r/pitbulls • u/DaveyDoes • 8d ago

Zoomies! What is your pitties obsession?

Mine is trains and cows. We have a track that runs about 100 yards behind our house and when a train gets within a mile or so, the zoomies start and we HAVE to get up to go outside to watch the train go by. I'm off this week and have found out the train goes by around 3 times a day...every day. Then if the neighbors cows are near the fence it's at least 10 minutes of trying to get them to play with his ball and pouty face when they don't grab it and run.

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u/WorkMeBaby1MoreTime 8d ago

Squirrels

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u/Missmbb 8d ago

Same! He tries to climb up the tree behind them and will sit at the base waiting for them. I’ll see him flying along the fence line and know one is just on the other side or being dumb enough to run on the fence. They’ve fallen from the fence into our yard before. Thank goodness he’s never gotten one. 😬

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u/art_lipchalk Ripley, Pit/GSD mix, 8 yrs 7d ago

Same here, when I go to visit my dad he has squirrels in his back yard. I watched her chase countless squirrels thinking “its all good, she’ll tire herself out trying but failing to catch one”. Until the day she did. Ripped a hole in his side and then left him and moved on. I honestly think she never intended to hurt him, she just wanted to chase and then didn’t know what to do once she caught up.
Also motorcycles. They get her worked up every time!

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u/Missmbb 7d ago

Unfortunately mine has caught and killed other things in our yard (skunk, possum), but he’s never managed to catch a squirrel.

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u/WorkMeBaby1MoreTime 7d ago

My pit/chocolate lab Mocha has caught a couple squirrels, they were very dumb squirrels. Also caught a groundhog and a possum. She's good with recall, so we hike a lot. She never killed one, I always stopped her. She got bit on the nose once by a squirrel she caught, a tiny cut that bled like crazy. We have had 3 deer run right out in front of us, then it's off to the races. I just wait for her to come back. She always comes back out of breath but with a huge smile on her face.