Hunter Becomes Prey as Eagle Makes Meal of Dog

Reuters ^ | Thursday, January 9, 2003

[oldcomputerguy]

You beat me to it.

Here is a link with that story and some other dachshund tales.http://www.geocities.com/roxyfoxydox/doxtales.htm

[AnAmericanMother]

My dog writhes too. It is very strange to watch - as though her spine were rubber. She can twist herself farther than 360 degrees.

I have managed to get a good trick out of it though. When she doesn't want to crate up she will writhe around, "down" and then elbow-walk along the floor while looking pitiful ("PLEASE don't put me in the crate. I'll be good. I PROMISE!") I've used the clicker to train her to do this on the command of "Grovel!" What with the bounding (which she will do on command of "Bounce!") and the groveling, she's a pretty entertaining dog.

I could never get my cats to lower themselves to this extent, although one has been clicker trained to jump up on my shoulder.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yep. I found that site too. Just a nanosecond ahead.

I think the skydiving dachshund's owner is nuts. Risk your own neck if you like, but your DOG . . . ?!?

[oldcomputerguy]

"If European badgers are anything like those found on the North American continent, that weiner
dog would wind up exactly that - a weiner."

I believe Dachshund in German means Badger Hound. I have a long hair who is not really very fierce but short hairs tend to be. My vet said he was the strongest 25 pound dog he had ever seen. Full size dachshunds get to 40 pounds

[gnarledmaw]

#97, You do realize that our socialist government does the same, no?

[Cuttnhorse]

Thanks AAA for one of the funniest pictures posted on FR. LOL!

[CCWoody]

Must be to hold all those brains . . . ;-)

Silly me; I though it was to match block-headed puppy dispositions.

Woody.

[Happy2BMe]

"Full size dachshunds get to 40 pounds."

Their low gravity center and stout build was definitely bred for a specific purpose.

Of course, none have ever been used (at least in a wide sense) in North America for hunting anything but the cat and the doggie bowl.

Forty pounds is a good size for a dog, regardless of build.

I'd think twice about letting loose a 100 lb. German Shepherd on a full grown badger though.

The shephed would come out of the fight alive, but at the very least would have life-long scars to show for it.

[AnAmericanMother]

Serendipity. I just happened to have posted it on a friend's website, and when I saw the headline here, I thought, "Hmmmm . . . I have one of those . . . " :-D

[rintense]

Really?

[gnarledmaw]

"I'd have to see that to believe it."

Believe it. Remember, most of the dachsunds that you see are miniature not standard so they probably wouldnt be good for much besides rats. Also remember that the dog is in the tunnel, fully protected by earth, and the badger is in the den facing nothing but crocodile jaws. Its a bite, crush, drag operation. You might want to help finish the job, if an actual badger were involved, once theyre back out.

[Chemnitz]

I wonder if it is the dingo in them. Our Gollum is banned from the house because she was never house-trained. She is so cute that I don't think the bann will last. When she spots the door open, she slinks in, slow motion. It is so funny to watch. It isn't quite creeping on the floor but it is so close to Gollum in the movie that I laugh every time. It is quite a contrast to our Sheltie, who looks so serene and majestic. She always seems to be posing.

If Precious (the Sheltie) is in trouble, she curls up on the ground and lays her ears back in a pitiful pose. But she also snarls and snaps at the rolled up newspaper. That is rather Gollum-like, now that I think of it.

[seeker41]

Bet that gator was sorry it tangled with that dachshund!

[gnarledmaw]

Yup, really. Theres a federal program that folks out West near national parks and such file to when a bear or something eats their animals, I dont know much about the details of that. In some states like Wisconsin we also have a state program that picks up the tab when wildlife preys on the domesticated. Michigan is still agricultural enough that I wouldnt be surprised if it had some sort of program too.

[rintense]

Wow! Learn something new everyday. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to look into Michigan's programs. My dog is pretty big though. Does getting sprayed by a skunk count? Prolly not.

[12B]

On a barely related note (from Reuters today)

A court in Kassel (Germany) sentenced an environ-whacko to 12 years and three months for stabbing a hunter 50 times in the head. Seems he first had a go with an electro-shocker device and then started stabbing.

12 years 3 mos (in the Psych ward of course). I've been here too long....I'm not at all surprised.

[MonroeDNA]

Thank you for researching and finding that!

Holy cow! What a tough dog!

I have one lab that is sweet, but dumb as a box of rocks, and another lab who is brilliant.

Luve them both so much!

[MonroeDNA]

Thank you, too. I never knew this about the weiner dogs. My respect just went through the roof!

[MonroeDNA]

My brother lives in MAss, and his Sheltie has been sprayed three times. You'd think they would learn.

Tomatoe juice, etc...

[Redcloak]

There has got to be a lesson in there somewhere.

"There's always a bigger fish." -Qui Gon Jin