What is your dog’s prey drive?

[Lap Princess]

LOL, Lexie has ZERO prey drive! I live in the Wild Kingdom, with all kinds of critters about, and when we go for walks we'll spook a bunny right in front of us, and Lexie acts like it's not even there. I think the only instance of anything remotely prey drive was once at an outdoor restaurant a squirrel came close to us & she growled at it.

Lex is just a Cloud Nine princess!

[lovespandp]

Originally Posted by Lap Princess

LOL, Lexie has ZERO prey drive! I live in the Wild Kingdom, with all kinds of critters about, and when we go for walks we'll spook a bunny right in front of us, and Lexie acts like it's not even there. I think the only instance of anything remotely prey drive was once at an outdoor restaurant a squirrel came close to us & she growled at it.

Lex is just a Cloud Nine princess!

Aww , Lexi sounds like her day doesn't have time for that sort of nonsense!! LOL

[riordana]

Originally Posted by Britster

Lol yeah I dunno, my step-moms Dachshund mix is pretty docile and lazy but when a baby bunny ended up in the bottom of the pool (when it was empty-no water), we couldn't find him, and then we saw him down there trying to eat it! So gross! He had blood all over him. My step-mom bathed him right away and brushed his teeth LOL.. it was horrible. I would've never imagined Buddy to do it, but I guess since he didn't have to do the work of catching it, he figured what the hey.

Oh and lure coursing? Yes I've been wanting to try it. I went and watched an event, but the off leash thing made me nervous, only because it was in a strange environment, and I wasn't sure a fake thing would be like the real, I am not sure how into he would be, but I do kinda wanna try it next time.

I taped this, this is my friends dog doing it- Jax starts barking around the 20 second mark lol, he was really amped up from all the other dogs: Cricket practicing lure coursing on a short course - YouTube

This is my pup lure coursing. He absolutely adores it. The dogs (if they're into it) usually stay pretty close to the lure and if they're not, it is pretty easy to tell at the beginning of the track.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...91591646685265

[lovespandp]

Originally Posted by TxVicki

OMG It's those darn SQUIRRELS.

LOL, I think they like the squirrels because of their size and that darn tail!

[lovespandp]

Originally Posted by riordana

This is my pup lure coursing. He absolutely adores it. The dogs (if they're into it) usually stay pretty close to the lure and if they're not, it is pretty easy to tell at the beginning of the track.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...91591646685265

That is so cool!! That was a long distance for those little legs to go, but they sure did go and fast!!

[KazzyK810]

ZoE lives up to her terrier name. She stalks anything that moves...squirrels, birds, rabbits, butterflies, bugs, blowing leaves.

She had me literally laughing out loud the other evening, as she was trying to catch the shadow of a bird, as the shadow moved along the newly painted fence. She was so intently focused on the shadow that she failed to notice the actual bird just a few feet above her head.

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by P-Nut Mom

Um, I was censoring that part, but... he tore about half the tail off and the squirrel ran away. The tail stuck to his chin. OMG! I practically sterilized P-Nut once I caught him because I'm so paranoid about germs.

That's funny about flies and bugs guys!

I will never complain again about the sticks, leaves, and crazy things my guys come home with in their beards, or the blades of grass that we have to floss out of their teeth.

P-Nut must be very fast!

[dawn27]

Quincy was the only one who was raised around a cat, so they don't bother him at all. No the other three just go nuts, not sure what they would do it they ever come across a cat running free in our yard but when we go to my moms they nudge her cat Rosie and get very anxious around her. I don't care to imagine it.

Now put a bird, squirrel, chimp monk, bunny or any small pre or the mail man in front of my dogs and they just go nuts. Barking non stop, running back and forth along the dog run like lunatics. Before I knew what they were doing or that it was even there. They found and killed new born bunny's they found in a nest in our yard. They went right for the eyes just like they do their toys. That was a very sad situation. I was not happy.

Now, Miah is my bird dog she will chase down any bird she sees. She has caught and killed several. Than of course she rolls around on them rubbing the dead scent all over her body. Its the most disgusting thing ever!

[OwnedByJezebel]

Originally Posted by Britster

He's been hunting/stalking a bunny for days over at my dads house. It's living under our pool shed, and the other day he literally spent 3 hours standing around STARING at the pool deck, and he would change positions every so often. He stalks and walks quietly. He and my dads JRT mix would each take a side and cover each other, it was hilarious.

Sounds to me like Jackson would be a great candidate for Earthdog competition.

[mimimomo]

My trio terrors are Momo, Princess & Turbo...they have a very high prey drive. They'll chase anything, even a leaf. Just hearing any bird will set them off. Chasing lizards are their fav, here's Princess.
We used to have a squirrel taunt them @ our old house, they wanted to kill him, I'm sure of it! That squizzle made these funny sounds all the time & my guys would go nuts!
Mimi just watches them, I think she's entertained by their cwazziness or 'oh here they go again'.

[lovespandp]

Originally Posted by mimimomo

My trio terrors are Momo, Princess & Turbo...they have a very high prey drive. They'll chase anything, even a leaf. Just hearing any bird will set them off. Chasing lizards are their fav, here's Princess.Attachment 389615
We used to have a squirrel taunt them @ our old house, they wanted to kill him, I'm sure of it! That squizzle made these funny sounds all the time & my guys would go nuts!
Mimi just watches them, I think she's entertained by their cwazziness or 'oh here they go again'.

I remember t hat pic!! I LOVE it. Wasn't there another one? Like a lizard on your screen door?

[lovespandp]

Originally Posted by dawn27

Quincy was the only one who was raised around a cat, so they don't bother him at all. No the other three just go nuts, not sure what they would do it they ever come across a cat running free in our yard but when we go to my moms they nudge her cat Rosie and get very anxious around her. I don't care to imagine it.

Now put a bird, squirrel, chimp monk, bunny or any small pre or the mail man in front of my dogs and they just go nuts. Barking non stop, running back and forth along the dog run like lunatics. Before I knew what they were doing or that it was even there. They found and killed new born bunny's they found in a nest in our yard. They went right for the eyes just like they do their toys. That was a very sad situation. I was not happy.

Now, Miah is my bird dog she will chase down any bird she sees. She has caught and killed several. Than of course she rolls around on them rubbing the dead scent all over her body. Its the most disgusting thing ever!

EEEEK So gross!! LOL It is so gross and so strange why they do that!! Peanut will rub himself in bird poo! I stop him every time, half the time I don’t know what he was rubbing in till I see him jump up, but now I know that is what he does and it stopped immediately!

[P-Nut Mom]

Originally Posted by Maximo

I will never complain again about the sticks, leaves, and crazy things my guys come home with in their beards, or the blades of grass that we have to floss out of their teeth.

P-Nut must be very fast!

LOL. Like lightning. His "papa" was waaay too proud of him. Ew.

[gemy]

RAzzle I would say is medium to high drive. Easily trained to high prey drive, which I wont' do as I don't want to encourage his natural nature to chase, and I mean seriously chase anything that moves.

He is also a very bad scamp, I suppose as always it is my fault, as he will history wise, go after big dogs not of his pack then run to his pack of big dogs and let them deal with the consequences of his aggression. We stopped going to non lake leash free parks because of this.

Magic my BRT has a very low prey drive. He cares not one whit mostly about any bird, squirrel, raccoon, what-ever that is just passing by. How-ever he has a huge defense drive. That means protection. His breed was bred to guard and protect against humans not animals. And he is very very smart about it. He will ratchet it up very quickly and once the threat has gone away (and that means stopped doing what-ever got him riled up) he loses interest.

But he will guard against dogs if they come after me or our pack. Not many dogs want to engage when he steps forward. But some do.

[Britster]

Originally Posted by riordana

This is my pup lure coursing. He absolutely adores it. The dogs (if they're into it) usually stay pretty close to the lure and if they're not, it is pretty easy to tell at the beginning of the track.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...91591646685265

That's AWESOME! I think I'll have to try it next time I find an event near me!

Originally Posted by OwnedByJezebel

Sounds to me like Jackson would be a great candidate for Earthdog competition.

I've been wanting to try this sooo bad! Need to find an event near me.