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[Bossroo]

The hunting prey instinct isn't limited to only the hunting dogs. We once had a female Chihuahua all of 7 pounds that was around chickens all of her life. One day a hen got loose and the chase was on. She caught the hen, started to shake it. Her teeth were so small that the hen had only a couple red spots on her neck. Also, it any cat came into her property ( 1 acre) the chase was on and the cat usually got treed.

 

[talchemist5]

yeah, my only concern with my dog is that she is an avid squirrel hunter/catcher/eater. that is good since i hate those tree rats she is on the raw meat/prey diet and that was one reason for the rabbits, that and i cant legally have chickens in the city. <if i had a privacy fence i would anyway> this way we can split a meal, i love rabbit, but havent had since i was kid on a camping trip and we got 2 cotton tails with our bb guns.

i think your right, i will give her a new toy when i next go out, she is great if she just got some food and leaves them alone long after she is done eating.

i think i will put up the lights tomorow morning and see about some pictures.

 

[tortoise]

The hunting prey instinct isn't limited to only the hunting dogs. We once had a female Chihuahua all of 7 pounds that was around chickens all of her life. One day a hen got loose and the chase was on. She caught the hen, started to shake it. Her teeth were so small that the hen had only a couple red spots on her neck. Also, it any cat came into her property ( 1 acre) the chase was on and the cat usually got treed.

Chihuahua's can be like 5 pound APBT's. But really, they were pack hunting dogs before they were bred to be pets.

 

[Sama_Lama]

You dog doesn't know that bunnies = meat, but it does know that bunnies = prey and that might present a problem. I feed all my dogs a raw diet and I have chickens and now bunnies (they will be raised for meat). Although my dogs don't relate the bunnies or chickens with dinner, they are still small animals and most of the dogs will give chase to them if given the chance. I have 3 dogs that I will let out with the chickens and I will find out if they will be fine with the bun buns, but I would never (never ever!) trust them alone with them. The likelihood of your bunnies becoming desensitized to the dogs is slightly higher than the likelihood of your dogs becoming desensitized to the bunnies in my opinion.

 

[talchemist5]

Here we Go. all three are new zealand reds.

This is my buck, his name is Buck, how original

This is the younger doe, Lucy.

And finally miss grumpy, Mary.

that is my trio.

 

[rabbitlady4433]

They are beautiful!

 

[cattlecait]

Very pretty! Love red New Zealands

My first buck was a castor Mini Rex, also named Buck lol.

 

[AlpacaEmployee]

Very Nice.

 

[tortoise]

You dog doesn't know that bunnies = meat, but it does know that bunnies = prey and that might present a problem.

Thank you, that's what I was attempting to say.

 

[wYs Ranch]

HI!

If the whining bothers you, keep him away from the bunny area. Any dog with prey drive will go after the rabbits given the opportunity. My Corsos have high prey drive, but don't bother the chickens or geese (the dogs show interest if the birds are acting flighty, but they leave them when told to or if they're just pecking around) But, they know what rabbits are, and they know they're fun to chase!

Your rabbits are pretty! I have some CA's and I believe the NZ's are actually mutts... but thats ok for filling my freezer for now. I love some of the coat variations I'm getting from the mutts since we're planning on keeping the hides and making stuff with them.