oing to have o find my black backup kb (hard to use since I usually type in he dark and can’ even see i :/)
Anyway.. yes, I though they were amazing dos.. like a lab/greyhound mix.. lean body.. pure muscle.. :) and not scared of anything (except snakes :D).. they even killed a ring-tail that charged my horse once ;)
My Dobe is fascinated by my snakes but I’m not sure what his intentions might be so he isn’t allowed to play with them...LOL
[his ears are up and his expression is somewhat ‘soft’ but alert and he *pokes* at them which is ~normally~ a happy gesture but I’m not taking any chances]
The Ibizan Hounds are the ones with the snake fetish.
They stomp to death every one they find.
I’ve managed to intercede most times but didn’t get there fast enough a few times.
You can’t ‘patch up’ a stomped black snake.
:(
In spite of living in prime rattler/copperhead territory, I never saw any snakes on my rides.
Probably either the smell of the Dobes or the sound of the horse warned them off.
My friend in VA has Ibizans too and one of her dogs was *the* snake catcher of the pack.
One day he grabbed a huge black snake and swung it over his head to break its back but the snake’s tail hit the electric fence, causing the dog to instantly drop it and run away yelping while the poor zotted snake crawled slowly away.
She watched all this and I don’t care how many times she tells the story, I still end up laughing so hard my ribs ache.
[the dog never hunted snakes again]