Anyone ever see a cat jump in a pond?

[KC Crook]

KC. The desire to chase and kill is something that needs trained out of a dog. I've had my nose in nature since day one. Now,I got a pond to net out and hopefully no cats got stuck in the skimmer. Lmao

Have fun with that...the chase is never bred out...not even my cream puff of a dog. But the kill has been. I have no issue with dogs killing varmints. Just like barn cats. All I ever said was, Labs were never bred to kill. They are a bird dog.

 

[crsublette]

But at the same time, before domestic cattle roamed our wild west, prairie dogs lived in perfect unison with buffalo and other big grazers. So although they are rats to humans, because they damage the bottom line of a pocketbook, an occassional broken leg of a buffalo was not noticed and fed the circle of life for wolves and other predators.

To be honest though @KC Crook, those buffalo and other big grazers covered a HUGE area.... not like that anymore... I have seen prairie dogs easily take over a 300 acre grass section of land here making it impossible to graze cattle until the holes are filled and the prairie dogs are eradicated.

Circle of life has change a bit nowadays.

 

[KC Crook]

Feral cats actually need more protection to survive than folk need. Their immune system is not as strong as their ancestors. I find very common ailments are the reasons why my farm feral cats often don't live no longer than 2~3 years... Plus, I control the amount of food I give them...

In the rural area at my place, chicken hawks, foxes, great horned owls, coyotes, bobtail cats, mountain lions, and vehicle traffic are all predators of my farm feral cats...

If I neutered/spade my feral farm cats... I guarantee I would not have any within 4 years...

Barn cats could be treated like cattle. Keep your best Tom and a couple strong females, spay the rest. Contolled chaos! Lol!

 

[crsublette]

Barn cats could be treated like cattle. Keep your best Tom and a couple strong females, spay the rest. Contolled chaos! Lol!

Until your best Tom gets ran over by a Cattle truck or eaten by a coyote and then no more barn cats. Circle of life remember...

 

[crsublette]

I know dogs well. i grew up in rural Louisiana. The only reasons domestic dogs kill is training, bad training, ill breeding or starvation (desperation) like in Charles last post.

I have to agree with ya, @KC Crook, on this... oddly, most of the dogs that have killed cattle here are dogs from folk whom often take their dogs to go hunting... I blame improper training of the dogs.... cause these dogs are just doing it for fun... as if they are on a hunt with their owner.

 

[KC Crook]

I have to agree with ya, @KC Crook, on this... oddly, most of the dogs that have killed cattle here are dogs from folk whom often take their dogs to go hunting... I blame improper training of the dogs.... cause these dogs are just doing it for fun... as if they are on a hunt with their owner.

Sadly, yes...i have seen dogs attack horses, ect...thats not just "natural". Thats really bad upbringing, training...