Killing animals

[wetwillie]

What kind of dogs did you run back in the day Dax?

[ben ji]

What kind of dogs did you run back in the day Dax?

Dax seems like an english pointer or springer type of guy.

[wetwillie]

What kind of dogs did you run back in the day Dax?

Dax seems like an english pointer or springer type of guy.

Sounds right, maybe he will surprise us with a wirehaired pointing Griffon or something.

[sys]

Will a fox kill a small dog?  My dad has spotted a fox visiting his front porch daily. He told a neighbor about it and the neighbor asked if he could trap it because he said it would kill my dad's shih zu.  Is that right? The fox is not very big.

that'd be really weird.  foxes are normally scared of dogs.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Will a fox kill a small dog?  My dad has spotted a fox visiting his front porch daily. He told a neighbor about it and the neighbor asked if he could trap it because he said it would kill my dad's shih zu.  Is that right? The fox is not very big.

that'd be really weird.  foxes are normally scared of dogs.

The internet says that foxes are generally afraid of even small dogs because they don't recognize them as prey and dogs have hunted foxes for a long time. There may be a risk of foxes bringing diseases to domestic dogs. There is a family of foxes that moved into my neighborhood over the past few years. They can be seen ducking in and out of the storm drains around dawn and dusk. One of the juveniles got killed by a car last spring.  :(

[Institutional Control]

Thanks, guys.  I'll let him know that his dog is likely safe. 

[sonofdaxjones]

What kind of dogs did you run back in the day Dax?

Dax seems like an english pointer or springer type of guy.

I've only had a golden who was a great finder/retriever and while not much of a pointer, he never ran away and he was great for getting in and working around in the heavy stuff while staying in line. 

My cousins have Vizsla's who are quite good, and a good friend has had some awesome German Shorthair's.

[wetwillie]

Vizla’s are such good looking dogs, they seem like they are super high energy though.

[star seed 7]

They are so beautiful.

My dad has a gsp that is almost 2 now. That rough rider has more energy than is even imaginable. He takes it on 5 mile runs every day going 20mph or so in the gator. Dude just absolutely loves running.

[ben ji]

They are so beautiful.

My dad has a gsp that is almost 2 now. That rough rider has more energy than is even imaginable. He takes it on 5 mile runs every day going 20mph or so in the gator. Dude just absolutely loves running.

Yeah, Milo is a 1.5 yr old gsp and a nut job terrorist with so much energy. It's great for hunting but the other 95% of the time she is sprinting circles on her racetrack (I call them zoomies) around my garden. She has killed all the grass and her "racetrack" is about an inch lower than the rest of the yard, had to put down mulch over it to prevent more erosion/mud.

GSP's are a great way to stay in shape because if you don't walk them everyday they are unbearable. Thankfully there is a random park down the street that no one ever goes to so I can take here down there once a day to play fetch with her.

Does your dad take his gsp hunting or does he just enjoy nut job dogs?

[star seed 7]

Yeah, he sent it to some school in western Kansas to learn hunting strats

[tdaver]

Vizla’s are such good looking dogs, they seem like they are super high energy though.

And total velcro dogs.  Follow you room to room, always by your side, and love to cuddle.  But if you don’t run them, they will climb on your tables and chew up your couch.

[bucket]

https://twitter.com/DJs_2020/status/1336835408295059465

@ben ji

[ben ji]

https://twitter.com/DJs_2020/status/1336835408295059465

@ben ji

Thought about it but I have no idea if he has ever handled a shotgun before and I don't want to get accidentally shot.

Also I still have no idea what I'm doing and don't want to accidentally shoot DJamer.

[ben ji]

Looks like he wanted to hunt deer anyways.

[ben ji]

Coyote population is out of control on the former cat ranch. They cleaned out all the cats over the summer and I figured my cousin got em all over Thanksgiving weekend.

[wetwillie]

Don’t think he will be able to put a dent in them unfortunately, they are basically impossible to eliminate.

[ben ji]

But nope, the fur guy came and took those away and now my cousin has a couple more hanging.

Then this morning my dad found a freshly eaten rooster behind the house and these tracks on the front sidewalk.

Now that they are eating my rooster's it's getting personal.

[Spracne]

But nope, the fur guy came and took those away and now my cousin has a couple more hanging.

Then this morning my dad found a freshly eaten rooster behind the house and these tracks on the front sidewalk.

Now that they are eating my rooster's it's getting personal.

You need to stick those yote carcasses on spikes all around the property. Should deliver the message.

[sys]

poor 'yotes.

[ben ji]

poor 'yotes.

Those yotes knew lil lil was at the farm and tracked her scent back to the front door.

Do you want lil lil to get eaten?

[sys]

i thought she already was eaten, tbh.

[ben ji]

i thought she already was eaten, tbh.

Nah, she lives in KC most of the time but my dad takes her out there when he goes so she can roam the old stomping grounds.

[ben ji]

But nope, the fur guy came and took those away and now my cousin has a couple more hanging.

Then this morning my dad found a freshly eaten rooster behind the house and these tracks on the front sidewalk.

Now that they are eating my rooster's it's getting personal.

I texted that picture to my coyote hunting cousin and he said "Nah, that was a dog. Coyotes wouldn't get that close to the house".

Sure enough my dad checked his trail cams tonight and found a dog on there that was checking the place out around 330am last night.

[ben ji]

I doubt the dog killed a rooster either now. My guess is the dog found the head/feathers of the rooster I killed a couple of weeks ago and threw in the windbreak behind the house after I had cleaned it.