That is exacty it. breed tendancies and temperaments also play in to the survival thing too. I don't think my setters could survive in the wild but them terriers sure could!
Well Susie is a Jack Russell Terrier, and I think that is why she gets so intense about it. Nikki use to could hold her off, but now Grizzly is joining in. I can’t throw balls or sticks for them anymore because Nikki loves chasing sticks but if she gets it they get her:(. It’s really sad. I’ve learned not to get them too stirred up when she is around them. Today was just strange. They have always loved to run along by the truck when I come up from the barn, why it started today, I just don’t know, but now know to get Susie in the truck before I drive up.
Becky