My mole adventure

18 years ago

Before dark tonight I let my Boxer outside to do her thing and I heard her barking by the deck in the backyard. I looked outside and she was going crazy and jumping at something in the grass. I went out and discovered a mole. My dog was afraid of it and the mole was squealing and advancing toward my dog and was very aggressive. I kept watching and it acted really strange and too brave for a mole. I'm wondering if it might have rabies???

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grammahony
18 years ago
Moles are blind. I don't know how it could get to your dog, or how it would have gotten rabies, as they stay underground (unless you flush them out with water). Interesting.
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lydia1959
18 years ago
Moles very rarely get rabies. Maybe it has babies and is being overly protective of them?
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Pieonear
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18 years ago
It was above ground in the grass. She (the dog) doesn't dig in the lawn so it was already there in the grass when I let her out. I have no idea what it's problem was but I came in and brought the dog and it's gone now. I thought this was strange behavior for a mole!
iowagirl2006
18 years ago
Moles can get aggressive when threatened. My dog had one firmly attached to her butt one day!

I like it when my dog gets a mole out of the ground. She usually kills it and leaves it on my front steps for me to admire - isn't that sweet? My cats will do the same thing. Neither one will eat their kill though -so moles must taste really awful.
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18 years ago
And they can sure wreck your lawn. They've really torn up my yard at the cabin.
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18 years ago
Iowagirl, that's quite a picture I'm getting with your dog running around with a mole dangling from his butt! LOL I'm sure your dog wasn't laughing though. And your pets leave you gifts? My dog is a selfish old thing. No gifts here! :)
caflowerluver
18 years ago
My dog, Dachshund, got 2 last week. She grabs them by the back of the neck then shakes them hard till they stop squeaking. I have to really work hard with bribes to get them away from her and bury them. She wants to eat them when she catches them. YUK!
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Pieonear
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18 years ago
Well, the mole has been taken care of. I went out this morning to check on some plants and the mole is dead. Evidently sometime in the night it got frisky with the wrong wild animal!

Clare I can't believe she doesn't even want hot sauce or ketchup with her mole! LOL
caflowerluver
18 years ago
She likes fresh meat! But wouldn't turn up her nose at Southern Fried Gopher or Mole. LOL
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Pieonear
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18 years ago
Well she is cute! Elvira, I mean, not the varmint. What is that thing anyway? Gives me the willies!
caflowerluver
18 years ago
That is a gopher. We get tons of them here in CA. We had to line the raised veggie beds with mesh wire to keep them out. I have seen one pull a full grown corn stalk into the ground. The whole 5 ft stalk! Also 3 ft trees. Nasty critters. Go Elvira!
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That's the first time I've ever seen a Gopher! I guess I should count myself blessed! LOL

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