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I think my dogs might have killed another dog
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 299613" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I hope the little dachshund is OK, but honestly, his owners are the ones to blame - not you or your dogs! If they are careless enough to allow their dog to wander the neighborhood, it's just a matter of time before something bad will happen to him, either a run-in with bigger dogs or getting hit by a car. It's a good sign that he was able to run away though. Maybe having to pay vet bills will be a wake up call to the owners that he shouldn't be roaming the neighborhood. I think I would also consult a trainer and see what they recommend. It could be that the 'pack mentality' kicked in and that neither one would have done that if they were alone. Many dogs are 'prey aggressive' and it's not necessarily a fatal fault, you just have to take steps to minimize the opportunity. And I would make sure to walk them separately, not together. I've tried to take my dogs places with all three on leashes and even under the best of circumstances, it's chaos!</p><p> </p><p>My mixed breed, Freebie, is <em>extremely</em> prey aggressive. She's nine now and came to me as an almost starved half-grown puppy. She's great with other dogs, even small ones, and her first instinct is to make friends with them and play. But anything else better look out, especially if it comes near her food! She has even killed a kitten or two who came too close to her turf. It broke my heart but there is no way to prevent it. When we lived in the country and she was outside a lot she would kill rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, even a rat or two. She was well fed by then and never ate them but she killed them. A few times she even lined them up in the yard to show them off to me! I would get upset at her but then I had to remind myself that killing little things like that was how she <em>stayed</em> <em>alive</em> before she wandered in to my yard and adopted me as her owner. That instinct is so ingrained in her that even though she's never been really hungry in nine years, she will still go after small animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 299613, member: 1883"] I hope the little dachshund is OK, but honestly, his owners are the ones to blame - not you or your dogs! If they are careless enough to allow their dog to wander the neighborhood, it's just a matter of time before something bad will happen to him, either a run-in with bigger dogs or getting hit by a car. It's a good sign that he was able to run away though. Maybe having to pay vet bills will be a wake up call to the owners that he shouldn't be roaming the neighborhood. I think I would also consult a trainer and see what they recommend. It could be that the 'pack mentality' kicked in and that neither one would have done that if they were alone. Many dogs are 'prey aggressive' and it's not necessarily a fatal fault, you just have to take steps to minimize the opportunity. And I would make sure to walk them separately, not together. I've tried to take my dogs places with all three on leashes and even under the best of circumstances, it's chaos! My mixed breed, Freebie, is [I]extremely[/I] prey aggressive. She's nine now and came to me as an almost starved half-grown puppy. She's great with other dogs, even small ones, and her first instinct is to make friends with them and play. But anything else better look out, especially if it comes near her food! She has even killed a kitten or two who came too close to her turf. It broke my heart but there is no way to prevent it. When we lived in the country and she was outside a lot she would kill rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, even a rat or two. She was well fed by then and never ate them but she killed them. A few times she even lined them up in the yard to show them off to me! I would get upset at her but then I had to remind myself that killing little things like that was how she [I]stayed[/I] [I]alive[/I] before she wandered in to my yard and adopted me as her owner. That instinct is so ingrained in her that even though she's never been really hungry in nine years, she will still go after small animals. [/QUOTE]
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