Are dogs good at catching and killing mice?

Rat terriers are good but dachshunds are fantastic small critter slayers. Follow the posters advise about not letting your dog eat the mice. My poor neighbors dachshund Lenard, died from eating a poisoned mouse. Poor doggy.Are dogs good at catching and killing mice?
if they have the talent for that they can,my dog can catch and kill rats and mice!he is a mixed breed of golden retriever and mongrel,he is more alert than our cat.if we told him there's a rat he will be like going to one corner and starts sniffing,until he finds the scent and we just move the things that is covering the rat and when it comes out he will chase it and wont stop until he gets it!stepping and biting and all!its exciting and funny imagine a dog chasing rats?!we are screaming the whole time cheering him to find it!=))


we cant remember how it started though.Are dogs good at catching and killing mice?
Yes, some individuals and breeds (bred/used to kill vermin) are excellent 'mousers'. I have to be extremely careful, because our Dachshund would go after and kill our pet mice in a second. He's been raised with them since twelve weeks of age and on, but still won't adjust to them. In fact, he only becomes more eager as time go by. However, the other dogs (including sighthounds, one w/heavy field %26amp; coursing titled lines) are used to them. Although, we're careful with all the dogs, since all of the breeds are known for prey drive.





Edit: I'm going to try the Dach in 'Earthdog', because he's so obsessed.
Get a Rat Terrier. They can be easily trained to kill, but not eat the vermin.


A dachshund is an excellent dog as well. They were bread to go into badger holes, and kill the inhabitants. A mouse is small potatoes to them.
Some breeds are better than cats. Doxies and JR come to mind.
No, they're not. In fact, some dogs fear at the sight of mice.
Actually, my beagle once tracked down and caught a mouse. She did not kill it though. Just stood on its tail while looking at it rather perplexedly.





Anyway, try a rat terrier. They are one of the best at catching vermin. One rat terrier was once reported to have killed over 2,501 rats in a span of only seven hours in a rat-infested barn.
They might be.
Some of them are very good at it. A lot of small terriers like Jack Russels, Rat Terriers and Toy Fox Terriers were bred pretty much for hunting vermin like mice.





If your dog DOES catch and kill a mouse, please don't let him eat it. The dog could get sick and if someone has poisoned the mouse it will poison the dog.
Some dogs are naturally talented for that sort of thing.


My terrier-mix has caught birds, mice, gophers-quick lil dude.





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I just read the answer above me. I actually didn't know that about terriers. Guess my good ol' mutt really is a terrier (I've only been guessing) ;) heh
My female Great Pyrenees has caught a mole lol! We tend to get moles in our house early before winter starts and she'll get them. She lays in the kitchen and waits for them pretending she is asleep. If she see's one all she does is sit up promptly and slam her big front paw down on the little thing and knocks them stupid. Then I pick them up and put them outside across the street in the field lol.
Yes.





My dog caught himself a nice huge rat about 6 weeks ago.


He also catches birds.
we used to have a Jack Russell he was a fantastic ratter, he loved it