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Originally Posted by Brooklynn  One reason I don't let my dogs corner snakes, a very good friend of mine, her yorkie was in her backyard and yes you got it was struck just under the eye by the snake and THANK GOD it wasn't poisonious because if it was he would have been dead in minutes...and they do have copper heads in her area. While yes, they need and do have the terrier attitude it is OUR responsiblity to protect them from harm and that includes from other animals. I would HATE for my dogs to get bitten by a rabid animal. Yes, my dogs chase squirrels up a tree and if I didn't have a fenced in yard and lived in the country I'm sure they'd chase rabbits along with other dogs, cars, kids but I keep them a fenced yard and my house for their protection. They may be your typical terrier but we as responsible pet and show dog owners need to make sure when doing what they are made for it is done in a repsonsible manner and a controlled environment to ensure their protection.
This is all I'm going to say on the subject...my dogs are typical yorkshire terriers with the terrier attitude but also my lap dogs and pets 
Donna |
Donna I do not intentionally let mine corner snakes, chase rabbits or squirrels..
I have a privacy fence but some times a snake will slide through.
The dogs corner it and alert us that one is in the yard , so we can kill it and get it out of the yard.
Squirrels will run the top of the fence line and the dog run the squirrel down it until it jumps to a tree out of site, I just hold my breath hoping the squirrel doesn’t loose its footing and fall inside the fence.
I had one young squirrel that got cornered inside the fence by the dogs and let me tell you trying to hold a little pack of terriers back so the squirrel could get away was not easy.
We had a rabbit that got inside the fence early part of spring and had babies in an old tree stump.
The dogs picked up on the scent and started digging around the stump when up pops 3 babies that took off in different directions.
We were able to save 2 of the babies but I think the dogs gave the other one a heart attack.
I have two girls that knows the scent of a mouse, we live by a field and do every now and then get one or two of these field mice in the house. These 2 girls will hunt around the house until they locate and kill it.
They are really funny because they can be in a dead sleep and if I say “GET THAT MOUSE” they will jump up and start hunting around the house to see is one is around.