It's not unusual for dogs to kill prey animals. Certainly upsetting to some people, but not odd for the dog. My dog has killed a rabbit, a mouse, and a few birds; it happens.

Has your dog been vaccinated against rabies? You might want to contact your vet about potential issues with worms or other infections he could get from eating wild animals. Your vet can also tell you what symptoms to look for with rabies and if you need to be worried.

The aggression may be related to age or under-socialization. Check out the training and behavior stickies for training info, especially the one on leash reactivity as that could explain your dog's behavior.

 

well. I went to the vet and they give him one shot when he was 2 months old and they tell me to come after 2 weeks for the next shot. but I didn't go until now. the vet is far away from me. and im busy all time. so I look for the paper that the shot he took about what and I found this marked on his profile. Leptospirosis , Distemper, Parainfluenza, Hepatitis and pravo virus, the Rabies wasn't marked should I be worried?

and how can I know if he had rabies is it from the blood check? and if he bite me it is dangerous for me?

 

Birds are not carriers of rabies. Your dog will most likely be fine. It's normal for dogs to kill prey species.

 

I mean if my dog had rabies before killing the bird? or its normal for any dog to kill birds. ?

 

you really need to vaccinate your dog though even though he will be fine this time. If he does get rabies there is no cure.

 

is there any behavior that let me know if the dog had rabies? just give me an example of what he do. cause its far away and if my dog okay im gonna take him the next week to the vet.

 

Keeping your dog up to date on his vaccinations should take priority. Most veterinarians recommend rabies every three years. Most dogs should see a vet once a year for an annual exam. You aren't going to get rabies because your dog possibly ate that bird's head. That doesn't mean I think you should continue to neglect your dog's needed vaccines. Look up the recommendations by the Veterinary governing body in your country.

 

you got me wrong.

what I meant does he had rabies before he ate the bird head? and I know that bird had no rabies.

 

Your puppy is most likely fine. You can read about rabies symptoms online on sites like this.
Rabies in Dogs: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Vaccination

I really wouldn't worry to much about rabies at this point. Like the others said, killing prey animas is normal, not an indication of rabies.
Get your pup to the vet to finish up puppy vaccinations and to get a rabies vaccination as well.

 

Your puppy is most likely fine. You can read about rabies symptoms online on sites like this.
Rabies in Dogs: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Vaccination

I really wouldn't worry to much about rabies at this point. Like the others said, killing prey animas is normal, not an indication of rabies.
Get your pup to the vet to finish up puppy vaccinations and to get a rabies vaccination as well.

Thanks bro. im gonna take him to the vet next week, but I have question before i give him the shot can I Check his blood to know if he had rabbies or not.?

 

Ditto Grabby.
Only way to really know for sure is to kill the animal and send brain tissue off to a lab for diagnosis. So what most people do is a 10 day quarintine. At the end of the 10 days either the animal is alive an well (no rabies) or has died or is very ill (has rabies).

Has your puppy been bitten or in a fight with a possibly rabid animal? Rabies is passed through saliva so for your pup to have contracted rabies would need to have been bitten by another animal with rabies...

 

Even good gentle dogs kill small animals like birds, mice, squirrels sometimes. I was rather shocked to see Jaya kill a bird a few weeks back. She was trotting along the fence line, in a playful mood and flushed a pigeon...it came up right in front of her and she just snapped at it, and crushed it...the bird was dead before it really knew what was happening, I think.

I've seen birds around Jaya before, and she's never chased them or snapped at them, and in that instance, she wasn't even looking like she did it viciously - it looked more like an automatic response...like we do when we slap a mosquito. I think the bird scared her when it came up out of the tall grass like that, almost under her nose.

But, with a younger dog, you might have a problem if a puppy-ish dog thinks that killing birds is play and fun, and if you see that kind of behavior, you might try taking steps to distract him from that kind of activity.

As for the rabies...as some said, the chances are slim. I would be more concerned about the dog getting parasites from the bird...worms, mites, lice...something like that.

Stormy.

 

thanks brother im gonna contact my Vet about this and will see what they tell us.

I really appreciate that you kind

 

Yes, I think he's fine too.

 

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