Hudson' new hobby...big stinging insects...any suggestions?
I've intervened a BUNCH of times in the last few days, and have pulled several bees from his mouth. He's also eaten one wasp, and something that looked just like it but was white and black instead of yellow and black. I imagine something must have stung him by now, and he has squealed while chomping but doesn't skip a beat. One he actually wounded and was playing with as I came running up the deck to get it away from him. (My husband and I don't have the same standards for supervision, so he didn't see what the big deal was.) After I squished it and before I could kick it out of the way, he jumped up and ate it in one gulp. Gross. When a relative was watching him (I had a work commitment and wasn't comfortable crating him for an extended time) she took him out to our penned area, and apparently he found a wasp nest that was just starting out. He took the whole thing in his mouth and ran away (she got stung removing it from his mouth - there's no way he didn't). She tossed it in the river and we're watching the area carefully to make sure it's not being rebuilt, but he keeps going back there eagerly looking for more. We don't trust him one bit, and watch him ALL the time, but he can actually catch them in midair as they fly by. I can't prevent that, no matter how hard I watch. Is there anything I can do to turn him off this? (I don't imagine so, since the pain of being stung hasn't deterred him.) I've found what could be a small bite/sting mark in his mouth twice - no stinger behind from what I can tell. There's been no swelling, so I'm guessing he's not particularly sensitive to it. Is this another charming part of our evil puppy we just have to embrace? Any suggestions short of duct taping his jaw shut whenever we go out? (Honest, I'm just kidding about that...) We're still at the three pees per ten minute interval phase, so we're talking about a lot of bee hunting opportunities here. I'm also sure this will extend to the canker worms which have all just hatched too. Doubly gross, but probably less harmful?! |
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| My golden retriever Sam used to eat bees and wasps etc all the time. Never seemed to bother him and he got stung many times also. |
| Maudie, our first Sheepie, lived with my in-laws before my husband and I got married.
My future m-i-l kept several hives. Maudie loved to knock the bees off the log in the water tub. And she walked around buzzing, due to the bees in her mouth. Never stung as far as we know. When we would go back and visit, she would run back to the hive area and look for bees.  |
| Isnt't the carrying a love for hot/spicey food a bit too far? |
My German Shepherd Hayley used to catch bees and eat them. 
Rgas catches flies. |
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