Glad she's not had an upset tummy from the rat-eating. My Molly consumed dead fish and seagulls aplenty as a puppy ( sometimes ok, sometimes sick) but did eventually learn a reliable 'leave it'.
We're getting some lovely practice at "leave" just now, there's a huge dead rat on the pavement at the bottom of our road. We were at desperate pulling and sniffing when it appeared a few days ago. Today we walked past with a keen glance down then back.
Well done you 2. I've just been trying 'leave' with Molly and a fast moving black oil beetle that appeared on the kitchen floor - with spectacular lack of success - rip oil beetle
I did some "leave" with their lunchtime kongs, midway through eating them. I'm pretty sure my outstanding success can solely be attributed to the fact they knew I had juicy roast chicken skin on offer
I'm not horrified by mouse eating (we've never had a rat eating session), because of raw feeding Poppy for at least one meal a day... She has a cast-iron stomach and nothing seems to upset her digestion. But yes, you'll need to give her worming medication now...
My only concern with eating dead animals on our walks is if they were poisoned. Animals on the beach I'm not concerned about -- I guess they were washed up. But we saw a dead bird yesterday morning. I was happy for Snowie to sniff it. But when he decided to pick it up and almost crunch the wing, I said Leave It, and after about the third Leave It, he did! But it's easier in the mornings after breakfast. Our evening walks are before dinner and I am sure he's extremely hungry (he'd say he's starving!) and the Leave It isn't as easy.
That's what I was worried about. I wondered why, if the cats had caught it (the rat), they didn't eat it and it crossed my mind that they sensed something wrong.
