the hunt. Like you, I know he is bred this way, but it just makes me so sad for those poor little creatures. I don't know he can stand to foam at the mouth so much, but he just keeps going after them.
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