Yeah I hear ya adoremydogs... my dogs l uckily don't seem interested in birds but belle gets excited by hearing baby birds chirping lol. As for squirrels the dogs chase them but are too loud out of the gate that the squirrels get a BIG warning before hand in time to get away lol

that being said... they did catch a baby rabbit once not sure where it came from but we were outside at the time and it was just in the middle of the yard and the results were unfortunate but... dogs will be dogs