Have your dogs eaten a bird?

[MariaM]

Yeah, he's done it again. I suppose its his hunting instinct...

Ok, no time to explain. Major ate a bird. Should I be concerned?

I'll try to give more details later...hopefully at school, but I have to go there right now.

[pitc9]

It's just an instinct, you can't train instinct out of a dog. That's part of what makes your dog a dog!

Sierra has killed a baby bunny (the day before Easter no less!! )
And had wounded a baby Morning Dove.

[cloverfdx]

Yes unfortunatly it is instinct, Clover leaps up into the air and just plucks them right out of the sky . She has also gotton a couple of wild Rabbits in her time, but cannot keep up with them anymore.

[Glacier]

many of them. Muskwa is a grouse killing machine. Kayleigh prefers the Ravens. They harass her and try to steal her food. No one messes with Kayleigh's food!

[chrissycat21]

No, but Snowy eats baby bunnies whenever she finds the nest.

[Kfamr]

I've never given them the chance to.

[CamCamPup33]

Nope.

Cami would love to im sure, but she hasn't.

[lute]

no. Beanie would probably be scared of the bird.

i did have a beagle cocker croos once that killed everything she could. bunnies,birds,squirls,cats.

[Pam]

I think I have posted this before so if you have already heard it please bear with me. One day I was out back working on the lawn, pulling weeds and such, and I noticed Bella had something in her mouth. When I got closer I saw that it was the limp body of a small bird, maybe a baby that had fallen out of its nest. I went inside and got her a doggie biscuit and offered it to her so she might put the bird down to eat the treat. It worked, and I was able to pick up the bird in my gloved hand (because I was weeding) and toss it over the back fence. Well, unfortunately I am not a good thrower. The bird hit the inside of the fence and fell back into the yard and Bella got it again. I raced back into the house and came back outside with the entire box of doggie biscuits and she would not fall for this trick again. I stood there, doggie biscuit box in hand, and watched her eat the bird, beak and all, and felt like gagging!

[micki76]

Not eaten, but certainly killed. I have always had terriers and most of them have had high prey drives. Neither Chester or Millie have killed a bird, but they have killed many other small animals in the yard.

Oh, Pam.

[Cincy'sMom]

Nope. Cincy found a baby bird in our backyard...she sniffed at it, and pawed gently trying to get it to play. When I realized what was going on, I put the dogs inthe house, got a shovel, and lifted the baby birs over the fence to safety.

[talia22]

yes a birds,rats,squirrels,opposums and 1 raccoon

[KYS]

Killed but not eaten.

[kingrattus]

RB Max would never kill a bird. He LOVED to watch the birds eating out of the feeder a few feet away from him. Once a big bird flew over (he was taught to chase the big ones away) & a little bird ended up flying in to the chicken wire in the fence.

Max went up to the bird & took it out of the wire, spat it on the ground, gently set his paw on it, licked it a few times, & then let it go. He watched it fly away & then went back to his steps to lay down & watch the birds again.



EDIT: after reading this again, RB Max would kill a bird if it attacked me. Not meaning to kill it, but I'm sure a few shakes & a toss would kill a bird. But I've never heard of a bird attacking a human for no reason, so I couldn't ever see that happening

[dogs_4_me]

Emma chased alot of ducks but never hurt one.