i have a boston terrier and a lionhead rabbit that i just got and we cant seem to get them together without the dog nipping him
we are taking the muzzle route with the terrier but we dont want to restrict her like that for to long...any suggestions?
2006-09-23 12:47:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
lol rabbits arent preditors they are the dogs prey, you either socialize them properly or they will never get along, and theres a good chance they wont ever in the first place. take it from me, im a Ph.D
2006-09-23 12:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you keep the rabbit in a cage while the terrier is in the room for a while? Then try them together again. I'm not sure how things work with dogs and rabbits, but my nephew was given a chick for Easter by someone once. We had about 5 cats! We weren't sure if that chicken was going to be long for the world. We put the chicken in an enclosed pen until it got adult size. By that time the cats had passed by the chicken so many times they really weren't paying any attention to it. When we let the chicken out, the cats were fine. They never, ever bothered it.
2006-09-23 12:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can find a way to make your dog exhausted to where it won't care about the presence of the rabbit, it will give up.
Maybe you could try putting the cage of the rabbit next to the bed that it sleeps in.
After a while, it would get tired of barking or trying to get at it. The only negative side effect is if the rabbit is traumatized during the time that the dog is trying to get at the rabbit.
2006-09-23 12:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by Link of Hyrule 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Terriers were breed to go down into holes and attack rabbits and ferrets. Good luck with that one.
2006-09-23 13:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by chieko 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding me? Terriers are literally bread to hunt and kill rabbits. Good luck.
2006-09-23 12:49:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try keepig the rabbit in a cage
2006-09-23 13:00:10 · answer #6 · answered by kitty45litter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
throw some food in the middle of a cage and let em duke it out
2006-09-23 12:54:50 · answer #7 · answered by Wild horse C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always say shh.or you you could watch the dog whisper on national geagraphic
2006-09-23 12:55:38 · answer #8 · answered by madmadcutecute 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-09-23 12:55:35 · answer #9 · answered by digger420 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋