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HUNTER?
or GENTLE SOUL?My main concern with bringing home a bunny, was my 6 year old Beagle, Odie. I’ve had him since he was 2 years old and he’s always been great with our cats and dogs, and even turtle. I’ve never known how he would do with Small Animals though, especially Rabbits, the animal his instincts tell him to hunt and kill. At our old house he was bringing me dead moles all the time that he had sniffed out in our backyard, hunted and killed. He is AKC registered and his mother AND father were used for rabbit hunting, and were reportedly VERY good. Obviously the instinct is within him. You can see, my concern was definitely a reasonable one.
But, I also had to look past Odies genetics and remember the type of dog he is. This is the dog that our cats have attacked sooo many times, and yet he will NOT fight back, he refuses to ever even growl at them, no matter what. This is the dog that, when he hears a kittens “mew”, he searches the house up and down and back again until he can find the kitten and give it kisses. This dog does not have a single mean bone in his short body.
interested in how things turned out after Dallas came home and they(eventually) met?
Well, here you go:
I just took these about 15 minutes ago. I guess he’s a gentle soul!
They even play together sometimes. Dallas will binky and zoom around my room in a very big circle as fast as he can run, Odie stands watching in the “want to play” stance, then Dallas will stop and chase Odies tail so Odie spins in circles. It’s too cute! They’re a very entertaining pair, and nobody can believe it when they see a beagle and rabbit sleeping back to back in my room!
and just so nobody bashes me for being irresponsible and careless, I did not just heave Odie in there with Dallas on their first meeting, I took all precautions needed, and Odie and Dallas are NEVER left in together unsupervised, no matter how great of a dog he is, it only takes one accident..to get a little to excited, or accidently step on him. -
My beagle puppys are great with Hammer! I toke the time to get them somewhat bonded but they are till supervised and always will be. Molly is better then sage however. They are sisters and both the parents are hunters. Sage has gone before since she is my moms dog and Molly is mine. She was good at hunting but hasnt shown aggression or anything with Hammer. Still i dont trust her as much. The only thing we have to work on is rough play. Sometimes i have to remind them to calm down, “Molly, be easy its a baby” in a baby talk voice lol. I dont have pics with Hammer bu i still gotta put pictures of them because they are just SO cute! first is Molly, second is Sage.
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