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My dog and hedgehogs
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I love being in the garden in the twilight, watching the darkening sky and the bats flying amongst the trees. However, it gets spoiled by Tilly rampaging around the garden looking for hedgehogs, which she invariably finds.
She jumps around them, bashing them and then picks them up and tries to take them in the house. She has brought three in this summer. She drops them in her basket and then dances around saying 'Look what I've got'. How can I stop her doing this?
She goes even more potty when I tell her to leave them. I literally have to yank her away and put the poor thing back outside. She leaes everything else alone when I say @Leave' but not the hedgehogs>
She jumps around them, bashing them and then picks them up and tries to take them in the house. She has brought three in this summer. She drops them in her basket and then dances around saying 'Look what I've got'. How can I stop her doing this?
She goes even more potty when I tell her to leave them. I literally have to yank her away and put the poor thing back outside. She leaes everything else alone when I say @Leave' but not the hedgehogs>
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I used to belong to a wildlife rescue organisation and looked after injured, orphaned and underweight hedgehogs. I love hedgehogs and Tilly's behaviour drives me mad. Out previous Staffie did the same thing but our German Shepherds have never bothered with them. Believe me , I am just as concerned about the hedgehogs as you are. I also am concerned about Tily catching fleas and ticks from them.
When i was a young child of about 9 or so (when kids could go to the park without adult supervision) I found a hedgehog and put it in my bag and took it home. I decided it must be cold so I put it on the hearth rug in front of the fire. I can still hear my mother's screams as the fleas started jumping around. She had the whole house fumigated even though Dad said that was a bit drastic. Boy did I suffer for that.
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