So basically, I was told this today:
What do you all think? Lol.
What do you all think? Lol.Uhhhhhh..... no. Malinois are a herding breed. They do not nearly have the prey drive of dogs like greyhounds or beagles or jack russell terriers.
Mals are very high drive dogs, but it's not high prey drive. Generally, as with most herding dogs, it's a very high sensitivity to motion and a high drive to control that motion. This is key for herding dogs because they need to be attentive to how the flock is moving.
High sensitivity to motion can certainly manifest as prey drive. But it can also manifest as ball or toy drive as well. Basically, it's nothing inherent about prey that is really driving most herding dogs. Rather, prey has more interesting movement than a lot of things!
Other dog breeds are seriously prey driven. And by this I mean that the best reward in the entire world is prey and nothing else even comes close. This is why there are terriers that will be working a badger in a hole for hours upon hours until literal exhaustion. The prey is all that matters.
Yup.I believe the comment to be interesting.
She's not just chasing a moving objects, she is hunting, she's chasing/killing/stomping/eating. ergo: Prey drive?
I am glad you mentioned that Matt, because I was going to comment about that and figured that it might be something not relatable. With that said, tying back into comments made earlier about breeding, in extremes, I believe it is more difficult to reach the exhaustion threshold in dogs bred for exaggerated aspects of the prey sequence.Drives are also about endurance. Prey drive unlike Defence can be exhausted. You will find it extremely hard to exhaust a terrier or beagles hunting instinct if it is even possible.
It doesn't fit this discussion. Maybe I'm too serious but I don't take such a cavalier attitude about this topic. It's either there and complete, partial, segmented, isolated, or its not. I don't know why but I just can't be so flippant with this topic.Potatoes/patatoes...... :-k ..... That just doesn't come out right when you can't hear it does it. :grin: :wink: