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Lexi goes hunting...

by MissTerraK
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Here's her story in pictures, lol.



Lexi goes hunting at the pond...





She catches a small bullfrog and proceeds to eat it...





But wait? What's this with my froggie? A cattail, you say? Let's taste it!




Yumm! I'm going to be a good girl and eat my veggies too!





LOL!


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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    I can't believe how well she's filled out - she's almost chubby.

    You let her eat frogs?
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      I can't believe how well she's filled out - she's almost chubby.
      Yeah, she still has her puppy belly. She'll be thirteen weeks this Sunday, Father's day.

      Edit: I was wrong! She'll be 13 weeks tomorrow, not Sunday. I got her on a Sunday as I'm sure you all recall, lol!

      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      You let her eat frogs?
      This is the very first time she caught a frog.

      She only eats the legs. She developed that taste after the herons and cranes left them behind from their breakfast, haha!


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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

        Yeah, she still has her puppy belly. She'll be thirteen weeks this Sunday, Father's day.



        This is the very first time she caught a frog.

        She only eats the legs. She developed that taste after the herons and cranes left them behind from their breakfast, haha!


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        You should take her to IHop. She'd appreciate that.
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        • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          You should take her to IHop. She'd appreciate that.
          She'd croak there, they don't serve frog legs, haha!

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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

            She'd croak there, they don't serve frog legs, haha!

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            Perhaps she would eat some barbecued Ribbets
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            • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
              Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

              Perhaps she would eat some barbecued Ribbets
              Stop that! You're making the frogs scream and it's driving me nuts!!



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              • Profile picture of the author AprilCT
                Terra, I would ask your vet if eating frogs legs (and/or whatever else) is okay for her. It's been millions of years since I ate them and can't remember how big the bones were in them--I think I remember they had bones :-) Dox love to confront and intimidate, but the one that used to live next door could pluck a bird right out of the air if it got too close--same one I told you about before that teased a bull.

                It's probably the beagle part of her that gets her after game. One pup we had was part GS and part beagle. She'd go after big and little bunnies, etc. that got in the yard and "dispatch" them.

                You could say the word "squirrel" to her on a quiet night inside the house and it would drive her crazy to get outside and find some. Wow, did she ever hate squirrels.

                Lexi is getting so big and she will get very fast on her paws. I hope she listens very well for you.
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                • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
                  Originally Posted by AprilCT View Post

                  Terra, I would ask your vet if eating frogs legs (and/or whatever else) is okay for her. It's been millions of years since I ate them and can't remember how big the bones were in them--I think I remember they had bones :-) Dox love to confront and intimidate, but the one that used to live next door could pluck a bird right out of the air if it got too close--same one I told you about before that teased a bull.

                  It's probably the beagle part of her that gets her after game. One pup we had was part GS and part beagle. She'd go after big and little bunnies, etc. that got in the yard and "dispatch" them.

                  You could say the word "squirrel" to her on a quiet night inside the house and it would drive her crazy to get outside and find some. Wow, did she ever hate squirrels.

                  Lexi is getting so big and she will get very fast on her paws. I hope she listens very well for you.
                  Yeah, I'm going to mention it to her vet on our next visit. But I can tell you that once she finds them...good luck getting them from her as she is as fast as greased lightening! She wants you to chase after her, lol! She's getting better at dropping something when you tell her to, but not before a game of chase. I think she does it on purpose. But frog legs are one thing she'll eat on the go.

                  Bill is so funny! When he calls her and tells her to "get over here!", She will run to him but reach out and nip at a flower or leaf on the way. He says it's her way of sassing, you know like when a little kid slams their bedroom door shut when you tell them to go to their room. Then he said, "Oh, oh! Our 3 month old is slamming doors already!" Hahahaha!

                  Lexi sits now when you tell her to. But bless her little heart! When we make her sit before we give her her food bowl, she'll sit but she whimpers/whines the whole time until you put the dish down. But she sits. We tested her and the longer we take to put the bowl down, the louder her little whimpers get. She really is a good doggie and smart.

                  She's even coming back when we tell her to when the neighbor's dogs are out.

                  Good Girl!!

                  I just love her sooo much!


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                  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
                    Are the neighbor dogs friendly?

                    If there's not a fence separating them - would be a great idea (if possible) to introduce the dogs to each other.

                    Just worried about dog attacks (for Lexi) as I've seen too many of them.
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                    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
                      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

                      Are the neighbor dogs friendly?

                      If there's not a fence separating them - would be a great idea (if possible) to introduce the dogs to each other.

                      Just worried about dog attacks (for Lexi) as I've seen too many of them.
                      Oh, yes, they have met.

                      One is very friendly and has such a gentle spirit. He's precious. He's a one year old Australian Shepherd.

                      The other is an old dog and moody. She's a pit-bull mix. Sometimes she lets Lexi play with her and sometimes, she will bark at her and turn away.

                      Lexi loves Wyatt, the Australian Shepherd and runs to him every time or he runs to her. And Lexi approaches Sydney, the pit bull mix very cautiously. She's learned the signals already.

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                      • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
                        Hmmmm, all of these sunny images, must be Photoshopped?

                        We are lucky to get one sunny day a week at the moment, brrrr!

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                        • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
                          I found a Doxle pic on the web that I think looks a lot like Lexi except he's a boy...






                          Don't you think?


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                          Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

                          Hmmmm, all of these sunny images, must be Photoshopped?

                          We are lucky to get one sunny day a week at the moment, brrrr!
                          Well, we aren't in the winter season, lol!


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          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          You should take her to IHop. She'd appreciate that.
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    Gosh, every time I see her adorable pictures I want to hug and kiss her. She sure is a cutie!

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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I wouldn't let her eat frogs. She won't differentiate between frogs and toads and putting a toad in her mouth is going to be a very unpleasant thing for her. She'll start out by spitting it back out and then start foaming at the mouth and indicating that she has mouth pain.

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    In addition, small bones are killers. Get one that splinters when the dog chews it and goes into the intestine, it's septicemia and a very fast death.

    I lost a dog to a bone that he stole from from dinner plate when I wasn't looking. I also lost a dog that ate a snake.

    There's also a lot of plants that are dangerous to pets if they eat them.

    I would get her leash trained. You can control what your dog eats if they are on a leash... and where they go. Beagles are notorious for taking off and disappearing. They are hunters and no amount of Lexi come back will stop her when she's after something.

    Don't like to put a negative spin on your thread. Just afraid that Lexi may take off after a rabbit or squirrel, or put something in her mouth that can harm her.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      I do have a whole list of plants that are toxic to dogs as well as one for foods.

      Lexi is leash trained and she is out on the leash 3 days a week. I have a retractable leash and it's great for stopping her in her tracks, lol!

      It's hard to play Frisbee and catch on a leash though.

      Yeah, I don't think I'll let her eat any more frogs. The herons and cranes eat too many as it is. Besides, there are a lot of crayfish in the pond too and I know if she gets a hold of one of those, it's going to hurt!

      As for toads, she just likes to hunt them, bat them around a couple of times, then be on her way. Thank goodness for that.

      But I do want to thank you for your concerns, I appreciate them and I'm so sorry to hear what happened to your dogs.


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    Wild dogs eat animals so I wouldn't worry so much about raw bones (cooked ones, I would). What my compunctions are is that if you let the dog chase and catch wild animals - in some places "authorities" will shoot a dog if they see it doing that. They do in Colorado. I'm not sure if they do in MI, but it's not good practice to let a dog run down any animals. They can be easily taught not to.
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      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Wild dogs eat animals so I wouldn't worry so much about raw bones (cooked ones, I would).
      There's really no information on how many wild dogs die of septicemia from splintered bones puncturing the intestines. There's plenty of evidence from pet dogs of it happening. Any bone can splinter when crushed by teeth, raw or cooked. Boomer, my beloved Bassett Hound, stole food from my plate when my back was turned for a minute. He didn't live to see the next morning. And a Boxer I had that I loved dearly ate a snake. After trying to save him via thousands of dollars in vet bills, he was gone. My brother feeds his dogs raw deer bones and I see the splintered pieces of bone in the kennel all the time, and those from very large bones. It's a heck of a risk to take. That's all I'm saying.
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  • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
    I wonder if Lexi is leaving the frog bodies to say thanks to the Herons for leaving her the frog legs?LOL

    There is the RAW food diet some use for dogs. It does include bones. Dogs' systems are a bit different from wolves. They don't quite digest it all. Sometimes the mass literally will not pass through their system and they have to get surgery.

    I had a dog off leash in a county run open space park. I received a friendly warning from the Ranger.
    He could have given me a $75 ticket just for letting her run free. At the time, it would have been a $400 fine if she chased wild life. It's called wild life harassment. He pointed out that a dog can run a deer or elk to the point that it has a heart attack and dies.

    I used to live in a very, very remote place. My dog would get at the end of his lead, lay down, and watch elk graze from ten feet away. I guess they figured out he was tethered.
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      My dog loves to lay at the very back of the fenced area and watch deer graze on the other side of the fence. She'll bark at a squirrel but seems to know not to do that with the deer. She also loves to watch the Canadian geese that settled in on the pond next door. They come up to the fence and 'honk' at her and she seems to like it. She grew up seeing herons and cranes close up so guess she thinks they are all dogs?
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      • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
        Lexi has only caught a frog once. She will watch the ducks swim, the herons and cranes walk the edge of the pond and just sniffs and wags her tail. She likes to sniff out the chipmunks and watch them scurry off. She likes to chase the smaller birds. She is afraid of deer since she accidentally kicked one up.

        She doesn't really hunt, but sniffs things out. Perhaps my title was confusing. She's just a curious little puppy exploring the property is all.

        Well she does hunt ants and dragonflies, is that against the law? lol!


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          Gracie was terrified of toads when small. We had so many in our area and she went out the dog door ONE time and bumped into a large toad. The toad took a leap and the puppy ran back in the dog door and had kept clear of things that hop ever since.

          Is there anything more fun than watching a puppy discover things in the yard....or as cute as watching them flop out in exhaustion for a nap after exploring? Don't think so.

          I expect that pond will be Lexi's favorite spot as a 'big dog'.
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    I had to teach each of my dogs not to go after wildlife. Blitz would let a cat rub against him but he would drool the whole time. As soon as I said "pet" he knew not to go after it. Munch was a struggle from hell to get not to chase anything that moved. His problem is that if he went after anything, he'd catch it so I couldn't allow him to chase anything, ever.

    I was walking him once and he went nose to nose with a badger. I had the price of the vet bill going through my head immediately. I yelled "no eat" to him and hoped I could catch up in time to stop a fight. I guess they both figured that it would be a no win situation because both just backed away and went their own separate ways. Another time, when he was a puppy he got in front a moose and started jumping up and down and barking. I couldn't believe he didn't get kicked. That dog was a walking coronary until he was an adult.

    I've never heard of a dog hurt from the bones from eating a wild animal before, though. It is their natural food so it seems a little strange that their natural diet would be deadly to them. Must be something in the domestication evolution.
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      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      I had to teach each of my dogs not to go after wildlife. Blitz would let a cat rub against him but he would drool the whole time. As soon as I said "pet" he knew not to go after it. Munch was a struggle from hell to get not to chase anything that moved. His problem is that if he went after anything, he'd catch it so I couldn't allow him to chase anything, ever.

      I was walking him once and he went nose to nose with a badger. I had the price of the vet bill going through my head immediately. I yelled "no eat" to him and hoped I could catch up in time to stop a fight. I guess they both figured that it would be a no win situation because both just backed away and went their own separate ways. Another time, when he was a puppy he got in front a moose and started jumping up and down and barking. I couldn't believe he didn't get kicked. That dog was a walking coronary until he was an adult.

      I've never heard of a dog hurt from the bones from eating a wild animal before, though. It is their natural food so it seems a little strange that their natural diet would be deadly to them. Must be something in the domestication evolution.
      Buddy, my Westie had it out for toads ... until he put one in his mouth. His mouth started foaming immediately and he was whining in pain. Took a whole day for his mouth to feel better. I was worried about it but he doesn't mess with toads much anymore.

      Buddy knows no fear and is a hunter. I rescued a cat from a shelter and he attacked and bit off a small part of the top of her ear. I had to teach him very fast that if he touches the cat, he won't like the consequences.

      I was walking him and he leaped up and caught a bird flying past and killed it. If he weren't on lead, he would go after every rabbit or squirrel he sees. He's a real terror with wildlife. He has even tensed up and alerted to deer in the yard. He doesn't seem to know that he is a small dog. lol.
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    When I stayed with Thom in NY when I had to be east for my dad's health, I was taking a 170 lb rottie that was attacked by a whole group of barn cats when he was around 9 weeks old. They tore him up before I got to him. He always hated cats after that. I had to either shut him in my room or keep him on a very short leash right next to me for a month. Every time he even flinched when he saw the cat I'd whack him on the head and tell him "pet. no eat". After about a month I could let him out of my room without a leash but kept a close eye on him. About the third month I came home from the part time job I'd grabbed and went up to my room and there on the bed were Munchie and Orlando the cat snuggled up together sleeping. I think Thom got a picture of it. It was awesome.
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    Speaking of dogs hunting for prey, my Husky would remember the spots where he saw chipmunks for several years after he saw them. We used to walk around Breckenridge, CO a lot.
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