Rabbit Encounter
Jake's acting wierd, wanting out from the screened porch. I thought it was the little dog 2 doors down that's always yelping as passers by. I open the door and realize it's a little baby rabbit he's after, a little wild, gray rabbit, can't weigh a pound, squealing lowly as jake puts his mouth around it's body "no no Jake".
I almost never say no to my dog, I usually do a little grunt noise to make him stop doing whatever he is doing I disagree with. Jake drops him, I pick it up, it settles, not moving a muscle. I lure Jake back inside and take the rabbit far into the backyard in the nature area and put it down, where it just sits for about 2 minutes. I was about to pick it up to move it further towards the woods and he hopped off.
Jake, being the tracker that he is never picked up on the smell where the rabbit layed for 2 minutes or where it hopped off to, under the fence line.
I hope I did the right thing by interferring with the hunting instinct. I suppose if it were anything but a little furry rabbit I might have waited to see exactly what Jake's intentions would have been.
I almost never say no to my dog, I usually do a little grunt noise to make him stop doing whatever he is doing I disagree with. Jake drops him, I pick it up, it settles, not moving a muscle. I lure Jake back inside and take the rabbit far into the backyard in the nature area and put it down, where it just sits for about 2 minutes. I was about to pick it up to move it further towards the woods and he hopped off.
Jake, being the tracker that he is never picked up on the smell where the rabbit layed for 2 minutes or where it hopped off to, under the fence line.
I hope I did the right thing by interferring with the hunting instinct. I suppose if it were anything but a little furry rabbit I might have waited to see exactly what Jake's intentions would have been.
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Too many germs and diseases out there!!