Honestly, I would not allow your dog to chase the deer. While the Deer may be tolerant of her presence now, when the deer have babies with them they would not hesitate to trample your dog if she attempted to chase after them. Deer are very protective over their young.
My dogs once stumbled upon a mother deer and her babies & the mother deer chased after my dogs stomping, thrashing, and kicking. These deer were always in my neighborhood and never reacted to the presence of my dogs, but when they had babies they were really aggressive. Luckily my dogs were fast/agile Border Collies otherwise they probably would have been caught and been trampled by the deer. If you search "deer attack dog" on youtube you will also find videos of deer trampling dogs because the deer had babies with her and didn't want the dog near her.
I bet that she looks very adorable chasing after those deer & that she is having a lot of fun, but for her own safety I wouldn't allow her to interact with wild animals.
As for her wild behavior when she comes back in doors, I think that she is just young and very active right now. Maybe keep her outside longer to run around? Or come up with some games she can play in the house that will exercise her energy like fetch or something.
Hopefully someone else can give you better advice about her behavior than I can, but as for attempting to play with wild animals ... I would advise against it. |