"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
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Reel McKoi wrote:
Not all dogs. These seemed to know they couldn't catch birds as birds
can
fly away - a waste of their time and energy. They even stopped going
after squirrels, since they just climbed a tree out of their reach.

Yeah, I have two bird dogs (and I've had three others) and they've never
had
an interest in birds (I've never had an interest in hunting, so no attempt
to train them to birds). Squirrels, otoh, are a wonderful game...
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derek
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I wish we had an answer other than nets to protect our fish. My husband and
I don't care for the looks of the nets and they're a pain when I need to get
into the ponds for some reason. Everyone I know here with a pond has or had
some kind of predators getting their fish, even people who live in crowded
subdivisions far from the woods or a lake. The commonest predators are of
course the herons, snakes and bullfrogs. I've heard of raccoons trashing
ponds in my area. We haven't had that problem. Those $ 80 water-squirters
may keep most herons at bay but are useless against snakes and bullfrogs.
People who live where these predators don't exist are indeed lucky.
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