Dog went after a magpie

zaksmum

My dog Jack's blotted his copybook again!

Raced after a magpie in the park, snapped at it before I could get him back on the lead...I ordered him to "Leave it!" and he backed off. The magpie walked away (maybe unable to fly) and a massive black cat shot out of the bushes and finished the poor thing off:(

I feel terrible!

BECKIN1507

Oh no, what type of dog have you got? Don't feel bad it's not your fault, there's nothing you could of done to stop it happening. I'm quite suprised a dog caught a bird.

Person_one

Dog chases bird? Sorry, what's the fuss about?

Gloomendoom

At least the cat quickly put the thing out of its misery.

Don't beat yourself up about it. Not many things die of old age in the natural world.

zaksmum

BECKIN1507 wrote: »

Oh no, what type of dog have you got? Don't feel bad it's not your fault, there's nothing you could of done to stop it happening. I'm quite suprised a dog caught a bird.

Thanks Beckin. He's a whippet crossed with a black labrador...so fast you wouldn't believe it. Poor bird!

zaksmum

Person_one wrote: »

Dog chases bird? Sorry, what's the fuss about?

There is no fuss...just I feel bad for the poor magpie:eek:

gettingready

Zara nearly got a squirell today... I was horrified...

Yes, they like to chase but she never GOT anything and I would hate it if she did....

PixieDust

You really would hate if she got a squirrel, they can be nasty little beggars!!!

Person_one

zaksmum wrote: »

There is no fuss...just I feel bad for the poor magpie:eek:

If it was slow enough that a pet dog could get it, it was probably already injured or sick already.

gettingready

Zara "got" a.... cat once.

Deep in the wopods, no idea where this cat could have come from.....

She "got" it, flatened the poor terrified cat to the ground and promply proceeded to lcking it all over and wagging her tail like "mum, look ANOTHER one to take home"... (we got 4 cats in here. sometimes 6).

Of course run up to her, picked up the poor scared cat, put Zara on a lead and ;et the cat run off - she was not happy with me at all..... she so clearly wanted to take "her new baby" home....

Paradigm

One less magpie then, can only be a good thing.