aceoutdoor
Well-Known Member
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.