Dear Tweeters,
Diann's post reminded me of a wonderful dog I used to have. Tina was half Labrador and half Rottweiler, but her personality was more friendly, gentle Labrador than guard-dog Rottweiler.
Right after we got Tina, I saw a Great Blue Heron eating goldfish out of our trough. I sicced Tina on the heron, and she chased it off. For the rest of her life, Tina knew that species of bird very well. If I took her on a birding walk by a shoreline with herons, she'd try to go after them. Maybe this was a little bit of the Rottweiler coming out in her--herons being categorized as the enemy!
Later, I had started having trouble with Bald Eagles going after our chickens and our smaller dogs. It took only one instance for Tina to figure out that Bald Eagles were the foe. She'd chase after them, leaping into the air and barking. Interestingly, she knew the difference between a Turkey Vulture and an eagle. She would ignore the vultures, but spring into action the moment an eagle flew over.
Good old Tina!
Yours truly,
Gary Bletsch
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