Swifter than a running deer...

[bunn]

This morning we found a deer when out walking. My immediate reaction was to grab Az and get him on-lead, and fortunately I managed to do that before he worked out what was going on.

Mollydog saw the deer first and took off after it like a speeding bullet, but there was no help for that, I was busy with Az. Az safely on lead, I turned to look for Mollydog, only to see her *overtake* the deer, do a big victory circuit round the field and come racing back to tell me how she WON THE RACE. Who said racing greyhounds only run because they want to catch things...?

I had to give her a round of applause when she arrived back in front of me (she loves applause) she looked so pleased with herself.

Comments

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, well done Mollydog! I can just imagine our old grey Emma doing that. She had an absolutely rubbish prey drive and yet was apparantly a very successful racer, so I don't think the two go hand in hand at all. She used to run for sheer joy. Sky's the same, actually - if all three of mine take off after a deer, guaranteed she'll be the first one back to me. Cole's the worst, which is fortunate because he's also the least likely to ever catch anything.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

LOL at cole: I can just imagine him trailing along behind them and the deer stopping and looking at each other 'Is that dog STILL following us?'