So last week my sweet little 7 month old puppies brought me the sweetest gift: half a rat. They had been playing at our ranch in East Texas, and FINALLY caught a rat (or large mouse), and were fighting over the back half. I assume they ate the front half. When I told them to “drop it”, they did so and were so proud. I gave them each a big treat for killing a rodent. Rodent extermination is their chief terrier job description.
We have to remember that our four legged children do some genetically hardwired traits to do certain things. Labradors retrieve. Shelties herd. Pointers point birds. Huskies pull. Greyhounds run. Cats will catch mice & birds and even small snakes. It is a beautiful thing to see God’s creatures do what there were designed to do.
But if your cat brings you a ‘”gift” of a snake or your terrier “gifts” you with half a rat, you should praise them, reward them, THEN throw it away.
