Odd question

Thoie

About 10 minutes ago, I heard a dog barking, and then a terrible yelping, like it's in pain. I looked out the window, and saw a few rabbits running for cover, so I just assumed the dog was just excited (can't see where the dog is at all). However it's still yelping now - is it likely to be hurt, or would it just still be excited by all the rabbit smells? The area the noise is coming from is a major rabbit meeting place.

Rovi

Could be anything, could be nothing.

It's now daylight, so have a look around the area and see if you can see anything, but really, at this remove, there's nothing anyone here can do but speculate.
The dog may have gotten a fright, walked into an electric fence, tangled with another dog, been hit by a car, or who knows what else/
If the dog was in big enough trouble, you may find it dead or injured somewhere and can proceed from there.

Dusty87

let us know how you get on op. hardly caught in a snare is it?

CJhaughey

I'd say the rabbits have formed a gang and beaten the dog up.That yelping is his pride being dented.:D

Thoie

After sitting around looking up to see if there were ISPCA 24 hour numbers or anything, I eventually went out (to the area of scrubland) with a torch, but not a hope in hell of finding anything really. Saw two dogs in the dark - both of them seemed fine and trotted off. Hard to tell in the dark, but they looked springer spaniel-ish. The yelping was still going on, a kind of long "ow" noise, 5 second pause, ow, pause... I'm guessing it might have been a fox that the dogs had got, but not finished, though (not being into hunting) that would seem strange to me that they'd just give up. I'd called the local garda station, but reasonably enough there wasn't much they could do (thought someone there might have a gun). Not sure what I could have done if I had found the poor thing. A big rock might have been the best thing, but I don't know if I'd have the nerve to do it. I gave up around 4am, the yelping stopped around 4:30

Anyway, sorry for having bothered you - I was a bit tired and upset at the time and had no idea what to do.

Dusty87

if im thinking of the right noise, id say it was a fox, they often remind me of a child screaming aswel. would have loved to know what happened

deerhunter1

Thoie wrote: »

After sitting around looking up to see if there were ISPCA 24 hour numbers or anything, I eventually went out (to the area of scrubland) with a torch, but not a hope in hell of finding anything really. Saw two dogs in the dark - both of them seemed fine and trotted off. Hard to tell in the dark, but they looked springer spaniel-ish. The yelping was still going on, a kind of long "ow" noise, 5 second pause, ow, pause... I'm guessing it might have been a fox that the dogs had got, but not finished, though (not being into hunting) that would seem strange to me that they'd just give up. I'd called the local garda station, but reasonably enough there wasn't much they could do (thought someone there might have a gun). Not sure what I could have done if I had found the poor thing. A big rock might have been the best thing, but I don't know if I'd have the nerve to do it. I gave up around 4am, the yelping stopped around 4:30

Anyway, sorry for having bothered you - I was a bit tired and upset at the time and had no idea what to do.

Check burrows,if a terrier he may be stuck in a burrow after chasing a rabbit does happen