Wow...you act so cool about this. I can't believe anyone is sick enough to let their dog kill cats. If your dog does this it should be leashed or muzzled at all times. Sickening.
As for dog aggressive dogs, why the heck does it have to be so complicated? 16 pages? if your dog is aggressive MUZZLE IT and KEEP IT AWAY FROM OTHER LIVING CREATURES. If you can't do that then maybe you should not own a dangerous animal.
I love how people will place the blame on others and make up any excuse not to call their dog 'aggressive'. If your dog has attacked another dog, it is aggressive. End of.
As for dog aggressive dogs, why the heck does it have to be so complicated? 16 pages? if your dog is aggressive MUZZLE IT and KEEP IT AWAY FROM OTHER LIVING CREATURES. If you can't do that then maybe you should not own a dangerous animal.
I love how people will place the blame on others and make up any excuse not to call their dog 'aggressive'. If your dog has attacked another dog, it is aggressive. End of.
Smkie>>
You never answered my question (and I am surprised that you have met field bred labs with as much prey drive. Same with pointers. I am shocked as most field people I know would cull any dog with that much prey drive)
I have dogs that are to go down into tunnels, all alone in the dark in cramped quarters. To independently find the quarry, and mark and engage that quarry. Even if that quarry fights back. (they are not supposed to kill the quarry underground..I doubt they could anyway) A working bred lab or Pointer has generations of breeding 'follow human directions' attributes into them. NO WHERE is this in working terriers. A dog who pops out of the hole to see if 'mom' is still there would not be bred. A dog who backs off the quarry would not be bred. Also JRTs do not live in packs. A pack of JRTs would like self destruct with out lots of training. As a side note feral dogs (ie dogs left to form pack structure or not as they see fit) do NOT form packs, they live in large (hundreds) populations but may hang out with different dogs all the time. In many studies it has been shown that the domestic dog does not pack. They are social creatures, but seem to no form the strong bonds that create packs like many other canines.
So having dogs like that. HOW would you train one that it is ok to go after Raccoons, groundhogs, foxes, etc. But not cats? I DO love cats, and I have cried every time Snip has killed one. The only mercy is, is its a very fast way to go. I would love to know how to teach him not to kill them, but to still be a hunting dog.
I want my dogs to dispatch rats, mice and rabbits. (we are over run with rabbits) It is more humane than traps and poison, and safer too.
I do agree dogs can do more than ppl assume. Dekka-who if we aren't careful will hit the caged rat at the end of a go to ground tunnel (when the idiot running it opened the door before I was ready) hard enough to dent the cage and rip her nose, will call off a rat that lands beside her. But she doesn't have a fraction of the prey drive Snip does.
Other than terriers what breeds of dogs still engage live quarry when working?