Rabbit and blood hound

[monkey6060]

this may seem like asilly question but we reecently purchased a black netherland dwaf rabbit and our blood hound dog seems obsessed he sits for hours watching it and following its every move ! has anybody else had this problem with dogs being obsessed with other pets we had a lop eared rabbit before and he took no notice of him.!

[logman]

This may seem like a silly answer but have you fed him ? Sorry. I have a dog that see's any thing that moves as a rival, but hopefully its only temporary and he will soon settle, as have other dogs have that i've had.

[arsefucker]

I Had the exact same problem!!!!

Remedy: Shoot both of the ******* with a pump-action shotgun. If the pain persists, repeat process. *******!!!!

[aka estie]

It sounds like he is a bit too intereested - like he is stalking his prey.

I think you are looking at a potentially disastrous situation for your bunny. According to most of what I have read about dogs and bunnies, they should not be left together unsupervised. It just takes a second for the dog to kill the rabbit :-(

Have a look at this article about precautions you might want to take, and good luck!

http://www.rabbit.org/journal/1/dogs.html

Estie

[monkey6060]

Thankyou for your help. harveys never going to get close enougth to hurt bunny but what you say makes sense.

[clair3934]

My dog does the same thing with my rabbit he just watches her for ages but when she's out of her hutch he isnt interested, thankgod. thats not to say yours would be the same though make sure he can't bash any doors on the hutch or run open.