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Milton was hanging out outside while I worked. He decided to come in while I was midst sales email. All I see is twitching legs of a fairly sizeable bird hanging out of his very soft mouth.
The first thing I did was force him outside, bird in mouth. Then I gave him some cheese to come inside and leave the bird outside. Then I did the only thing I could do - I euthanized that poor bird. I had to use a mallet. It was very sad.
I’m pretty sure the bird was pretty sick when he got it, but it is 100% possible that he caught a live, healthy bird.
I am *not* disgusted that he caught a live bird. I’m mildly disgusted he brought it in my house, but at least he did not DROP it in my house. I am very upset about the emergency mallet-euthanizing. But the poor thing was suffering, it was not going to recover, I was 100% sure.
People think golden retrievers are sweet, harmless dogs. But never, ever forget that they are still dogs with a rich field and hunting history retrieving - guess what? - birds. He’s an incredible retriever, as evidenced by long games of fetch. And now, I know he also has a liking for birds.
I may need to find a way to channel this behavior…. for right now, I’m going to sit here and shudder, then go shower.
-Lisa, on May 26, 2010 at 9:40 am