true or false

[skycat 6,173]

Seen similar myself: lamping a rabbit, dog goes out to rabbit, next minute dog's coming back to to me with rabbit in mouth and a fox comes from behind the dog flat out, then sees me and side steps me and dog and belts off into the night, almost brushing my leg. And no, dog didn't drop rabbit and take off after the fox: if I remember rightly it was a young dog on one of her first trips out. The same dog later tried to retrieve a fox to me: I saw two sets of eyes coming out of the darkness, dog's eyes as normal, then the second set of eyes at an angle below the dog's eyes. As she got nearer I could see she was carrying a big cub (September time I think) by the neck. She'd never been on a fox before and obviously just tried to pick it up like a rabbit and retrieve it to me! As they got nearer the fox must have struggled like feck, and got away. She went on to become one of the better fox dogs I've owned. Bloody hilarious at the time though: I could see her face as she got nearer, almost see her thinking: "by God, this is a big rabbit, and it smells funny too!" She had no kill instinct as a young dog, but learned to dispatch foxes very quickly in her second season.

[trigger2 3,132]

its possible i supose. ive seen foxes start coursing rabbits for a bit in the lamp. plus the moons up so a young fox would probably find it hard to hunt and be hungry.

Edited September 14, 2011 by trigger2

[ftm 3,357]

well by some of the posts written it proves it can happen maybe not alot of times but it happens unless all the positive replies to this topic are lies so i think before some of you lads jump in to ridicule the lad just give him the benefit of doubt not looking for argument just my opinion

[tommy.c 859]

well by some of the posts written it proves it can happen maybe not alot of times but it happens unless all the positive replies to this topic are lies so i think before some of you lads jump in to ridicule the lad just give him the benefit of doubt not looking for argument just my opinion

:no:

[Lab 10,979]

well by some of the posts written it proves it can happen maybe not alot of times but it happens unless all the positive replies to this topic are lies so i think before some of you lads jump in to ridicule the lad just give him the benefit of doubt not looking for argument just my opinion

Not quite seen someone say it came up and looked like it was going to take it out the dogs mouth yet. But i am going out tonight so we'll see what happens........

[royal lazy boy 42]

i believe him

[mackay 3,323]

Never actually seen a fox attempt to take a rabbit from a dogs mouth but have seen on numerous occasions especially at the start of the season when there are green cubs about, foxes actually running into the beam and close to the dog if it's retrieving a squealing rabbit.

[mudd dog 128]

Well if you dont believe that you'll definitely not believe this....I'm sceptical but since I know the lads well I've no reason to doubt them... Two of my mates out lamping dogs catch fox. Other fox comes running in from the hedges and bones one of the dogs and runs like hell. Finish off with the first fox, got dogs back on the slip and then got a go at the ''crazy'' fox... Missed it though..... True

[hedz31 1,308]

Sure this thread has been on here before or something similar or ive heard this story before,never seen it myself but anythings possible especialy if it was near a city or town them things there seem to have no fear what so ever,i have seen dogs pick rabbits up and fxes come in though myself never seen them get that close to a dog though

[trenchfoot 4,243]

Cubs can be pretty stupid wouldnt surprise me.

 

Too right! I've had them come in to the sound of a post knocker.

[tommy.c 859]

i believe him

You would as your his brother,, lol...

[royal lazy boy 42]

i believe him

You would as your his brother,, lol...

no flies on you , big e wouldnt have got that

[RossM 8,113]

took a pup out a few years she was maybe 10-11mths at the time, walked up to the gap in the hedge and put lamp on field was ploughed but there was a fox sat around 50 yrd away with something in its mouth, was in 2 minds but slipped the pup anyway, if anything to loosen her off, she run this fox over the brow of the field and out of sight, lamp off and she came back with a rabbit in her mouth. fox must have dropped its munch and motored away and the bitch retrieved it back all chuffed to bits

[LAZYBSTARD 225]

well if someone told me that i would say your a liar but there was me an two other lads seen it one of them is on here. At the start of the topic i ask brendy mc l.. about a whippet x bitch he had thats the bitch it happen to so he nos who has the bitch and can get it confirmed

[arcticgun 4,548]

read this thread and prayed it was a wind up, cos being that my beddy x has already applied the abs on charlie , if summat like that happens to her I will have a job getting the poor bitch out her kennel after dark