Funeral for bunny

Aww, poor baby bunny. But yay for Bella! Great test for leave-it...lol. Zeke used to pluck birds from the trees....my crazy pogo-stick dog used to literally leap into the air when a bird flew out of our GIANT oak tree that's been there over 20 years. It's not a small tree....but Z could pluck birds from the air. It was insane. So at least Bella was looking for a bunny to hunt. And for the record, fortunately Z no longer hunts birds. o-o

Yeah...I've definitely got mixed feelings about it...somewhat proud of my girl. *L*

Wow, Zeke sounds like a hunting gymnast. *LOL* How did you get him to stop hunting birds? I'd like to curb Bella's appetite for lizards and bunnies...

To be honest, I can't even remember. It was sooo long ago....I think he was one-ish, just over adolescence..... Part of it he just grew out of, but I remember doing something with him. Lol. o-o;

What you might work on is just controlling her prey drive. A great way to start with this is to get her riled up with a tug rope and randomly tell her to drop it. Check out my post "Today's Training Accomplishments." It's described a little better there and Fickla posted the video that gave me the idea. It's a great game to play to work on control. I don't know if this would help or not, but you could also visit pet stores that have rabbits. Zeke has an unhealthy prey obsession with cats...that's the only way I can describe it. If I'm with him, he'll just lock his eyes on them. He's not aggressive, but he's like a working sheepdog waiting to be released to move the sheep....if that makes sense, lol! We're working on a better leave it so we can use that with the cats. I don't know what he'd do to a cat with me not around. I usually break his focus and take him further away from them. I use a Gentle Leader on him, so this is helpful. If she behaves this way with all small animals, then a GL would help a lot. But, depending on whether she has a really high prey drive or a low prey drive, you may not be able to have her PERFECT when not under your watchful eye.