How Prey driven is your dog???

I love this question!
 
Isis would go for the squirrel, no looking back.  She'd probably eat it, too, so that would be her treat. [:-]  She is not highly treat/food motivated. I tried to train her to do some things when I'm out walking with her and she won't even eat meat from me or any other treat when we're out.  She is the most prey-driven dog I've ever had.  Of course, the word squirrel is her favorite in the human language adn the simple word makes her go buggy. 
 
A $150 fine last year for killing a deer is an indicator...[sm=blush.gif]     Bad, bad mommy.
 
 

Floyd would completely ignore a squirrel if it ran right in front of him and would tremble if it ran over him.

 
LOL.  That's truly funny.

When Grace, my pointer, sees something to chase, that is ALL she sees, hears, smells, or cares about.   Trudy, my setter,  would rather chase the squirrel, preferring that it had feathers, but if I call urgently enough, she skurries back for the treat. (It better be a good one, though!).

given the chance, squirrel, paws down. he would chase it up a tree and proceed to bark at it for about 5 minutes. if i try to give him treats outside he simply drops them and finds something more exciting. only once he's exhausted every possible interest will he come back and eat it.

Prey prey prey prey prey. RUN UP the tree to try to catch the squirrel. If you don't, there are birds and voles and MORE squirrels and MOOSE. [:@]

If you catch it, that's the treat, for sure. Except the moose. Then you are squished.

Let's see, husky + elkhound + coyote=prey drive that never quits. [8|]

There's a reason I never, EVER let her off a line or lead! Which is why a Sofia-proof fence is a priority for this Spring! I want a big space where we can play and train! Ironic, hunh? I live in the biggest open space in the US....

Blitz: "Squirrel!!!  Squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel! Squirrel!"

Cuma: "Dumb*#$.  I'll take my treat and his as well, thank you."

Gingerbread is very prey driven. He chases anything that moves! He spots squirrels and his interest level goes through the roof. I hate walking him during the Fall because he REALLY wants to chase every leaf that blows. He wants to chase birds flying overhead... you get the idea. What's ironic is that to bigger dogs, he's the prey, so I have to be very careful.

Grady: squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel.  He'd chase it until he's exhaused & only then can I get close enough to grab him.  He's got horrid recall.  OR he'd come sauntering back after possibly getting the squirrel, cat other small furry & act like that was his plan all along.  By this time I practically have to for the treat on him because he DID come back....eventually.
 
Aspen: Treat?  What squirrel??  He'd grab the treat on the fly & without missing a step he'd just go bonkers running wherever he could go.  That is until I get the car going.  He can't resist the car.  Then of course I have to take him for a little ride so he doen't feel tricked.

Brindlewonderkid would definately chase without any second thought to the liverwurst.  Try-ing too probably.  The malingator would eat the treat and chase, or do whatever I asked, but she's that sort of dog.

squirrel - he would literally bang the treat away (with his snout) if I put it near his mouth because it would be interupting his focus.  After he was done with the squirrel (interchangeable with rabbit, deer, mouse, CAT, bird, crow, cricket, toad OK you've got the idea) he would come back and nose at me until he got the treat
And this is a dog that without the prey distraction will do ANYTHING for food (well or paper, cardboard, plastic bottle, ball, etc = treat)
He has not killed anything that we've seen (may be some crickets, grasshoppers and toads that weren't up to playing with a 95lb puppy []) but has caught quite a few birds, caught and ate some crabs at the beach, seems to have eaten some moles (black fur in poop) the rabbits, squirrels and crows rarely visit our yard anymore so he only gets to stalk them on our walks.

and if your wondering if it moves = prey
if he can swallow it = food  (he has a real thing for paper!)
if he can play with it = toy = ecstasy

He's not too difficult to please []

There are 2 things in life that my dog will do anything to have - his ball or a treat in that order.

Hrm. I'm not to sure. We have squirrels around our house and Rup doesn't always seem interested in them. Birds though. THATS a different story. But for a treat I'm pretty sure he'd stay for the treat THEN probably go a chasin!
 
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Squirrels are natural dog prey animals - it's gonna be a really rare dog that places a good squirrel chase below a treat of any kind. I'm talking about, um, normal dogs, not decorative dogs that have been highly manipulated. Dogs that have really wacked out prey drive would pass up the treat for odd things like spots of light, other dogs, birds in the sky, moving water, or a vacuum cleaner.

Mine would look at the squirrel and take the treat, longing for the word to chase the squirrel. That's training though, not lack of prey drive. It takes a heck of a lot of prey drive to run 500 yards for sheep that may or may not be there. Unlike a lot of "point and shoot" breeds, however, the Border Collies need to be under control when they get there, so they've got that other piece that gives them the ability to control their impulse to have sheepies for dinner after chasing them for twenty minutes. In theory anyway. []

Chasing? Way too much work! What he really wants for Christmas is a pair of binoculars....

 
Ditto.  He'd take the treat and watch the squirrel from a distance.  THIS is his favorite passtime........
 

When Grace, my pointer, sees something to chase, that is ALL she sees, hears, smells, or cares about.

That's like my RR.  He's ok with birds and gets a little excited when he sees cats, but when he sees a squirrel running or even walking it's all he can focus on.  No amount of blue cheese, liverwurst, or stinky garlic liver treats can break his concentration, won't even eat the treats.  If he's on a leash, he makes this embarressingly loud bark/strangle/cry that sounds like he's being murdered.  Then he proceeds to pull on the leash with all his might.  I absolutely hate squirrels and would seriously consider moving to a squirrel-free state, if there is one.

He's only seen a couple squirrels when he's off leash (dogpark and backyard) and he's really, really quiet, but will not recall or take a treat at all.

Houndlove, I'm interested to learn exactly how you got Marlowe to chill out when he sees squirrels?  If I could even get Caesar to become just a lunatic instead of his current state of raging, uncontrollable lunatic while in the midst of a squirrel I would be happy.