Well, tonight there was a possum in my yard. I took Rocky outside and I just kind of stood there, looked up at the clouds and thought about the craptacular weather as rain drops bounced off my face when I heard a commotion in a part of the yard where I couldn't really see Rocky, I hear him let loose a bunch of thunderous barks.
And I see a possum rocket out of the area and it goes into this little encavement on the bottom of a huge tree and, as expected, Rocky follows it. Rocky's got it cornered at this point and he closes in on it, but all he does is bark. The possum has it's mouth wide open and it's teeth bared. And, at some points, Rocky would get real close almost to sniff it or get a better look at it but he never attacked it which surprised me.
I didn't want to stand by and let them fight just for the sheer fact that the possum may have rabies and I didn't want Rocky to contract it. Otherwise, I'd have let him take care of it.
So I took Rocky inside and out of harms way. I took care of the Possum.
Question: Why didn't Rocky attack it? I figured his prey-drive would've kicked in big time and he would've killed it. But he just looked at it and barked. Is it that he's not old enough?
And I see a possum rocket out of the area and it goes into this little encavement on the bottom of a huge tree and, as expected, Rocky follows it. Rocky's got it cornered at this point and he closes in on it, but all he does is bark. The possum has it's mouth wide open and it's teeth bared. And, at some points, Rocky would get real close almost to sniff it or get a better look at it but he never attacked it which surprised me.
I didn't want to stand by and let them fight just for the sheer fact that the possum may have rabies and I didn't want Rocky to contract it. Otherwise, I'd have let him take care of it.
So I took Rocky inside and out of harms way. I took care of the Possum.
Question: Why didn't Rocky attack it? I figured his prey-drive would've kicked in big time and he would've killed it. But he just looked at it and barked. Is it that he's not old enough?