Christina Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Spring again & I know why they have the saying bird brained. Nests everywhere but yet again they have nested in this low tree. The dogs are obsessed by the cheeping babes & last year caught 3 babes on their 1st flight Not mauled just here comes the toy & I caught it, wags tail & drops it but they have ate a couple of dead unfeathered ones that dropped to the ground from the verandah nests. Yesterday I put a pen all the way around the tree & it was funny watching them. Hope the baby birds make it this year. I can see one lot & they are just feathered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaMomma Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Amazing that some of the old instincts of the bred are still there. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Birds are fair game in my backyard. They are not natives so doesn't bother me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Yeah I know the pain, Ronin got his first at 12 weeks old and 2 more this month. I guess they are fair game and I suppose it is right that eats the whole bird rather than just kill or play He is super smart at hunting. This is a new pic taken last friday when he has changed up the tactics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Yeah I know the pain, Ronin got his first at 12 weeks old and 2 more this month. I guess they are fair game and I suppose it is right that eats the whole bird rather than just kill or play He is super smart at hunting. This is a new pic taken last friday when he has changed up the tactics. Ronin is super smart, mine just try and catch the low flying ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Yeah I know the pain, Ronin got his first at 12 weeks old and 2 more this month. I guess they are fair game and I suppose it is right that eats the whole bird rather than just kill or play He is super smart at hunting. This is a new pic taken last friday when he has changed up the tactics. Ronin is super smart, mine just try and catch the low flying ones He is that :D , when he got the last one early in the morning he still begged for his brekky and got it as the Mrs didn't see the kill. So much for Huskies being fussy eaters of small meals LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjelkier Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Birds seem smart enough to stay out of my yard, the Samoyeds are a death sentence to anything that flies too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaMomma Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Birds seem smart enough to stay out of my yard, the Samoyeds are a death sentence to anything that flies too low. When ZsaZsa, brat Vizsla, could not get birds on the wing in the back yard, she took to catching the skinks. Had several generations of tailess critters. Yet, in the field, ZsaZsa always could retrieve. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjelkier Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Birds seem smart enough to stay out of my yard, the Samoyeds are a death sentence to anything that flies too low. When ZsaZsa, brat Vizsla, could not get birds on the wing in the back yard, she took to catching the skinks. Had several generations of tailess critters. Yet, in the field, ZsaZsa always could retrieve. :) My fools chase and catch bees........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverStar-Aura Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Kirah the terrier loves bird hunting, the most recent being a peewee. The problem is, the birds don't realise she can boing so high straight up in the air so she just plucks them from mid-air or from branches they think are high up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stressmagnet Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I've got a defective labrador. We've got a rabbit infestation. He sits and watches them. We throw sticks/balls etc. he cannot be arsed to retrieve them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I have seen Ronin stalk like a tiger, he gets very low to the ground and slowly creeps forward, sometimes even ducking his head behind a pot plant. Before springing forth :D Natural instincts in dogs is an amazing phenomenon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Pickles tries to get them, but her mobility issues and lack of coordination mean that she hasn't caught anything to date. Zeddy and Trouble (Lab) are content to leave them be. Harper tells them to get out of her yard, but doesn't try to kill them. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stressmagnet Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Natural instincts in dogs is an amazing phenomenon. Or the lack thereof. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Natural instincts in dogs is an amazing phenomenon. Or the lack thereof. :D Aww, he's just a gentle soul :) Our problem is that Ronin has been self rewarded by actually catching his prey and he obviously likes the taste :D I am sure he wouldn't have bothered if he never had success. He is however gentle with the tiniest of dogs and hopefully cats are smart enough to stay out of his yard. I have seen one cat sit up on a wall and taunt him and pray it never becomes prey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaMomma Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 My fools chase and catch bees........ That was Gabor. And get stung on the nose or (w0rse) inside the mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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