rosefarm Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 A frozen mouse! A wee bit morbid but Lilly found a frozen mouse and I have never seen so much fun had. It even took a bit to get it away from her because she would hide it, when called in. She was throwing that thing in the air, spinning around. She might take over the cats job. Any other mousers? --Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
border_collie_crazy Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Shadow(BC/Sheltie) is a mouser lol. she lives with my best friends family now, and before they got Shadow they a mice galore, ya they no longer have mice lol any mouse that dares set foot and that house, and actually belives it can outrun Shadow is sadley mistaken. never mind that Shadow is 10 years old, a little heavy and arthritic, there is no mouse on this earth that can run fast enugh to avoid death by Shadow lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SincereArtisan Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 When I feed my snakes frozen/thawed rats, or live mice, I've held one up to Rune a time or two. She's always SO fascinated by the snakes at feeding time, and the expression she gets when nose to nose with a mouse is hysterical. She gets cross eyed, and her tongue comes out about a third of the way repeatedly, like she's even afraid to lick it. LoL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieDog Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Maggie actually caught her 3rd vole this week - she dove into a snow drift and came up w/ the poor thing in her mouth. She looks just like a coyote when she goes after them and it's really cool to see her so happy, but I always feel bad for the voles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSnappy Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Maggie actually caught her 3rd vole this week - she dove into a snow drift and came up w/ the poor thing in her mouth. She looks just like a coyote when she goes after them and it's really cool to see her so happy, but I always feel bad for the voles. Mr. Woo would really like to catch a vole. He has already caught himself a couple of squirrels (Mr. Woo can climb trees!) and has a great deal of fun with them. I am relatively indifferent to squirrels but apparently our fellow park users are not, and the *language* of these people who see him catch-and-shake the squirrel is quite amazing. We are working on the squirrel thing because frankly, I am afraid someone is going to beat me and/or Mr. Woo to death when they see him on a squirrel hunt. Time to move out of the city!! RDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg's mum Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 A plastic hollow sponge fish with soft spikes that reinflates itself. It was a bathroom decoration that I gave her as a consolation prize for enduring a bath the day before yesterday and I have never seen so much joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Debatable Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 I am relatively indifferent to squirrels but apparently our fellow park users are not, and the *language* of these people who see him catch-and-shake the squirrel is quite amazing. We are working on the squirrel thing because frankly, I am afraid someone is going to beat me and/or Mr. Woo to death when they see him on a squirrel hunt. Well, duh. Today it's a squirrel, tomorrow it's somebody's kid! Of course people are concerned. Squirrel-slaughtering has "pit bull" written all over it. Other dogs also never display this sort of normal savage behavior. Yep --- pit bull. Look at that guilty expression! Time to move out of the city indeed, missy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSnappy Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Well, duh. Today it's a squirrel, tomorrow it's somebody's kid! Of course people are concerned. Squirrel-slaughtering has "pit bull" written all over it. Other dogs also never display this sort of normal savage behavior. Hah! And I meant to tell you that yesterday while we were walking the dogs, we ran into a Golden Retriever who *must* be a working dog as she was creeping along giving tons of eye to her owner's tennis ball. She was so low her belly was nearly on the ground. I laughed and laughed and shouted "Round 'em up, Shep!" and the owner told me that someone had already asked her if the dog was a border collie that afternoon. hee hee RDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Debatable Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 yesterday while we were walking the dogs, we ran into a Golden Retriever who *must* be a working dog as she was creeping along giving tons of eye to her owner's tennis ball. She was so low her belly was nearly on the ground. I laughed and laughed and shouted "Round 'em up, Shep!" and the owner told me that someone had already asked her if the dog was a border collie that afternoon. hee hee LOLOLOL At the Mission Circuit [series of dog shows at the Pomona Fairgrounds] a few years back, trainer Karen Price's young golden retriever was the star of the "herding instinct test." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSnappy Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 trainer Karen Price's young golden retriever was the star of the "herding instinct test." Oh yes! I can relate - not too long ago I know someone whose sheltie passed an HIT with "flying colours" because when she panicked and ran out of the pen, she made the sheep move. Also, I gal I know took her beagle-something mix to an HIT and the trainer was "very impressed" with the way she got in there and moved those sheep...in every direction. Her vocalizing was something to behold, indeed. Mr. Woo believes sheep are Really Big Squirrels. RDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Oop Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 We've had quite a few of the "frozen mouse play toys" around here, too. My cat Spike is a superb mouser and Allie has picked up all too well how to catch the little critters. The other day the house animals were out playing in the front yard while I pruned some bushes (cabin fever). I finished my task and went up onto the porch and both animals were proudly displaying a couple of mousie's each in front of them - little things were frozen solid. Unfortunately, several of the rodents were missing heads and other body parts, one was little more than a tail. (Yech!) Mr. Snappy, what an anti-social behavior! Allie's captured quite a few rodents and birds, but fortunately not in a public place. My old GSD/Collie however, was a great field dog and frequently captured little gophers and other small rodents. One time we were camping in a Forest Service campground with very close camp sites and before we could stop him Kamp did what field dogs do - pounced, caught a potgut and flung it high into the air and then picked it up and shook it. Oooh! You should have heard the screams from the next camp site! My husband got out the camp shovel and quietly buried the victim. Well, we were ostracized from that point on and people walked around the campground and whispered about us. Nevermind the fact that the critter had been right in the middle of our campsite and that the place was riddled with their holes and that our dog was by far the best behaved, best trained and quiet dog in the entire campgound for the whole trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anda Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Talk about clueless dog owners. Today, at the dog park, the owner of a BC mix was super impressed with Ouzo, and she kept asking me how did I teach him to lay down on command before I throw him the ball (!!!). Duhhh... And then she asked me if he is a head bitter or ankle bitter! Hmmmmmm....none! I told him he's never seen sheep, so I don't know how he would react to sheep, if this is what her question was refering to. I asked her if her dog has seen sheep, and she said no, but he's an ankle bitter. She meant he was nipping other dogs on their ankles. I just told her mine is not a bitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluj Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Mr. Woo would really like to catch a vole. He has already caught himself a couple of squirrels (Mr. Woo can climb trees!) and has a great deal of fun with them. I am relatively indifferent to squirrels but apparently our fellow park users are not, and the *language* of these people who see him catch-and-shake the squirrel is quite amazing. We are working on the squirrel thing because frankly, I am afraid someone is going to beat me and/or Mr. Woo to death when they see him on a squirrel hunt. Time to move out of the city!! RDM I'd be careful what I wished for, RDM. My folks moved to the backwoods of Virginia a few years back, and the same winter adopted a Vizla mix stray. So grateful to be taken in out of the cold, he brings home "presents" every few weeks: squirrels, possums, skunks, groundhogs, and most often, black snakes. He's working very hard on capturing a turtle, which has thus far, fortunately, eluded him. The other dog, a bc/heeler mix, likes to round up deer and drive them towards the house. Mom says she's nearly been run over a few times. I'm recommending herding lessons so he knows to send them away when asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebC Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Ah, yes - mousicles. Bo was introduced to them last winter. We have not been as good about setting the traps in the shed this year so he hasn't had one yet this winter. I swear he played with them more than any cat would!!! Unfortunately they have a tendency to 'break' when it's been really cold.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyleew Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Mine are both better mousers than my cats. So far, they have caught and killed mice, squirrels, oppossums, birds & muskrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoBC Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I hate mice. Black Jack's nver seen one yet but if Ihave my way he won't. I don't to find him running back to me with a mouse in his mouth Anda, isn't funny when people that don't know, or just don't train their dogs think your some world class trainer because they lay down on command, or stay I think it's funny, it sure make you/me look smart. lol. ETA: I try not to let him kill anything because I doin't want him trying to kill stuff all the time. Once they get the tast of it they wont quit, most of the time of course. I would rather know he won't kill a rabbit than worry about finding one out back, or him covered in blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 OMG this thread is funny. RDM - I admit, if I saw Mr. Woo doing that I'd be horrified! Poor little squirrels. Oreo caught a squirrel once (after years of plotting) and shook the heck out of it... then it ran away, dazed. Whew. I think I might have cried. Oreo is a mouser. Luckily they don't have many mice where my parents live at all, but she HATES mice. She will kill any that she sees. (Killed a whole nest of mice once while camping.) Sigh. Anda - Wow. I think it's so sad when people excuse their dog's bad behavior by saying it's a "herding behavior". Biting other dogs has nothing to do with herding, just bad behavior. Yeesh. Oh yes! I can relate - not too long ago I know someone whose sheltie passed an HIT with "flying colours" because when she panicked and ran out of the pen, she made the sheep move. Also, I gal I know took her beagle-something mix to an HIT and the trainer was "very impressed" with the way she got in there and moved those sheep...in every direction. Her vocalizing was something to behold, indeed. That is hilarious. Zoe might even pass with flying colors, then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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