Posted by <vicky on November 13, 2010, 4:40 pm
Just had to go rescue a rather nervous hedgehog from the chicken run, as
next door's terrier was going absolutely insane at it.
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Posted by Charlie Pridham on November 15, 2010, 7:52 am
vicky@dinky.vm.bytemark.co.uk says...
> Just had to go rescue a rather nervous hedgehog from the chicken run, as
> next door's terrier was going absolutely insane at it.
>
>
Yes its strange how dogs get excited by them yet its normally things they
can chase.
Our first German Shepherd used to pick them up and rush around the garden
making a stupid noise, wagging its tail and bleeding! needless to say the
Hedgehogs all decamped returning years later only once they decided the
dogs succesor was disinterested
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
Posted by Sacha on November 15, 2010, 8:09 am
On 2010-11-15 12:52:39 +0000, Charlie Pridham
> vicky@dinky.vm.bytemark.co.uk says...
>> Just had to go rescue a rather nervous hedgehog from the chicken run, as
>> next door's terrier was going absolutely insane at it.
>>
>>
> Yes its strange how dogs get excited by them yet its normally things they
> can chase.
> Our first German Shepherd used to pick them up and rush around the garden
> making a stupid noise, wagging its tail and bleeding! needless to say the
> Hedgehogs all decamped returning years later only once they decided the
> dogs succesor was disinterested
We see them rarely here but if the dogs find them they just stand and
bark witlesly at them. It's always on one monotonous note, too and we
can ID it as the 'hedgehog bark'!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by Janet on November 15, 2010, 8:42 am
charlie@roselandhouse.co.uk says...
>
> vicky@dinky.vm.bytemark.co.uk says...
> > Just had to go rescue a rather nervous hedgehog from the chicken run, as
> > next door's terrier was going absolutely insane at it.
> >
> >
> Yes its strange how dogs get excited by them yet its normally things they
> can chase.
> Our first German Shepherd used to pick them up and rush around the garden
> making a stupid noise, wagging its tail and bleeding! needless to say the
> Hedgehogs all decamped returning years later only once they decided the
> dogs succesor was disinterested
Some dogs are strangely obsessed with hedgehogs, while others just
ignore them. We had a collie so gentle he never chased livestock or
game, used to bring me any stray chicks/nestlings he found, perfectly
unharmed; and I often saw him lying in the sun beside our sheep, wild
rabbits and even a hare, who had absolutely no fear of him
and were enjoying his company. The only creature he ever killed was
hedgehogs, he hated them with a passion, went noisily berserk whenever
he scented one and killed them instantly.
Janet
Posted by echinosum on November 15, 2010, 11:04 am
Janet;905272 Wrote:
> Some dogs are strangely obsessed with hedgehogs, while
others just
> ignore them. We had a collie so gentle he never chased livestock or
> game, used to bring me any stray chicks/nestlings he found, perfectly
> unharmed; and I often saw him lying in the sun beside our sheep, wild
> rabbits and even a hare, who had absolutely no fear of him
> and were enjoying his company. The only creature he ever killed was
> hedgehogs, he hated them with a passion, went noisily berserk whenever
> he scented one and killed them instantly.
>
> Janet
Unfortunately the same situation exists in relation to dogs and kiwis
(the
flightless birds, not the slang name for human inhabitants) in NZ.
And kiwis
are much more defenceless to dogs than hedgehogs. Kiwis are
well able to keep
out of our way, but they can't hide from dogs who
smell them out no trouble.
One dog is quite able to eradicate the kiwis
from an area in a night, and will
do so unless prevented, regardless of
how harmless you think Tiddles is. This
is the main reason why the kiwi
population continues to fall despite all the
protections brought in.
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echinosum
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