Greyhound v hedgehog - round two tonight

[FestiveSpirit]

Once again blood on her face but none on the grass where the hedgehog is rolled up, so dont know if she has injured it or not

TBH I am getting more than a bit fed up of Islay's constant desire to murder absolutely everything

- any suggestions for containing it, other than keeping her muzzled/restrained all the time

She really isnt fussy - cats/birds/hedgehogs/anything small and fluffy that moves

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

O she is naughty!

Sorry no useful suggestions at all - can you move the hedgehog to somewhere safe in the meantime?

Stupid thing to say as you probably already have......

 

[FestiveSpirit]

I havent actually moved it SU - it was curled very tightly into a ball, so I got the dogs away and inside ASAP and left it to recover slowly

The thing is when she had a go at it two nights ago it was nowhere to be seen the next morning (checked before I let them out first thing!) so it must go somewhere else and come back

I suppose I am noticing it more as Flick is so good, but Islay really is getting OTT about her killing habits

Anyone would think she was trained to chase small fluffy things FFS

but I am sure she wasnt this bad from the start?

 

[missshell]

Could you maybe muzzle her when you let her out for the toilet? Not sure how you could stop her tbh.

 

[FestiveSpirit]

Think I might do that Missshell - it is either that or check the garden out with a torch every night before letting them out

Cant believe the hedgehog was stupid enough to come back really, but then I dont suppose hedgehogs really think like that do they

 

[missshell]

I dunno surely if everytime it goes in your garden it nearly gets mauled, it'd get the idea its a bit stoopid, and give it a miss!

 

[Thistle]

My lurcher went through a phase of killing hedgepigs. He would come in with his face and mouth dripping with blood. Suddenly he just stopped doing it.