Ranger Dog can add a new skill to his resume. He now knows how to hunt and catch. Believe me that is different from sniffing and tracking!
A couple of days ago, my husband came into the house and informed me that Ranger Dog had the lower quarters of something in his mouth. I rushed out to find that Ranger Dog did indeed have the hind part of a rabbit in his mouth. He was prancing around and chomping down and all proud of himself. And, no way was he going to let anyone have his prize.
I was loath to believe that my little puppy (little yeah! he weighs in at about 80lbs and stands up to my knees) would actually kill a bunny rabbit. I am still amazed that he actually caught a rabbit.
I have seen Ranger Dog sneak up on the cats. I have actually seen him nose down sniffing away at some particular spoor. But, I have not actually seen him pounce and attack his prey. I guess he is fine honing that skill also.
I have not found the other have of the rabbit. So, I guess he ate that too.
I thought maybe he took it from the cats. Because I have seen cats bring down rabbits. But, no….he did it himself.
My husband also saw Ranger Dog catch something out by the wood pile too. Mr Greenhouse said that Ranger Dog sniffed about, got down in a crouch and lept. He came up with something that squealed. Ranger went “chomp” and that was that.
I don’t know why I am surprised. Buster, my childhood friend, was a bulldog. He ate anything that was smaller than he was. Literally, he would eat just about anything he could catch.
My dad used to take Buster hunting with him. Buster was good a treeing squirrels. The only problem was that after Daddy shot the squirrel, it was a race to see who got to it first. If Buster did, well, no amount of pulling would get it out the dog’s mouth. So, Daddy had to kill twice as much to bring some home for us to eat.
The only issue with this is that now Ranger has a “taste” for blood. That means any new animals introduced to our house, other than cats, which he knows are not food, have to be watched until he gets used to them.
