We had a mole invade the back yard. Our male dachshund Reuben was in heaven. He was up to his hips digging a hole to go after the mole. It was like he could not stop. We had to lock him out of the back yard after we hosed him down outside, and had to give him a bath in the house. The mole escaped but was caught and dispatched by the neighbor. I had to shovel a lot of dirt back in the hole and replant the grass.
Reuben is a total hunter. I have had to rescue several of these tiny snakes that are harmless except to earthworms. I wish he would leave the snakes alone. He has killed many of the little snakes.
He really likes to hunt mice. This was a successful mission.
I am always happy when he catches another mouse. He is the early warning system. When he starts circling the storage building, I know more mice have returned. With traps, peanut butter and thumbs I do catch more than Reuben, but he is instrumental in the eradication process.
We have a lot of blue tailed skinks and he has killed a few of them as well.
He was barking like mad on the back porch. He had treed, or "brick walled" a snake. We locked him inside and 30 minutes later the snake was gone. Harmless snake, but he was smart enough to just bark at it.
He has been sprayed by a skunk twice now. I can tell you it is no fun going to a Super Target at 10:00 PM to get hydrogen peroxide and baking powder to make up the skunk smell killer.
He just can't leave toads alone. It is like he thinks they are taunting him. He will poke them with his nose and they puff up, and soon he is foaming at the mouth. He is finally getting better with all the toads.