For example, the dog in the gif below decided he'd rather chase a REAL rabbit that had wandered onto the track than that silly old mechanical one the other dogs were chasing...
For example, the dog in the gif below decided he'd rather chase a REAL rabbit that had wandered onto the track than that silly old mechanical one the other dogs were chasing...
That would have been the one I had placed my bet on. 8>)
Smart dog.
TRUE.
My late wife & I (in the early 1980s) used to breed/raise/course Afghan Hounds & one afternoon in 1983 we had a hound in a race of 6 other sighthounds when a butterfly flew across the course.
All six hounds made a “hard left turn” & ran off the course in hot pursuit of the butterfly.
Then other sighthounds got loose from their handlers & joined the JOYOUS chase.
Since butterflies don’t follow a planned course, there were any number of “changes in direction” & collisions between hounds. - Obviously to the hounds, it was all “great fun”, though some of the owners were having a “hissy fit” because their dog got “crashed into” or knocked down in the “rough & tumble” chase.
(Sighthounds all LOVE to chase anything that “looks interesting”. - Greyhounds ARE sighthounds.)
Spectators in the crowd (who didn’t have a “participant” in the chase) were soon howling with laughter.
This incident would have been even more amusing IF we owners weren’t still trying to “round up” hounds over 2 hours later.
(Our “Bounce” spent the ride home sound asleep with his head in my wife’s lap, as he had obviously had a great time & now just needed a siesta. - Fwiw, I didn’t nearly as much fun combing the burrs & other stuff out of his coat for hours, at home!!)
Yours, TMN78247