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My sprollie was a rescue having been a stray. He ALWAYS wanted to return to the hobo way of life so I walked him on a 15 metre lead. He would regularly pick up a hedgehog if he found one in long grass. He got one in the garden without my knowing which was the only one he killed. If I shouted loud enough he'd let them go. Then, of course there was the roebuck in the "empty field" that he was allowed to be off lead in. He didn't kill that but he did bring it down by the throat.
I had a flood light for the rear garden so I could check for foxes before letting the dog out. One time I didn't check and he dislocated a rear toe and partially ripped a nail out while hard cornering after a fox. 2300 hrs visit to the vet for that. He was two and a half when I got him and was a constant source of disappointment for the fifteen years after that. I loved that dog but he was always hunting.
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Constable_Savage
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Is there any standard protocol to follow when your dog tries to eat a hedgehog. Let me dog out for a wee and got this sense he was up to no good so went to find him. Trying to eat a hedgehog.
Luckily the hedgehog is fine if a little shaken. The dogs mouth is a bit bloody but he’ll live. He just can’t help himself.