HMMMMM. You know, my dogs will almost all go after birds and small animals but they will NOT retrieve thrown objects. Nor will they surrender any of "their" catch to me. (Fortunately, the last "catch" was a long dead Koi probably killed by the barn cat but proudly held by a small blen girl. LOL) Isn't there an instinctual difference between hunting and retrieving?
Suze Judith Gates wrote: > > on 4/4/02 5:40 AM, G Schroeder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Aloha- > >> All I know is that 1.) all my Cavaliers are fab. retrievers and 2.) very > >> birdy. > > Cavaliers are very much like this, although some are better "natural" > retrievers. I think it has more to do with the basic natural instincts of > the breed rather than what breeding strains they come from. > > My two old girls will will retrieve a ball readily, and the 12 and a half > year old will eat a bird if she catches it (and she has caught one or two > thru the years. My black and tan bitch is crazy for birds (and silly me, I > named her 'My Blackbird') and her mother is crazy for birds and her > grandmother killed a young woodchuck AND a bird or two in her younger days. > > My first Great Pyrenees used to bark at jet planes flying over my house, and > he always "looked" to be sure it was a plane and not a bird, which he never > barked at or noticed much. <G> > > Judy Gates > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. -- Suze at Llawen Cavaliers "...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica "Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
