"rabbits Are Friends, Not Food"

[Vicky Steadman 328]

some of the time clever girl

 

 

[Vicky Steadman 328]

just some pics of my little bitch learning the difference between wild bunnies and pet bunnies

[birddog 1,354]

she's looking good and hats off for the training, she seems to be the amenable type.......i wonder though would she nail a wild bunny in the garden or will she nail a coloured wild one in the field.....how does she know the difference ?, you'd think they both smelled the same (aye with their noses) or is it colour or environment or what ? i once had a non ped that would play with next doors pet bunny yet took all sorts of game in the field, she saw the bunny dailly from a pup and was schooled to race before she hunted

[skycat 6,173]

I used to keep honey coloured rabbits: the lurchers were fine with them in the garden, and it never stopped them catching wild ones, even the odd black one we used to find now and then.

[tsteve9999 456]

It's the same as dogs with cats, mine will let our cat take all sorts of liberties, but any other would be fair game.

[birddog 1,354]

i know / think in my wee bitch it was down to familiarity but how do they tell them apart ? especially when its an instant instinctive chase thing in the field.....didn't phil lloyd keep pet bunnies to familiarise his pups with them ?

[Tiercel 6,986]

When I was a kid we had a sprocker, that would track down any escaped pet rabbit but would not touch them.

 

TC

[STRANGER 948]

Be quite funny if it rolled the pet rabbit one day

[paulsmithy83 567]

We had mutt the same never touch anythin in garden but yet they cross the garden bondrys they fare game. Until 1 day sumthin changed n everythin was fare game garden n all

[beast 1,884]

i think dogs associate certain places with certain actions or activities. ive had all sorts of wild and pet creatures on my premises over the years, and always allowed the dogs to meet and mingle with them. after an initial introduction i've never had any problems, and these have been dogs which have caught a lot of varied game. i think they just learn that home/garden is not a place to hunt, it is the place of calm and rest, and anybody or anything coming in is "one of us"

[ands 544]

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a rock and a hard place!

Edited June 27, 2013 by ands

[birddog 1,354]

i think dogs associate certain places with certain actions or activities. ive had all sorts of wild and pet creatures on my premises over the years, and always allowed the dogs to meet and mingle with them. after an initial introduction i've never had any problems, and these have been dogs which have caught a lot of varied game. i think they just learn that home/garden is not a place to hunt, it is the place of calm and rest, and anybody or anything coming in is "one of us"

not next doors cats for sure

[inan 841]

i think dogs associate certain places with certain actions or activities. ive had all sorts of wild and pet creatures on my premises over the years, and always allowed the dogs to meet and mingle with them. after an initial introduction i've never had any problems, and these have been dogs which have caught a lot of varied game. i think they just learn that home/garden is not a place to hunt, it is the place of calm and rest, and anybody or anything coming in is "one of us"

Not sure about this,Django my youngest dog will catch anything unwary enough to hang around too long in our garden.His tally so far, along with nesting victims is, two doves and a woodpigeon.

 

If they come into the garden cats are unfortunately toast for all my dogs.

None of my four pay attention to friends chickens when I'm visiting which is a blessing, but will jump for and occasionaly connect with pheasant poults, if they are unintentionally flushed when out.

Took them all out yesterday , a young crow was flying a few feet in front of them then landing , the other three made apathetic strikes at it, but Django pursued it until it dropped, picked it up and brought it back , but did not crunch it. I'm not sure he thought of it as fair game, so much as a bit of exercise.

[nickdonboy 264]

A wild rabbit will smell A LOT different to a domestic one. Because the domestic rabbit isn't showing any of the body language it would in the wild, this doesn't stimulate the dog much. Besides, dogs only really go into hunting mode when they're in familiar places where they've seen rabbits before (from my experience), the dog will see it as a member of the pack (household) or it'll just be pretty f*cking confused. haha.

Nice dog by the way.

[bird 9,898]

i think dogs associate certain places with certain actions or activities. ive had all sorts of wild and pet creatures on my premises over the years, and always allowed the dogs to meet and mingle with them. after an initial introduction i've never had any problems, and these have been dogs which have caught a lot of varied game. i think they just learn that home/garden is not a place to hunt, it is the place of calm and rest, and anybody or anything coming in is "one of us"

i think your right with above, people who live next to me, got pet rabbits and my wife looks after them when the people have Hols oer few days out.Not really into pets like them, but there young lad likes them fair enough . One day was coming back from the dog walk, and could see the the wife had gone so just popped round still with dog (Bryn) .Stood few feet away from the cage where the wife was feeding them, prob i think if they had been out dont think Bryn would touch them, with (me there) not sure (with out me there). But my pup Buck (dont) know what he would do with me there or not lol