Moochie just murdered a chicken and a cat!

If moochie has tasted blood, then you'd better beware. Today its a rooster and a cat, tomorrow it could be a child. You need to leash him up in the afternoons when he is prone to these attacks. I guess you will have to punish him to make him understand what he did was wrong. They too need guidance, and like kids, must be punished. Take care and just be careful.

Hahaha.. Alright, this is not a surprise for me, cause I have a Dachshund pet myself. Well, mine hasn't killed a chicken nor a cat yet that I know of, but almost killed the cat one time.. My my dog, Sanmar killed big rats at home, you know the ones almost as huge as cats? He kills mice too, but like if you see him does, he would swallow the whole thing in whole after killing or sometimes even it's still alive.. I heck don't know, if there's something wrong with my dog, but with this thing you posted, I kind of started to realized that maybe it's their instinct.. Oh I forgot to mention, Sanmar's mom, killed a cockfighter, yea the rooster, and like my mom's friend (the owner of Sanmar's mom) have to pay 3000 bucks for it. It was funny hearing it. I don't know, this dogs are just weird and stinky! But hey, they're funny too.. That's all I got to say!

Your Moochie is a murderer and should be quarantined as a punishment for going on a rampage. Like human, he must be stressed and depressed. You must observe him carefully as he might become a public nuisance and the next thing you know he has attacked a precious life.

Oh dear, that's awful! Gee...I don't know what you can do. Has he always been prone to attacking chickens and cats? You may have to restrain him somehow. We keep our dog free in our yard and chain her up at night when she goes to sleep in her kennel. Hope you can figure out what to do...

Moochie is obviously not wanting to share his place with other animals. Maybe he sees them as possible competition to affections or food? If he's going around killing other people's pets and animals you might consider using a leash. Sooner or later there will be repercussions from killing other animals, both to Moochie and to you as his owner. How would you feel if some one's pet killed Moochie? That's how the people feel who have lost a pet to Moochie. In leashing him, you are protecting him and youself from possible consequences. His killing tendencies are nothing to be proud of, I'd be pretty upset if something killed one of my cats.

maybe moochies just playing around and then ended up killing those two other animals. well, he is an animal though and thats part of their animals instinct. its not also good to punish animals because they have feelings too and when they felt left out, there would be a bigger tendency of him to be a wild animal. we know our dogs right and we love them. so just study him first and give him more love and do scold him for the bad things he did. but dont punish him that might end up he hating you.

Well, I don't have a dog and I don't know how to care for a dog but my sister has a daschund also. His name is Boggart and he's a sweet dog although he has a habit of biting things...LOL, he managed to tear my sister's shoes and sandals apart as well as my dad's.So as a rule, we can't leave our shoes on the floor and unattended - even my dad's guests...Maybe Moochie is also like that - maybe he's teething?! hehe - give him something he can bite, a nosy neighbor perhaps?! LOL :D

Man oh man! I really like dogs, but I love cats. I wouldn't be so concerned about your doggie killing a chicken but the cat part kills me. I bet one of your neighbors is looking for their pet now. I don't know what I would do if a neighbor's dog killed my cat. I would cry as he is a member of our family after 8 years with us. I think you probably will need to keep your dog on a leash or else inside your house from now on. I would hate to think that he would kill someone else's pet now that he has learned to kill.

I guess you will have to restrain him to avoid killing other animals. I do not think that he is really bad. Perhaps your dog might be just so playful with other animals. But obviously in the act of playing it end up killing. Well, probably it could be trained to stop doing such things, you could probably check it out.

If he's not on a leash or under your control then he's going to do what his instincts tell him to. The first kill was probably more accidental than meant but now his hunting instinct has been awakened he should be kept under even tighter control. He hasn't murdered anyone or anything (murder is a human concept and premeditated), he's killed what he sees as prey. As his owner you are responsible and if I was the owner of either rooster or cat I'd be looking into sueing you, so for your own sake as well as for his, I suggest you keep him on a leash or confined in your apartment and don't let him have the freedom to chase. You don't say what size or breed he is, but his next victim could be a child!

I am not sure what's wrong with him. I wonder what type of dog do you have and well, my tip will be to study what's their breed like, even if it is mix. I am sorry and good luck.

I presume your Moochie is a dog...if that would be that would be a great problem. You owe a big explanation on your neighbor who owns the chicken and the cat... I think you must put your dog on a cage or chained him and I think that would be the best idea...

can't teach him manners.. jut put him on a leash and goodluck

Hi, It is sad to read about the massacre. But then, despite the number of generations the dogs that have been bred for pets they have managed to retain their instinct.The way Moochie has reacted to the cat and the rooster in your compound shows that he has his territorial instincts coming up. In a compound as big as yours the dog has marked its territory. Apparently the dog had thought the victims were getting into its territory. It would not attack other animals in their territory, but would be rather submissive. If you took Moochie out on walk, you would notice that he would look away because that is a neutral ground with his pack leader, that is you, by his side. Apparently the victims of Moochie walked into Moochie's territory innocently. So his basic instincts surfaced in pure defense. Please do not blame Moochie. Please watch out about his diet. In the wild they survived hard times on fruit and nuts. It is only after getting domesticated we have spoiled their eating habits. Dogs fed on raw vegetables do not tend to be aggressive. Meat should be avoided totally. We often read contamination of meat with the extracts of the animal's endocrine glands. The worse is Thyroid gland. If the meat the dog gets for food contaminated with thyroxine it can be highly excitable and aggressive. Your tenants should take care that their pets do not cross paths with your Moochie in his territory and they all can live happily ever after.

I know about dogs who have never done any harm and suddenly start attacking other animals or human beings. Those dogs most likely have had a small seizure or something in their brain which makes them behave this way. We have a dog that only attacks other animals when food is around, she wants to defend it. We have help from a behavioural therapist to teach her new behaviour and in the mean time she has a muzzle whenever food is around just to stay save. She only does this to other animals but since we have a lot of animals around it is something we must do to keep the other pets save. Luckily she is very calm about it and it doesn't make her depressed. This behaviour didn't start on day one either and we are not sure what triggered it. So there can be triggers from the outside aswell from inside the dog. If you are unsure, like we have been, contact a behavourial expert to make sure what the reason is that your Moochie is behaving in the way he does. A muzzle can be a great way to make it through a short period of time to prevent him from killing other animals, allthough I personally am not a great fan of using them for a long term. I wish you all the best.

There are some dogs that just kill chickens for the pure pleasure of it. Your Moochie just might have some hunting instinct in him. From my experience you can't break a dog of killing chickens or cats once they have done it. I have lived on the farm and raised chickens. We have had to get rid of dogs that went after the chickens because like I said once they kill a chicken nothing will stop them from doing it again.

Wow my cat killed a snake this morning I don't know what she did with it but when I got home it wasn't around so she must have eatin it. I don't know what to do about your dog maybe you should keep him on a leash.

I don't know what to tell you to do. I had an incident like that happen to me. It was my aunt's chicken that my dog killed. She told me if he killed another one of her chicken's she would kill him (my dog), well I got off work one night ( working from 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm), and my dog had killed another one of her chickens, I hurried and got one of those large black trash bags, picked up the chicken and all of its feathers put them in the bag and put the bag in the trash container thank goodness the next day was pick up day. If she missed her chicken I didn't know of it.

awful..maybe it has something to do with the animal instinct in him...maybe they just do not get along...

How brutal it is !Pity cat and chickens! I think you should leash Moochie and consult with the veterinarian.But Moochie in the photo is lovely and kind!