Gray ones are OK, black and white ones....
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What did he do with it?
He had gotten 2 this week, probably the same one. He brings them back, puts them down and pisses on them. They eventually wander off a little damper and hopefully wiser.
William Reinicke
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bad dog... bad dog... bad dog...... HOLY HELL GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!!! BAAADDD DOOOGG!!!!!
This is funny sheit right here. And yes, the black and white ones might not be so much fun. Might make for a smelly dog and a messed up sniffer for a few days.
Had a buddy who went quail hunting with his GSP and not 20 minutes into the hunt locks on a skunk sleeping. Doesnt even know the dog is there. My buddy (owner of the dog) says the dogs name and "No". Realizing his mistake, the dog releases on his name, wakes that skunk up to get a face full of spray. Dog was fine, but wasnt worth a hoot for about 4 days. Needless to say, he didnt sniff out any quail for the rest of the trip.
Be thankful he's picking up road rats, at least they're pretty docile. I kind of like to see them, as the cursed ticks are high on their menu.
A month ago a rescue mutt we inherited from a close friend who passed, got in a scrap with a raccoon. I wish she would have pissed on him instead. Naturally at 10:00 on a Sunday night. The dog and coon chewed each other pretty good, and we were treated to the bill for a vet visit including rabies boosters. The coon will not be returning in this life.
A month ago a rescue mutt we inherited from a close friend who passed, got in a scrap with a raccoon. I wish she would have pissed on him instead. Naturally at 10:00 on a Sunday night. The dog and coon chewed each other pretty good, and we were treated to the bill for a vet visit including rabies boosters. The coon will not be returning in this life.
I don't think he is a fighter, but you never know, especially with that chessie blood in his veins. Coon here would be bad enough, but badger or porky in wy are a concern. We have pawpaws in the yard and that is what is bringing the possum in. I wouldn't be surprised if we had coons nightly too.
He retrieved a lot of fur this summer (prairie dogs and ground squirrels) and really enjoys it now.
roy brewington
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My son has a husky that will bring fur critters home . Sometimes dead, sometimes alive. Everything from fox's to racoons to possums. Thankfully no skunks. I was dog sitting for him a couple summers ago and they had been letting dog run the farm the night before they left. Went out to feed the dog in afternoon. Dog laying in dog bx staring out at me with a live possum lying beside it doing the same. Don,t even attempt to gut & skin a deer and dispose of those on farm if dogs are let out. They will bring that hide directly home. Hes learned to keep dogs pinned during deer season!
William Reinicke
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Gonna have to name the little critter. You can call him "Pee body".
No badgers in ME, but when we're there i keep an eye out for the quill pig. What a nightmare.
Don't the prairie dogs host plague and other nasty stuff? I might discourage bringing them home.
He is retrieving ones that I shoot, I know plague can be an issue in areas, but there is no stopping him at this point. If I'm shooting them, he is getting them.
A good retriever just can't resist. Give him a pat on the head. Good boy!
I absolutely hate possums. At about 25 years old I moved my family into the homestead after my grandpa passed. I was a very serious trapper, but only had time after the move to set traps on our place and the neighbors place, about one full section of ground in southeast Kansas. It hadn't been trapped since I was in college. I trapped for about a month before season ended and caught 49 possum in my coyote traps. My coyote total was 12 for that month, but who knows how many I would have caught if my traps weren't continually full of possum. I even boiled each possum fouled trap between catches just to get the stink off. So frustrating. I got a $3 average on the possum, yes I skinned every one of them. Coyotes were $35 and the two bobcats were $80 each. That's why I hate possum. I might have just given my lab a pat on the head and a treat for everyone he brought back to the house.
I did have a friend I hunted with whose lab would retrieve everything, that is except for ducks. Great at grabbing decoys though, numbskull. The owner not the dog.
I did have a friend I hunted with whose lab would retrieve everything, that is except for ducks. Great at grabbing decoys though, numbskull. The owner not the dog.
William Reinicke
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This is actually kind of an interesting thread. I have a buddy who owns Drahthaars and they are kind of a "do all dog" but all that I have been around are better blood trackers than retrievers. They will certainly retrieve but they lack that go that labs or chessies have. But I am pretty sure one of their final tests is they blood track a blood trail 2-3 miles and then have to jump in a 4 foot tall box and retrieve a coyote out of that box. I was told (and I do not know how true this is) that only like 20-30% of these dogs pass this final test because K9 will not retrieve other K9's. I am almost questioning that statement with all these stories of dogs brining back all kinds of other critters.
I thought it could also be a raccoon in that test, but I'm no expert.
My labs always would retrieve a squirrel or rabbit shot as vermin in the garden. They seemed less inclined to give the fur up compared to a duck. Beaver in comparison has retrieved dozens and dozens (and dozens?) of ground squirrels and prairie dogs in the great vermin war of 2024 this summer in wyoming.
William Reinicke
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You absolutely could be correct on this. I have never actually been to one of these tests and only half listen most times anymore when people talk about dog tests. I did the whole dog trials and AKC/UKC testing with my first. After she was mastered, I said I would never go back to playing dog games. Training her for her final test, I almost lost her in a fast current on the river. She was 100% following her training, but that training of not touching ground on a water retrieve almost cost her life. I had to break through russian olives, cut myself all up, ripped holes in my waders and got parallel with her to swim over to me to get back on land. Nope... I was done with all testing right there. Plus days were long, and I hated seeing all the show golden retrievers out there prancing and retrieving ducks by a feather. Those were not meat dogs, but just people trying to get an extra title to a name so they could sell puppies for higher prices. Not into that at all. Give me a hard driven, bank running, fast retriever that minds and doesnt break and I am a very very happy camper with my dogs.
This is cool. I cant say I have ever put my labs on prairie dogs or squirrels. Rabbit seem to happen quite a bit though, especially when out on farms and goose hunting. While I am setting decoys, I will let them run around and get some energy off. They will get on a rabbit trail every once in awhile. Only once did they catch one, but that poor thing was not well and very lethargic. Put it out of its misery. I did get stuck on a ranch one time due to snow and highways being shut down. I was so lucky that I had my travel trailer out at the farmers property that year and I took the afternoon and shot a fair share of cotton tails that afternoon. Never once did I think to take my lab with me to see if they would retrieve the rabbit after I shot it.