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BPO General Forum => General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws => : Carolyn June 22, 2005, 10:33:18 AM
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Is the females prey drive stronger than males? Kiya (13months) oh my goodness!! She's incredible. This morning she picked up on fresh deer tracks, she gets in a frenzy. Zero concentration on anything else. Im too afaid to start her off lead because of this. She's in a selective hearing stage lately. By 1 year Apache was trained off lead, he did go off chasing deer a few times but I was a little more confident that he would give up the chase. Kiya on the other hand I think would chase the darn deer forever!
Carolyn
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I'm not sure about males but my female Sophie has a very high prey drive. She loves cats, birds, rabbits, bumblebees, moths, and anything else that moves. She will pick up a scent and drag me around the yard (she also has selective hearing :) so she is always on leash outside). I also think we might have moles because she will pounce and go crazy on this one particular part of out yard and I never see anything there. Anyways just wanted to let you know you are not alone with the high prey drive female.
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i was going to ask that same thing..my female boxer is nuts on a trail or if she sees something and she will attack a rabbit or bird what ever got in our yard scout my male boxer will check it out but only look........i have a couple of friends that train bird dogs i'll ask them.......... .........
ann
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Our greyhound adoption program seems to work on a kind of a scale.
Strongest drive- will tear up anything white and fluffy, including dogs. This isn't an acceptable temprement for adoption.
Strong drive- Will attack cats, bunnies and birds but will leave cows and other dogs alone (generally)
Medium- Has a drive to chase but usually playful. May kill small animals like chickens and bunnies (possibly trainable)
Low- May show interest in chasing birds etc but is trainable
Nil- Shows no interest
I am not sure if this helps!