Crow Busters Forum

Lyduckhunter:

I would never describe my dogs as "hunting dogs" as they are ill-mannered and fire off like rockets whenever I shoulder a long gun.  I've taken them on a few TCP sorties testing the loose theory that crows will be enraged by seeing their shot wingmen being mauled by wild dogs.

Didn't work at all like that.  Survivors clawed for altitude.

But the terible twosome did make short work of any crow, alive or dead, that got anywhere near the earth and the collisions were nothing short of a canine locomotive hitting a sack of protoplasm.  No injuries were sustained by the dogs in two hunts featuring a couple dozen crows.

There is a company that makes "Doggles" which are googles for dogs.  I've got a pair and my calmest dog wore them for two to three nanoseconds, so I let them operate naked.  That's too bad, because those Doggles are pretty cool, with a skull and crossbones on either side of the frame. 

Jon:

Those are priceless images of your Friend with you.  Both of mine have white patches on their chests.  And white muzzles, too.

Thank you for sharing.

Lyduck:

The comments I made earlier are not indicative of what your animal may encounter nor how it will behave, so be careful and remember, think of dogs as little people in dog suits.  They will behave differently when crows are thudding in.

I have a Jack Russel Terrier that retrieves crows and ducks for me. Even if they fall in water. If crows are still living when she gets to them, they don't last long. Actually very entertaining to watch her finish one off. Her name is Weasel. She only weighs  11 pounds and has never had a crow get the best of her.

Here is a pick from a couple months ago. She wants to hang onto the crow even after it's dead. :)  If I tell her to "leave it," she will let it go and walk away. (like on ducks where I don't want the meat ruined.)

Kev

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Needed the hounds last year to tidy up an urban whack!  The performed admirably.