Sentences with phrase «hunt for rodents»

Pets that have a lot of outdoor exposure and hunt for rodents and birds can easily ingest parasites

Each of these dogs has been used to hunt small and large game and also to hunt for rodents and other pesky animals that carried disease.

Like social cats, semi-feral working cats make good companions for other outdoor animals, but will likely spend more time hunting for rodents and less time with humans.

Not exact matches

They told us the pendants were made of fibers from six different Andean animals — vicuña, deer, alpaca, llama, guanaco, and viscacha (the latter a common rodent hunted for food).

As fans of «Duck Dynasty» can attest, hunting for nutria — big, water - loving rodents with bright orange front teeth — is hugely popular in Louisiana.

The National Park Service is using the map to identify places where humanmade noise is affecting wildlife — animals such bats and owls, whose ears are up to 20 decibels more sensitive than human ears, for example, are affected by humanmade noise because it drowns out the faint rustles of insects and rodents they need to hunt, they say.

Engage your cat's natural abilities by providing opportunities to «hunt» for toys that mimic movements of birds or rodents.

Free - roaming cats that hunt for birds and rodents often ingest bones and bones can cause constipation (or more serious bowel obstruction and perforation).

The Standard variety was bred to hunt and dig out badgers and the miniature variety was used for rabbits, stoats and rodents.

Although not bred for the purpose, the Silky is adept at hunting small rodents, such as mice and rats.

The Schipperke's small stature and keen instincts make it well - suited for hunting rats and other small rodents.

People needed dogs for tasks around the home — often for protection, hunting, getting rid of rodents, etc..

But before this, around a few thousand years ago, cats pretty much took care of their breeding themselves and people kept them only for one thing, hunting and killing rodents.

This breed was originally bred for hunting foxes and rodents and has a shared history with the Dandie Dinmont.

If your cats are normally permitted to go outdoors, you may need to keep them inside more often to reduce their time grazing at the neighbor's or hunting for birds and rodents.

Today the breed is used mostly for companionship but some working Airedale Terrier lines are used for police and military duty, search and rescue, guarding, hunting, tracking, and rodent control.

Cats hunted rodents in return for basic shelter and the odd scrap.

Not only was the Siberian Forest cat talked and written about, it was also highly revered for its natural hunting abilities in keeping the rodent population under control on the local farms.

Prevention: The best recommendations for general prevention of parasites are restricting cats from roaming and hunting, and control of insect and rodent populations.

Instead of hiding and sleeping by day, hunting rodents by night, as true feral cats do, remaining invisible to most of the public, fed cats treated as outdoor pets tend to loiter in daytime awaiting their feeders, sometimes conspicuously hunting birds for sport.

The Snorkie is a mix of terriers (Miniature Schnauzer and Yorkshire Terrier) and originated in the U.S. Because his lineage was originally bred for hunting rodents — the Yorkie in English clothing mills and the Miniature Schnauzer on farms in Germany — the Snorkie will almost certainly exhibit some of these hunting characteristics.

This confident, active, tenacious little ragamuffin is the smallest of the Scottish terriers, and was originally bred for hunting rodents and small game like otters, foxes, and badgers.

Bred as a hunting dog for birds and small furry animals, Weimaraners do not do well with cats, birds, rodents or small dogs.

Derived from the Latin word for Terra, many working terriers were selectively bred to hunt vermin, large rodents and foxes by «going to ground» in their underground burrows and dens and forcing them out of their habitats where the hunters awaited them.

Some terriers were downsized, and their smaller sizes were perfect for hunting and killing small rodents, and later for companionship.

They were bred for their abilities to hunt, guard, herd, get rid of rodents or pull carts.

Multiple references to use of ferrets in hunting and for rodent control are noted after the 13th century throughout Europe.

If your cat's hunting instincts aren't piqued by a laser - pointer - dot, Game For Cats also offers virtual rodent chasing as does Catch the Mouse.

Beagles are pack dogs bred to hunt; terriers are hardwired to dig for small rodents; border collies are consummate sheep herders.

Given a chance, they can have a happy, healthy lifestyle hunting through the haystacks while providing a necessary function for the farmer and enabling the farmer to stop using poisonous rodent control which can harm the environment.

In ancient times, westies were utilized in Scotland for hunting foxes, badgers and rodents.

Prey of feral cats (e.g. rodents) benefit from grass cover for protection from predators33, 34,35, and the complete loss of such would create ideal hunting areas for predators.

You might see such a dog dig holes as if it is looking for a rodent; hunt birds or bugs or toys in your yard; wrestle endlessly with you and / or other animals; get into your things around the home, such as pulling plants apart, beating up pillows, chewing up carpets for fun, destroying pool equipment, or grabbing a shoe and running all over the house with it.

For example, for dogs that are digging in the yard, you'll hear ideas such as burying feces in the holes, or filling them with large rocks, or that the dog is «hunting» for rodents (in places of the yard where there aren't even rodent holes or tunnels) so you need to put out traps, and so forFor example, for dogs that are digging in the yard, you'll hear ideas such as burying feces in the holes, or filling them with large rocks, or that the dog is «hunting» for rodents (in places of the yard where there aren't even rodent holes or tunnels) so you need to put out traps, and so forfor dogs that are digging in the yard, you'll hear ideas such as burying feces in the holes, or filling them with large rocks, or that the dog is «hunting» for rodents (in places of the yard where there aren't even rodent holes or tunnels) so you need to put out traps, and so forfor rodents (in places of the yard where there aren't even rodent holes or tunnels) so you need to put out traps, and so forth.