Add one mole, toss gently.

Awwww! Sherlock sounds like such a sweetheart! I bet it's cute watching him with his little "toys". My other dog, Penny, caught a chipmunk that I believe the cat brought in but got away from him. She grabbed it and shook it violently, apparently killing it instantly. She's my little 7 pound "killer".

Maybe it's that "little dog" instinct that makes them kill rodents. My dogs (Maltese) weight 5 and 7 pounds, yet they'll kill anything they can hold in their mouths. (Lilly caught and killed a mouse once.)

I haven't seen any of my animals with an opossum yet. I hope I never do. I caught one myself in a humane trap, drove it miles away and released it. I'm sure that, if Bean (who weighs 16 pounds) could catch one, he would kill it and bring it to me. I hope he never does! Ewww! LOL

That's brave of you! I wouldn't want to kill it, but I think it would freak me out to put it in my car and then go release it.

It was kinda funny. Opossums freeze when they know they've been spotted. The one I caught was just a baby, not much bigger than an average-sized rat. Once I got to the spot to release him, I had a very hard time getting him out of the trap! LOL He wasn't going to budge. I had to walk away from the trap before he moved, then he just took off. I had no idea that they could run that fast.

Hi thea. I haven't moved yet. I'm still waiting for my disability benefits to begin. Looks like I'm going to have to fight Social Security some more. It only took them seven years to approve me, now they're driving me nuts by taking their time in giving me the benefits they approved me for 5 1/2 weeks ago!

At least things have calmed down here some. My husband came home and, somehow, got the mortgage bank to work with him. I know he gave them $8,500.00 and he said they're working out a new loan for us with a lower interest rate. Well, that's good, but it won't stop me from moving. I've had it with his irresponsible, and sometimes downright mean, behavior. I know I'll just have more of the same if I stayed with him so I am very determined to move. Right now, I'm packing so I'll be ready whenever Social Security decides to grace me with the benefits I earned over the years.

That's pretty good for indoor cats, Elic! Sounds like you have a lot of these critters around outside your house, too, for all those things to get inside where the cats can get them. We have too many around here but, since I'll be moving soon to my other house, I doubt I'll have such a big critter problem there. This house is in the mountains, with trees all around. The other house has very few trees on the 3 acres it sits on and I haven't seen one rodent when I was in that house, fixing it up. Gee, I hope Bean doesn't get bored! LOL

Yeah, they do pretty good, they'll even kill bugs, if they are interesting enough bugs - can you say bored?

Actually, I think they've killed a few more rats, but the rats got off the porch before they died, because the other roomie says she's seen a few bodies in the yard... in fact, there's been a plastic tub with a couple of bricks over one "body" now for over a year... really need to get her to move it, I'm sure its down to bones now...

Let's hope it's just bones by now. Ewwwww!!!

donno why she didn't shovel it up into a bag and put it out in the trash...

Now THAT'S a story, Shellyann! WOW! I never would have thought of a beaver as a "gift" brought home by one of our furry friends. Man! I can almost see the look on your face when your dog brought it home. I would have loved to have seen the dog dragging the beaver to you. I bet he was proud!

My dog, Lilly, has only caught one mouse. But then, she only weighs 5 pounds herself. LOL My other dog, Penny, caught a chipmunk that I believe the cat brought in to play with but it got away from him. When my dog grabbed it, she shook it... hard, killing it instantly. I'm glad because chipmunks, although they are rodents and a pest, are so darned cute! I couldn't bear to see such a cute little thing suffering.

He sure does keep me on my toes, Jen! To date, it's been 2 squirrels, 4 voles, 1 chipmunk, 1 bird, countless mice and one mole. Bean really is something! I'm so glad he chose to make this his home, even though his "gifts" are rather gross. I'd rather see a dead rodent than one happily munching on my veggie garden! I just wish he had brought the mole to me like he usually does with the other critters because if I hadn't found it, and it, well, you know, started to smell, that would have been awful! Guess I can thank my dog for my finding the mole. She wouldn't take her eyes off of it! LOL

Hi paula. I will probably just have to get used to these "gifts" my cat brings in. Living in the country, we have more than enough critters running around outside and a lot of them seem to love my vegetable garden. For that reason ONLY, I'll let my kitty come and go as he pleases. (He goes in and out the doggie door we installed for the dogs.) I'm sure we'd be inundated by rodents if it weren't for Bean.

A long time ago, I had a cat become a family member exactly like your Rosie. She hung around outside and I fed her while trying to locate her owner or even anyone who might know who she belonged to. No one knew anything so, before long, she came inside and was perfectly (purrfectly?) content to stay. I didn't notice any legs or tails outside but she was a great mouser every Fall, when the weather got colder and the mice started coming in for warmth.

Hi muscles. I don't know what possessed me to choose "Dogs" as the category to put this in. I guess I was thinking about my dog staring at the mole that the cat had brought in. Or, maybe it was just a brain fart. Either way, at least I did mention my dog in my discussion. LOL

I'm very definitely going to be taking my dogs and cat with me. My husband's cat is the meanest cat I've ever met and he can keep her. They belong together. He raised her from a tiny kitten, bottle fed her. I'm sure she's as mean as she is because of the way he "played" with her as she was growing older. He likes to play rough... very rough. I honestly think now that my husband has a very nasty, evil side to him. I'm just waiting now for my disability benefits to start, then I'll be so outta here!

Oh, he's behaving himself now (again). I'm pretty sure he's worried about me leaving, although I haven't said anything to him. Tough beans! He has miraculously worked out a plan with the mortgage company so we're no longer in foreclosure. I guess they just have too many foreclosures on their books already and are willing to work with anyone who shows an interest in keeping their houses. But, that doesn't mean I'm going to stay. I've had enough issues with this man to know that they'll just continue if I stay and I would rather have a boring, lonely life than the one he's given me.

But, yep, I'll be taking my babies... all three of them. It should be interesting in the car with all of them since my other house is 250 miles away. LOL

A goat???? Good grief! I take it she's a large dog? Man! What a huntress!

I wish my cat (16 pounds) would catch this one little rabbit that hangs around here. So far, the rabbit just nibbles on the clover in the front of the house but one of these days I'm sure it will find my vegetable garden. I know we have skunks around here, too, but luckily I haven't seen any close by. If one did wander too close, I'm sure Bean would go after it and most likely get sprayed in the process. Skunks are pretty unforgiving.

My dogs are only 5 and 7 pounds so they only go after things much smaller than they are. Oh, they bark at the big dogs like they're even bigger, and maybe they do think they're big dogs, but I haven't let them loose to see how they'd fare with bigger animals. I'd like to think they could do away with all the geese that hang around our lake, though. They are such pests!

Yeah, she's a large breed dog, but kind of on the smaller side. I'm guessing she's about 65 lbs at the moment. Her accomplice (my other dog, and the same breed) is probably closer to 120. He totally dwarfs her in comparison! LOL

The goat's a mini goat, or something like that, so it's a little thing. Cute too!

I saw a skunk right in the yard a few months ago, and during the daytime nonetheless. The darn thing freaked me out. I'm guessing it left and found a new home as I haven't seen it since. At least I'm hoping anyway.

It's funny how the little dogs think they're bigger than they are. They actually scare me more than the bigger breeds! And don't even get me started with geese as those things can be mean! LOL

Hi dragon. No, I haven't moved yet. I still haven't heard anything about my disability benefits. I'll need them to survive until I can take HIM to court. For now, though, it's pretty quiet around here. He's not talking much to me because he's worried that I'm up to something. I am, of course, but I haven't told him. He doesn't want me to leave. That's too bad. He blew it. I'll be out of here just as soon as I can. In the meantime, while waiting for my benefits, I've been packing so I'll be ready when the benefits start.

Now, about your dog... worms???? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! I think I could handle seeing my dogs or cat chewing on a mouse easier than a worm. I don't know why; the thought of it is just too gross. Ewwww!

Rabbits? Hmmm, did you make rabbit stew?

I think I'd actually like it if my cat/dog killed a chicken so I wouldn't have to do it. I do like to eat meat but I know I'd have a hard time killing anything myself. I'd have to have someone, or something like a cat or dog, do the killing for me. Well, unless I use my car to do the damage.