Does your staff chase foxes?

I was just wondering because mine seem to get this hunter instinct if I'm out walking at night and they spot one. I then have to drag them away quickly. Always wonder what would happen if they were off leash and chased one and caught one. Anyone know????

Dempsey will chase almost anything, badgers, squirrels, rabbits.............but not foxes. If he sees one, he sort of looks the other way as if he was pretending he hadn't seen it! I think he knows his match!

lol my lot aren't interested really they would rather sit on their fat **ses and watch them, except when there are rats down the allotments Cassie goes nuts trying to catch. I'd never let her though i don't know what she could catch. They have seen and heard a few foxes especially over the last few months alot of foxes fighting and darting around my lot jump into alert mode and keep it in sight till it goes. I don't mind watching them either stand around the woods three in the morning hearing watch them.

The foxes round my way have gone quiet again - the cubs are being born. But a couple of months ago they were really vocal - the dog foxes 'barking' (don't know how else to describe it - not a good description) and the vixens screaming.

The one thing my boy gets aggressive over is foxes. He chased one the other day, and the fox ran for its life. He then tracked it down by scent down another road. It saw him coming and hopped over a fence. If a staffy met a fox, it would be one dead fox.
That said i do love foxes, don't get the impression i'm some mad animal hunter

I havent had any run ins with foxes but did have an experience with a deer (completley my hubbys fault). We saw one in a field and my hubby told Ty to "go get it" and he did To be fair he honestly didnt think Ty would get near it as it was a long way away but before we knew it Ty was on its heels snapping. Luckily his recall is good even with adrenilin pumping and a soon as he saw us waving and shouting he came straight back and no damage was done but had he had another few seconds i am under no illusion on what would of happened! A well learnt from experience let me tell u! x

madam goes mad for them,

Russell hasn't really been interested in chasing things yet, except for children haha. my other dogs often used to chase kangaroos while walking through the bush and it took a long time for me to get them to listen when I called them back, so I will have to do some work with Russell on that part because the roos can be really dangerous, my lab was almost drowned in the dam by a roo a few months ago it was very scary.

We don't have them or at least they are not prevelant. Suki is wild for birds and ducks though. I imagine if she ever caught one it would not be preety so we keep her away.

Harvey has seen a fox twice but only once was he off the lead, he shot off after and wouldn't come back as he was far to interested init.

Yes Yes Yes, Thankfully never caught one, they are always too fast. But they come into our garden at night , and he goes absolutely mad, if he could get through the door he would, furniture thrown around , and he is so angry, and yes he barks and snorts huffs and puffs, and I do talk to him and try to calm him down, as i don't think getting so upset is good for him. The ones we see on walks, are fair chase and he soon gets tired, but on his own territory that is taking the mickey

russdogmum wrote:Russell hasn't really been interested in chasing things yet, except for children haha. my other dogs often used to chase kangaroos while walking through the bush and it took a long time for me to get them to listen when I called them back, so I will have to do some work with Russell on that part because the roos can be really dangerous, my lab was almost drowned in the dam by a roo a few months ago it was very scary.

Far out.... that would have been terrifying!! I have heard a few horror stories of roos cornering dogs in a dam and holding them under the water and drowning them.. scarey stuff. We get roos around here, but they normally hop away from us.. ( phew!! )

yeah well Charlie has had a few run ins with the roos down at our dam, and one night he came running after we called him for ages, drenched in water and so exhausted he could hardly walk, so I'm pretty sure thats where he was.

needless to say we are a lot more vigilent of his whereabouts now.

Milly likes chasing birds around the field and also likes chasing our cats around

Tylers recall has always been excellent,until about 3 years ago....
O/H took him on a late night walk around our local lake,he was offlead and hubby stopped to sit on the bench and have a ciggie.A fox came trotting down to them, Tyler got it's scent and off he went,O/H shouted and shouted him but he didn't stop,he ran all around the lake across a dual carriageway,accross the railway line and eventually hubby caught up with him by the docks.

He came back home and was totally shattered LOL,he said he hadn't dare come back without the dog LOL.

We worked on his recall,as he reminded us that he is still an animal with instincts.We are extremely careful now when we let him offlead and make sure it's not late at night when there is a chance a fox will be about.

Marley has met the odd fox on our estate - they come in from the woods in search of food - but doesn't react.
When we go up the local fields, where there are lots of rabbits, he stays concentrated on finding his stick - he's been very close to rabbits and not given them a second thought.
He'll chase the magpies which land on the garden fence and bird table though.

Rocky hasnt come across a fox yet, but I think it would be very interesting to see what happens.

Tilly's never seen one yet

everytime mine sees a fox and hes off the lead he will chase the fox n wont stop. hes farely good tho nothin a quik whistle cant sort out !!!!

Would but don't allow it.

Ramsey will chase squirrels though lol

My dogs chase deer all the time, but the deer seem to taunt them, they'll run like hell then stop and let the dogs catch up then run again, the only dogs IMO that stand a chance of catching a deer are Lurchers/deerhounds/irish wolfhound. Its all just fun and games for my two