[Chocaholic]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Terrible story. I hate to say it, but I think your dog has some training/control issues.

I think hiding behind "the dog was just doing what dogs do" is B.S. It's indicative of a dog that hasn't had the proper training to show restraint around other living things.

Nature isn't pretty sometimes - I get that, but the distinction is that with a pet you are deliberately taking an animal OUT of nature and into a human environment with our rules and expectations.

...but the bottom line is YOUR dog killed it because of YOUR dog's lack of restraint.

Are you serious??? She let the dog out into our own fenced yard to "do what dogs do" (meaning, relieve itself) not go hunting. Hunting, I believe is instinct...no? Training a Retreiver not to go after a small moving animal would be like training a monkey not to climb trees. It's what they do. Note that the kitten's skin was not broken anywhere. I think she just did what Retreivers are programmed to do. Am I wrong???