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Star is the consummate hunter. (YLRD) From the time she was a puppy she would excitedly hunt out mice, then squirrels, once a skunk, (which she hid in the woodpile for future enjoyment; took me months to find out where the smell was coming from) one opposum and finally, yes, the dreaded HUGE rat. From the window I saw her trotting spritely and with great pride across the patio, poor dead corpse swinging helplessly in the wind. I thought I would puke!! I didn't kiss that mouth for weeks! Finally she dropped it; at the back door!!! EXTERMINATOR!! Her most notable hunt was the tale of the "hiddden squirrel." This time I watched her prance about the yard gleefully with a poor little deceased squirrel dangling from her mouth. I made SURE that when she came into the house the squirrel was out of her mouth and out of sight. She got the green light to enter... no squirrel! There we sat together, she at my feet sleeping peacefully. After a bit I got up to do some work in the kitchen. I looked back into the room and couldn't believe what I saw. AHHH!!!!!!!!!! I thought I was going crazy!!! There, where my feet were just moments ago, lay a grey, furry, pile streaked in red; not remanents, but a WHOLE body!! I KNEW she hadn't brought it in with her. Lightbulb moment!!!!!!!!!!! She had, just moments after having gotten up, hurled up the entire squirrel WHOLE!! With no husband in sight, I ushered her outside and waited for the disposal engineer to come home to remove the carnage! I still shiver when I think what my response would have been had she "hurled" it at my feet!!
My vet says some dogs just have that predator/prey instinct more than others. Giving them squeaky toys that look like squirrels doesn't help!! Past year: No confirmed kills, thank goodness!!
A cute thing she does is prance to the doorway to greet me as I enter the room, hopping on her hind legs, front paws bent and half-jumping and wiggling like a fish does when being reeled in, wriggling in the air. Cody sounds so adorable, Karen!
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