Our dog Kona thinks of herself as a fearless hunter. She loves nothing more than to tree a squirrel (the squirrels like nothing more than to taunt Kona from above and drive her crazy). It’s not just squirrels that are the prey, it is also mice.
Whenever we walk Kona down a road or runway lined with weeds, she stands very still as she scours the weeds for a scent of a mouse, suddenly, like a coyote, she pounces headlong into the wall of weeds, then muzzles around in the snow or mulch, then just as quickly, Kona jumps back, and proceeds down the road to the next mouse hideout.
I don’t have any idea what she would do if she actually caught a mouse, but just the act of hunting sure keeps her entertained.
During the darkness of our midnight walks, she sometimes senses a deer and with her hackles up slowly proceeds forward barking furiously. When I call her back, she is always more than happy to oblige and retreat, not really wanting to get any closer to the unseen intruder.
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Good girl , she is entertaining and your protector.
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