Dogs and other pets

That is a good question Lily and though I don't have the answer, I can give you experience. My sister had both dogs and cats, and then her son wanted rats and mice which he kept in his room and bred. There was one rat, Ben, that my nephew would take everywhere with him, this rat was very tamed. But one time when they were away, Ben got out and the dog killed him. I don't know if maybe because rats and mice really can't protect themselves other than to hide while cats have claws and will attack back is the reason the dog didn't try to kill the cat, but that is the story I know. So, just be careful, unless someone has a better answer for you, keep the mice away from cats and dogs..

I think it's the instincts talking. My dogs, oh no matter how cute they are, they just turn into monsters when they smell mice. And that not even seeing them .. if they get a wiff of a mouse smell, then they would hunt it, and look for it all day, if they can't find it, they would then cry and scratch at every surface that the mice had walked on. Hahaha!! It's so funny when they do it, I'm like, just let it go doggie! hehehe!

I don't know about this one, perhaps it is to do with the size difference in the animals. Large cats can be similar in size to small dogs, but mice are always going to be a lot smaller than the smallest of dogs. I have no experience with rodents and birds in the house as pets at the same time as a dog, but you are right about dogs and cats. We thought we were going to have a really hard time with our dog when we introduced cats into our home. But after a day or so she seemed to accept that they were on equal terms to her and she has never given them any grief at all. We had rats in our compost a while back and she goes after them with a vengeance! She is obsessed with trying to find more every time that I go anywhere near the compost bin.

It depends on the dog. I used to have a Maltese growing up who thought my guinea pig was her baby. She wouldn't let anyone near him while she was "nursing" him. She would literally push the guinea pig towards her belly and not let him wander too far. On the other hand. My jack russel/poodle has eaten 3 of my budgies, and I would never trust her with a mouse or guinea pig. It depends on the pray drive of the dog I suppose.

I think the relationship or the interaction of an animal to an another kind of animal varies. It is their nature that smaller our more feeble animals are preys. That is why small animals has given an ability to protect themselves from bigger animals. Moles can dig the soil, birds can fly, mice can hide inside small holes, etc. Maybe because a dog eats meat, it sees a mice as a food. They won't learn to avoid threatening your mice until you scold them or you make them realize that mice are meant to be loved. I hope I have an idea on how to do that.

Maybe you dogs like the taste of mice. Just my thought.

A dog's ability to learn depends on the acquired skill of his Master to teach. There is an old saying that says,-To teach a dog, one must know more than the dog! This is why its important to enroll the dog in an obedience school, where the dog's owner learns How to teach the dog new tricks!

I also notice that in my dogs. They will treat other animals kindly but not mice, matter of fact, our dogs hunt them. Maybe the mice that you have are the ones that we like to make as pets but mice are mice no matter how domesticated they are. And in the food chain, mice belongs to the prey group.Your dogs must be just following their wild instincts.

For me dog's is the best animal I ever had many people doing take care of dog specially in the US they are friend of dog's usually.

Going to the dogs, you better be careful since if they eat the mice it could case them some nasty effects. There might be something in the mice that the dogs might catch. Anyways, It really depends on the dog. You may try to discipline him when you let the mouse near him. whatever works for you might be helpful.

dog is the favorite pet to all of us.we all love dogs.dog protect us or our property just like a guard.our sweet guard able pet is dog.dogs have very good nosebag ..