The pup ran into the holy grail rabbit this morning

[TEB]

The vorpal bunnie the killer rabbit of caerbannog. He saw the bunnie crouched down gave a bark. And the rabbit hopped towards him. And it was a run away pick me up man.

[tekriter]

1. That's one mean rodent!

Look at the bones!

[Ohiogal]

2. Uncle Boog will have to mentor him

On the fine art of bunny chasing.

[TEB]

5. Yes

[hlthe2b]

3. Good. I am highly protective of my wild rabbits and my sweet doggy knows it. She has learned to be

so cautious that she won't bound out to exit the door but crouches on the front stoop cautiously to see if any are nearby on the front lawn-- and then when directed she will stick right with me keeping distant from them as we walk to the sidewalk. She wags her tail when she sees them, but knows not to scare them, but engages in an almost maternal manner.

Now, squirrels are a bit of a different story. She can't contain her excitement at their acrobatic movements.

Please folks, protect the wild bunnies. They are under siege not only from natural predators, ecological encroachment, humans who value a bush or flower garden above all else, tularemia and now Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV2)--the rabbit equivalent of ebola.

[Ohiogal]

4. I was just joking.

I actually do love the wild bunnies in my yard and always warn them off first if I see one out there before I let my dog out, because she will chase them. I think they’re way too fast for her to catch in all honesty, but I enjoy them and don’t want to see anything bad happen to them.

[TEB]

6. Are your wild rabbit killer rabbits

[Ohiogal]

7. I'm not sure

They would kill the garden lettuce if not for the chicken wire fence ...

[hlthe2b]

8. Not in my book.

As Ohiogal says, it is amazing what a little elevation of gardens and chicken wire can do.

[MineralMan]

9. We have two dogs, a beagle, and a beagle/basset mix.

Both think that rabbits are for chasing, but we walk our dogs on 6' leashes, so they can't do that. However, the wild rabbits in our neighborhood (cottontails) understand dogs, apparently. We pass rabbits in yards frequently. They all freeze and stay absolutely still until we pass.

Our dogs simply can't see them, as long as they remain still. They can smell them, and sniff the ground eagerly, but the still rabbits are invisible to them.

Rabbits appear to know, either from learning or instinctively, that beagle dogs are nose-oriented, not sight-oriented. Ours are completely unaware of the motionless rabbits, even if they are only three feet away. I suspect it is an evolved behavior on the part of rabbits to freeze if a predator is near.