Dog just ate a rabbit

It is, but such laws are very different across the water. For example, fox hunting is still legal. I don't see the problem with it to be honest. We don't go out and kill hundreds of rabbits aimlessly. If we're lucky we'll get 2 or 3 which will go in the pot to make a nice rabbit stew.

It's a good rural outdoor activity, gets us out of the house, gives the dog a bit of hunting (which it needs) and it makes a lovely stew. It's no different to fishing or shooting.
 
more foxes are killed outside my house every year by cars than by all the fox hunts in the south west over the same period

just as a point of reference.

but anyway, dogs eat things, if a rabbit happens to be one of those things than so be it, natural selection etc, soon the only rabbits left will be the ones that eat dogs.
 
Scuzi said:
Dog's eat rabbits, it's natural. Some of us even encourage our dogs to go catch and kill rabbits :D

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That's a funny looking rabbit? :confused:
 
The rabbit, followed by a ferret, ran out of the hole about 2 minutes later and was grabbed by the dog.
 
VeNT said:
my border collie chases rabbits, if they stop she prods them with her nose till they run again.
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Strange, my border collie does the same. It never bites them just waits for them to get up.
 
FISHGUTS said:
Strange, my border collie does the same. It never bites them just waits for them to get up.
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Yep, I've got rough collies and they do the same. Chase them and then /if they catch up to them just prod them and hope to continue the chase.

One of them even chases cats, but if the cat gets it's nerves up, and turns around she runs away and then the cat chases her instead. Something wrong here.. :D

My dogs do tend to pick up chip wrapers and rummage around in bins etc.... They prefer the stuff humans throw away, or a cooked chicken etc.. :p

Wouldn't worry about it, dogs eat all sorts of stuff. I'd have her wormed though, as worms can create hungry dogs, and then they'll eat their own poo. One of my dogs did this once.
 
One of our dogs is a rescued dog and was found wandering the streets of manchester as a pup.... she must have lived by eating out of bins and chip wrappers and stuff. She now has a cast iron constitution and can eat almost anything.
We have managed to train her pretty well but she cannot be stopped from opening bin bags if allowed to access them, just something she wont ever get out of i suppose. She also chases rabbits etc when we go for walks.... never caught one yet though!
 
My cat keeps climbing up the conifer hedge in our garden that has a pair of pigeons trying to nest in it.

It's nature. I'm not going to encourage it and fetch baby birds for my cat to eat, but if she's out there doing her thing and happens to catch some then hey... that's just the way it is.
 
I don't think that my dog would chase a rabbit it's to lazy, unless the rabbit ran into the dog that might be a little different.

Jim
 
Chronos-X said:
IIRC it covers everything from using your dog to catch a mouse in the kitchen up.
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If it catches it by itself it's OK. If you encourage it, it's not OK. If you have two dogs and they both attack it, it's not OK whether encouraged or not.

However, I know of people who have turned up at their local police stations and 'turned themselves in' for such things. The police are not interested.
 
NickXX said:
My girlfriend's dogs spend most of their time hunting rabbits in her garden. It's what dogs do - they eat all sorts of crap, must be immune to pretty much everything.
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everything bar chocholate
 
PeterNem said:
You could have kept an eye on it and picked it up as we do with our dogs?!?!
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We did, but we cannot be there 24 hrs a day watching and waiting until the dog goes to the toilet. We were told by a vet that it usually stems from shelters, because some puppies may not have got enough food to eat and resorted to eating their own poop.
 
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