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LuvTaycieGirl · 10-24-2011, 10:19 AM

Yesterday, I took Taycie outside for her morning potty. Around the corner of the porch there is an opening that goes under the porch. There is alot of plants and leaves around it...

So the last couple of mornings she keeps going over there and sniffing like crazy.. never underneath just around the area.. It takes a minute to get her attention and get her inside.. she is mesmorized by this area! I figured it was the yorkie that lives upstairs lifting his leg on the foliage and bushes so I didn't think much of it.

Well yesterday after her potty break she runs to investigate and sniff.. I am standing on the porch half awake..calling her, begging her really because I am still half asleep and all I want to do is climb back in bed..

All of the sudden I hear her FREAK out and she is shaking a BIG FAT RAT!!!!!!!!!!! Now I am WIDE awake and I start freaking out!!! I hate critters... I am scared to death... So she is shaking it and with me freaking out she drops it immedietly and looks at me like I have a problem.. I get her inside and watch the rat from the inside window..

Well... It was breathing but it eventually died. I was grossed out by the experience and immedietly brought her in and brushed her teeth and washed her face! HA! Now I know why they were used to catch rats, but ewww.. it is still giving me the chills!!!!!!!

I added a picture but the rat looks smaller in the photo because I was standing on the porch looking down... I was not about to go down there and get a closer view...

And.... The rat has been disposed off.. But, I did not do that..LOL

ttwlcd · 10-24-2011, 10:26 AM

my little one caught a mouse Saturday afternoon took me a while to figure out what she had because we had just replaced her toys for new ones so I thought she was playing with her new toys till I took a closer look

Cha Cha · 10-24-2011, 10:36 AM

Ewwwww. Don't you just hate it when our dogs actually behave like dogs? Look on the bright side....that's one less rodent to worry about. Glad you brushed her teeth.....

Maximo · 10-24-2011, 10:53 AM

Ack!!! I would have been screaming, lol.

We have voles here and I wonder if one got into the garage because Max was whimpering and sniffing like crazy when we got out of the car the other night.

LuvTaycieGirl · 10-24-2011, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Maximo

Ack!!! I would have been screaming, lol.

We have voles here and I wonder if one got into the garage because Max was whimpering and sniffing like crazy when we got out of the car the other night.

I was screaming.. I went from being completley out of it to about having a heart attack! Ew... I hope you don't have one in your garbage... YIKES!

LuvTaycieGirl · 10-24-2011, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Cha Cha

Ewwwww. Don't you just hate it when our dogs actually behave like dogs? Look on the bright side....that's one less rodent to worry about. Glad you brushed her teeth.....

Very true! I wouldn't let her give me kisses until we cleaned her up!

chachi · 10-24-2011, 11:04 AM

Yuck I dont like rats on bit i would have been yucked out too. I think my two have lost their ratter instincts because the squirrels move all around our yard and the yorkies dont make a move to chase. I dont know if its because we have 5 cats and they are just desensitized to activity in the yard or what.

Maximo · 10-24-2011, 11:12 AM

^^My boys have the instinct, but I think Max would wimp out before actually touching another creature. Teddy would go for the kill like Taycie.

Max acts tough and Teddy is the angel, but in reality, it is just the opposite.

LuvTaycieGirl · 10-24-2011, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Maximo

^^My boys have the instinct, but I think Max would wimp out before actually touching another creature. Teddy would go for the kill like Taycie.

Max acts tough and Teddy is the angel, but in reality, it is just the opposite.

Hahahahaha I love it! Taycie does NOT like to be put in her place, she would rather put up her dukes

enchilila · 10-24-2011, 11:32 AM

I don't like rats at all! But, don't you know she was having the time of her life for those few seconds!!

It was like a real "live" toy!! When Betty Boop catches a scent of anything outside, she goes for the kill and I can't get her to come back to me so I can get her into the house!

lovemy3babies · 10-24-2011, 11:41 AM

Oh mom. . . . . . she was just doing her job. lol

LuvTaycieGirl · 10-24-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by enchilila

I don't like rats at all! But, don't you know she was having the time of her life for those few seconds!!

It was like a real "live" toy!! When Betty Boop catches a scent of anything outside, she goes for the kill and I can't get her to come back to me so I can get her into the house!

Oh I am sure she was in heaven! And I was about to pass out

KazzyK810 · 10-24-2011, 12:14 PM

What a good girl! Doing exactly what she was bred to do! Did she earn a treat for her work

?

My first yorkie, Chelsea, caught a mole in our yard when she was just 14 weeks old and shook it to death....and then ROLLED AROUND ON IT

I picked her up and told her what a good girl she was....all the way to the bathtub! eeewww!

gidget529 · 10-24-2011, 12:30 PM

Who'd think such a pretty girl was capable of killing a nasty rodent? Beauty and guts! I would have been screaming too! (and brushing her teeth!)

angieNchloe · 10-24-2011, 12:55 PM

the history of a yorkie goes back to england I think, many many years ago they were bread to kill mice and rats

10-24-2011, 10:36 AM	#3
Cha Cha Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the deer and the antelope play Posts: 7,069	Ewwwww. Don't you just hate it when our dogs actually behave like dogs? Look on the bright side....that's one less rodent to worry about. Glad you brushed her teeth..... __________________ Shelly and the girls Moka Mylee

10-24-2011, 10:53 AM	#4
Maximo ♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 25,047	Ack!!! I would have been screaming, lol. We have voles here and I wonder if one got into the garage because Max was whimpering and sniffing like crazy when we got out of the car the other night. __________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy

10-24-2011, 11:04 AM	#7
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	Yuck I dont like rats on bit i would have been yucked out too. I think my two have lost their ratter instincts because the squirrels move all around our yard and the yorkies dont make a move to chase. I dont know if its because we have 5 cats and they are just desensitized to activity in the yard or what. __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

10-24-2011, 11:12 AM	#8
Maximo ♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 25,047	^^My boys have the instinct, but I think Max would wimp out before actually touching another creature. Teddy would go for the kill like Taycie. Max acts tough and Teddy is the angel, but in reality, it is just the opposite. __________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy

10-24-2011, 11:32 AM	#10
enchilila Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 9,689	I don't like rats at all! But, don't you know she was having the time of her life for those few seconds!! It was like a real "live" toy!! When Betty Boop catches a scent of anything outside, she goes for the kill and I can't get her to come back to me so I can get her into the house! __________________ "Betty Boop" The light of my life & the joy of my living!

10-24-2011, 10:26 AM	#2
ttwlcd Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: basildon,essex, england Posts: 37	my little one caught a mouse Saturday afternoon took me a while to figure out what she had because we had just replaced her toys for new ones so I thought she was playing with her new toys till I took a closer look

10-24-2011, 11:41 AM	#11
lovemy3babies YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 799	Oh mom. . . . . . she was just doing her job. lol __________________ Hi from Oklahoma City from me and the girls: Holly, Lacey & Tinker Belle

10-24-2011, 12:14 PM	#13
KazzyK810 Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK Posts: 4,120	What a good girl! Doing exactly what she was bred to do! Did she earn a treat for her work ? My first yorkie, Chelsea, caught a mole in our yard when she was just 14 weeks old and shook it to death....and then ROLLED AROUND ON IT I picked her up and told her what a good girl she was....all the way to the bathtub! eeewww! __________________ Karan with Sophie & Willow (ZoE )(Chelsea )

10-24-2011, 12:30 PM	#14
gidget529 Gidget & Sidney's Mom Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: PA Posts: 3,462	Who'd think such a pretty girl was capable of killing a nasty rodent? Beauty and guts! I would have been screaming too! (and brushing her teeth!) __________________ Mommy to Gidget, Sidney & Cricket(RIP)

10-24-2011, 12:55 PM	#15
angieNchloe Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East Tn Posts: 402	the history of a yorkie goes back to england I think, many many years ago they were bread to kill mice and rats