Ugh....Fenway Killed a Kit

[Freedom]

Aw, poor little baby kit. You are right, can't blame Fenway for doing what he was bred to do.

So sorry you had to deal with this! Prayers for you!

[Canis-Lupess]

It's not just terriers either. My Border Collies have killed wild creatures in the past when they've had chance and they aren't bred as hunters, they are bred as herders.

Yes, it's always unpleasant when they do it. I'm sorry you had to go through it. You were right not to tell Fenway off because he'll never understand why he shouldn't kill prey when he has the chance anyway. The only thing you can do is avoid possible opportunities for him to do it like not going near the holes as you said and then just hoping he doesn't come across another creatures to kill.

I just remind myself that the dogs are dogs same as cats are cats and will kill things if they get chance.

[Glacier]

Poor little kit. Nature is brutal sometimes!

Ozzy, Sundin and Antare killed a mink a couple days ago--in their pen!

[elizabethann]

Poor little kit. Nature is brutal sometimes!

Ozzy, Sundin and Antare killed a mink a couple days ago--in their pen!

OMG!

[Glacier]

OMG!

The joys of prey driven dogs. Mink are nasty, aggressive little creatures. Kinda glad I wasn't home for that! Ozzy looked like he'd been in a massacre! I have picked up plenty of corpses in the yard. We have suidical squirrels I think! I was just glad it wasn't a cat. Mine were all inside and accounted for, but my neighbor has a cat that he refuses to keep inside. I do not ever want to find another broken feline body, regardless of who own it!

[Canis-Lupess]

Yeah, Our Jess managed to kill 2 hedgehogs in her time that wandered into her run. She didn't get injured herself by them either. I love hedgehogs so I was gutted.
She tried to kill a toad that went in once but I saw her trying to get at it so I rescued it before she managed to get it.

[Ginger's Mom]

Yes, it really is part of his nature, but I agree with you that I don't want to witness it. My parents had a beagle that killed a baby bunny once. They soon learned that in the springtime, when she showed a sudden interest in a particular spot behind the house that it was time to keep her on lead when she was outside for a few weeks.

[caseysmom]

I am sorry you had to go through that and at the risk of sounding stupin..what is a kit?

[Taz_Zoee]

I am sorry you had to go through that and at the risk of sounding stupin..what is a kit?

That's not a stupid question, because I was wondering myself. Do you mean a kit fox?

[Karen]

I am sorry you had to go through that and at the risk of sounding stupin..what is a kit?

I'm guessing it was a rabbit kit. This is the right time of year, and baby bunnies are often concealed and left unattended while momma goes to feed.
Don't feel bad, rabbits are prey animals, that's why they reproduce so quickly.

My first dog, the best and smartest dog in the whole wide world, Sheba, had a prey drive that was unmatched. If it wasn't human or canine, and Sheba spotted it, it had better be quick, or it was dead. My parents explained a prey drive to me, so I understood, and didn't fault her. And, in fact, the neighbors loved her, because they could grow corn without worry of woodchucks eating it on them. In fact, it was almost ten years after Sheba's death before a woodchuck was spotted n our neighborhood again, that's how effectively, and how wide an area, from which she had cleared them.