smokingdragon Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hi The cat decided to let one of his playthings go in the kitchen this evening (vole/shrew). My two 7 month cockers and the cat all dissapeared under the kitchen units to get it. Rust came out with it in his mouth and dropped it unscathed in at my feet, it didn't even sqeak! I think that this demonstrates a soft mouth! Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 You stick a post up containing the words "cocker and soft mouth" and you will find yourself stuck in a wicker man in Suffolk waiting for one of their Brokeback Deliverance themed "parties" to start. Be safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingdragon Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I must have had a sheltered upbringing in South Wales!! I always thought Suffolk was a nice area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 A lucky escape for your cocker. The live voles, shrews and mice our cat brings in go into serious (and ungrateful) attack mode when you try to rescue them. I have taken quite a few outside for release, with them dangling off a finger. On a slight side issue, I know of two gundogs (both springers) that developed problems after similar puppy incidents. One had a pregnant doe rat grab its bottom lip, when it was nosing round a straw barn. The rat had to be killed to get it off and the dog was traumatised. For the rest of its life it would retrieve feather, but would not go near fur dead or alive. The other was grabbed on the nose by a wounded crow when about 12 months old. From that day on it would not pick up any wounded bird and use to spend ages pushing around and pawing a dead bird, to see if it would move, before picking it up. Neither incident could have really been avoided, so it can be the luck of the draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 A lucky escape for your cocker. The live voles, shrews and mice our cat brings in go into serious (and ungrateful) attack mode when you try to rescue them. I have taken quite a few outside for release, with them dangling off a finger. :yp: On a slight side issue, I know of two gundogs (both springers) that developed problems after similar puppy incidents. One had a pregnant doe rat grab its bottom lip, when it was nosing round a straw barn. The rat had to be killed to get it off and the dog was traumatised. For the rest of its life it would retrieve feather, but would not go near fur dead or alive. The other was grabbed on the nose by a wounded crow when about 12 months old. From that day on it would not pick up any wounded bird and use to spend ages pushing around and pawing a dead bird, to see if it would move, before picking it up. Neither incident could have really been avoided, so it can be the luck of the draw. same thing happened two my lab when she was alive,took a long time two pick it up,she was pecked by a crow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 shot a jay on the shoot last season, and went in to to retrieve from the brambles, only to beaten there by a mates springer. it went to pick it up, and then jay pecked it on its nose, making the dog yelp. followed by the crunching of bones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 I would not allow my dogs to pick a crow, being traumatised by a peck on the nose is one thing but there is a good possibility of the dog losing an eye to that beak. If a crow is wounded, shoot the thing again. WGD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggyRS6 Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 You stick a post up containing the words "cocker and soft mouth" and you will find yourself stuck in a wicker man in Suffolk waiting for one of their Brokeback Deliverance themed "parties" to start. Be safe :yp: Oh how i have missed you!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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