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Heather and myself were sitting down having
breakfast, we commented on what a great day it was going to be when
suddenly we heard a rabbit squealing on the garden terrace which is not
far from the kitchen window, I said to Heather a fox must have grabbed a
rabbit then I bolted for the door to get a look at the fox. It had me
stumped for awhile; no fox, I then looked around and saw what the
squealing was all about, we had had a lot of trouble with blackbirds
scratching the bark off the garden terraces onto the path and veranda
below, so I had been trapping the birds with a square wire trap with
spring loaded drop trap door on both ends. I would bait the hanging
trigger inside the trap with a piece of bread or fruit which the
blackbirds could not resist, with this method I have managed to trap 28
of these pests and they were relocated……., but for the last two months
had caught nothing until the rabbit sprung the trap, why the rabbit went
into the trap is anyone’s’ guess.
Being a hunter I seized on the
opportunity to introduce my miniature fox terrier of 7 months to the
affray, I tossed the dog up the bank she landed right beside the
trap but facing away from the rabbit, although she was excited and
knew something was on she looked for an answer. The rabbit then
moved the dog spun around looking the rabbit in the eyes which were
as big as dinner plates by this time with fright. The rabbit tried
to jump in the cage and then next was unexpected, the dog let out
six quick YOIKS with fright came down off the bank and passed
me like a Bondi tram, she looked as if she had seen the devil
himself, much laughter came from Heather and myself. After awhile
the dog plucked up enough courage for another look at the rabbit
then started to bark and bite the cage trying to grab the rabbit, to
that little dog the world looked all right once again. I then picked
up the fearless little dog and let the rabbit go he deserved his
freedom as he
Supplied enough sport for one day.
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