The breed has a high prey drive and is prone to chasing and
killing small animals such as cats and other dogs.
Not exact matches
The standard «behavioral issues» that people see with Weimaraners are many and include
such things as chasing the family cat, barking at neighbors / cars / butterflies, escaping the confines of their yard / crate / kennel run, «separation anxiety» (which is a label for a plethora of things from following their owner around to the true clinical disorder), obsessive fetching or digging,
killing or chasing
small animals, stealing food, eating poop, and on and on it goes.
Both breeds today are rarely used for hunting foxes due to laws banning the practice in many places, but some breeders and owners have their dogs compete in sporting events
such as go - to - ground contests, in which they have to go underground to attempt to
kill a caged rat or other
small animal.
Predatory behaviors are
such things as stalking, catching and / or
killing small animals,
such as birds, squirrels, mice, cats, other dogs etc..
These systems are not designed to remove
small plastic items
such as plastic buds, which can
kill marine
animals and birds that swallow them.»