[Market-farming] rabbit control and dogs
Pat Meadows
pat at meadows.pair.com
Tue May 20 10:19:09 EDT 2008
On Tue, 20 May 2008 06:13:30 -0500, you wrote:
>Is anyone using dogs for control of rabbits? How does one train a dog
>to kill the rabbits once the dog finds them? It seems as most of the
>dogs I have seen around rabbits just chase them around. The rabbits
>seem to have the upper hand.
>
I don't think you can train killing into a dog. They either have it or
they don't, I think.
We have two dogs - a rough collie (not a border collie, but like Lassie)
and a German shepherd-golden retriever mix.
The mixed-breed dog knows exactly how to kill a small animal with one quick
shake of her heard. She is *always* *always* on the alert for small
animals when she's outdoors. She has what is called 'a very high prey
drive'.
The collie is very fast - he's built almost like a greyhound, although
you'd never know it under that massive fur. He can run down any rabbit,
and catch it. Then the other dog kills it.
Pat
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