Birds and Geese

[Robyn, Greg and Snickers]

Snickers has just discovered birds and geese. He will sit and stare at them and then go into stalking mode. Is this a hunting instinct or just my dog being silly. The geese particularly fascinate him while skeeving me out. So do your doodles "hunt"? Snickers will be 2 next mth and has not showed these tendencies before. 

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Peri does this - she has since about 6 months old.  I think it is her hunting instincts. If I were to let her go wild, she would quietly stalk and chase birds all day long.  Of course she has yet to catch one....

[Linda Karell]

Yep.  We were walking one day and a flock of ducks took off near Chervil and frightened her.  Since then, she's given birds a wide berth.  But any manner of small rodent sets her in motion.  She literally ran head first into the fence chasing a rabbit.

[Rose]

Both of mine do this.

 

[cheryl & oliver]

Oliver does this too.  He saw a bird walking down the road, and went into full stance...I was shocked, I guess it is the retriever in him...Good thing I had him on a leash, or he would have taken off after the bird..

[L.M.]

Ooooh yea mine are big time hunters!! If we let them, they would totally try to hunt...or I guess retrieve...ducks or geese.  They get this sharp cry and go absolutely insane for squirrels and rabbits as well!  Just an instinct I think!

[L.M.]

My Seamus actually pointed once as well....lol I tried to catch it on film, but I wasn't fast enough.

[Stella]

Both of my LDs will chase rabbits, squirrels, chipmonks, and deer!  My multi-gen "points" just like a pointer and stalks ducks!!  He came very close to getting one the other week!!

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Peri points too.  Amazing how this is an instinct.  I certainly didn't teach her to point!

[Eva (Lilo and Rocky)]

My Rocky caught a Canadian Goose a couple of years ago... it was taking off from a ditch, he lunged and got hold of the wingtip. The bird - of course - freaked out, so Rocky let it go. The goose wasn't hurt, thank goodness.

Both my dogs hunt on a daily basis and catch all kinds of critters in our yard, including smaller birds, rodents, frogs, and grass snakes. Usually the unfortunate prey ends up dead or half-dead. Both dogs seem to prefer squirrels, rabbits, and mice, probably because of the taste! Yuk... Lilo has had worms as a result of her preference for raw food, but neither has gotten really sick from munching on their kills, knock on wood...

[Robyn, Greg and Snickers]

Oh my gosh I cannot even imagine how freaked out I would be if he CAUGHT a goose! You must have some pretty interesting "presents" given to you from Lilo and Rocky!

[Eva (Lilo and Rocky)]

yes, I am fairly immune to dead rodents with missing heads by now...

[Brandi]

Yup...both of my doodles find all birds VERY interesting lol