Fila prey drive **Warning graphic**

[aceoutdoor]

As I said before prey drive is important to me, even though it has been largely bred out of the breed. I have an alpha female who has wicked prey drive. She is always tracking, hunting, searching, she even closes her eyes and points when she is on a strong scent(how many filas have ya'll seen point?). She has a hell of a nose. Weekly I have to dispose of coons, opossums etc. This morning on a walk with another young female she stopped and pointed by a brush pile. She flushed a cottontail. Then she bolted and I'll be darned she caught it. First rabbit I ever observed a dog catch. The young female came in and grabbed it, they snarled and played tug of war and split it. The piece in the pic I was able to get from her, the younger took off with the head into the woods. Proud of the ol girl. When she was young she went off a small bluff after a fawn and nearly got it, but sprained her leg. No fear. She is a beast. I have seen her point and run many rabbits but this is the first I witnessed her catch.

 

[Bh-k9]

Thanks ace I now will dream of headless bunnies

 

[Hector]

How horrible.

 

[HULK101113]

Happy Easter

 

[aceoutdoor]

Filas hunted Jaguar but god forbid a rabbit. My how this breed declines.

 

[Siloh]

That's awesome! Now how did a giant fila catch a rabbit and my beagle/basset can only seem to come within a foot of one on a chase?!

Good job to the rabbiter fila!


"Nothing is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so."
Hamlet Prince of Denmark

 

[aceoutdoor]

Thanks Siloh, I have seen her chase many rabbits. First catch. It was awesome.

 

[Hector]

Filas hunted Jaguar but god forbid a rabbit. My how this breed declines.

No way Hector can take on a jag..too big of a wuss.

Still horrible - headless rabbit.

 

[aceoutdoor]

Siloh she is no giant by Fila standards, 135lb female. Fast, agile as they come. She can turn full speed, going downhill on loose dirt on a dime. I love her, she's special. She is so beautiful I have not bred her because I hate to see her change her form. Like Tojvan feels, I admire her beauty.

 

[tojvan]

Siloh she is no giant by Fila standards, 135lb female. Fast, agile as they come. She can turn full speed, going downhill on loose dirt on a dime. I love her, she's special. She is so beautiful I have not bred her because I hate to see her change her form. Like Tojvan feels, I admire her beauty.

damn i could have witnessed it. Triggers got one hell of a nose my shepherd doesn't even come close. lol he barely sniffs the ground but consistently sniffs the air to see if there is anybody in the surrounding area. the first time i noticed it was at around when he was 12 weeks, i was walking him on a trail just past midnight and he consistently turned around to growl. Just when i was really starting to get annoyed, to my amazement i noticed we were getting followed by a coyote and my shepherd was completely oblivious to the fact. I never questioned his sense of smell ever again. His prey drive is very high as well you should hear him yelp and pull once he sees a rabbit, raccoon, skunk etc.
The female your referring to, is it the one you sent me a picture of in the email. She's beautiful if i remember correctly even in that picture she has her eyes closed and is sniffing the air, pointing as to say

 

[Wilrob]

Just a testament to the agility these dogs are capable of, you have good dogs from what I've seen Ace, you should be proud bro

 

[Tubarao'smom]

Tubarao has a strong prey drive too which is why he has to stay in his yard, if I had a desire for him to catch and kill something I know he would. We have horses, one is a percheron and very large. Tubarao has always viewed them as the "enemy" he will literally throw his self onto a 6 ft metal gate in an attempt to get over it at them. I want to avoid an altercation between them for fear that he will be kicked. I am not sure where his dislike for them has come from, he has seen them since he was a pup so I can only assume it is biological in nature.

 

[ruthcatrin]

Its incredible to watch, when a dog of these sizes can catch something as fast and agile as a rabbit isn't it? Apollo's done it a couple times, and at 120+lbs he's not exactly a small dog for all that he's not huge.

 

[aceoutdoor]

damn i could have witnessed it. Triggers got one hell of a nose my shepherd doesn't even come close. lol he barely sniffs the ground but consistently sniffs the air to see if there is anybody in the surrounding area. the first time i noticed it was at around when he was 12 weeks, i was walking him on a trail just past midnight and he consistently turned around to growl. Just when i was really starting to get annoyed, to my amazement i noticed we were getting followed by a coyote and my shepherd was completely oblivious to the fact. I never questioned his sense of smell ever again. His prey drive is very high as well you should hear him yelp and pull once he sees a rabbit, raccoon, skunk etc.
The female your referring to, is it the one you sent me a picture of in the email. She's beautiful if i remember correctly even in that picture she has her eyes closed and is sniffing the air, pointing as to say

Same female, she's the Boss around here. I hate coyotes, and coy/dogs are even worse and often human aggressive. Coyotes are nasty animals and carry some bad diseases, I hate to even consider them canines.

 

[Bh-k9]

Filas are great, we just started our pup on tracking to eventually be able to help us catch hogs.. The nose is amazing, not sure why other fila owners don't tap into the hunt drive/ prey drive of these animals. She is tracking better then the mals and gsds her age.

 

[aceoutdoor]

I thought dogs on hogs was illegal in Commierfornia?

 

[Bh-k9]

The state is not all lefties, a few of us remain fishing, hunting, NRA supporting caliamericans

 

[aceoutdoor]

Did they change the law? It used to be illegal to use a dog out there.

 

[Bh-k9]

It's very convoluted and dumb how it's written but as long as you pay the golden state you can do anything you please they just make it a bit more difficult and a lot less fun then it should be


USE OF DOGS: DFG reg. 265. (2) Three Dogs per Hunter Limitation for the Take of Wild Pigs. Up to three dogs per hunter may be used for the purpose of taking wild pigs, pursuant to the following provisions: (A) No more than one dog per hunter may be used in an area where the general deer season is open. (B) No dogs may be used within the closures described in subsection 265(a). (2) Global Positioning System Equipment. Electronic dog retrieval collars employing the use of global positioning system equipment (devices that utilize satellite transmissions) are prohibited on dogs used for the pursuit/ take of mammals.

 

[fixitlouie]

Really a 5 lb. Rabbit. ....

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