There are so many things dogs put in their mouth that give them worms, worrying about rabbit guts is pretty minor. Don't know where you are at, but around here, if you don't treat your dog for Heart-worms, you don't want it to live very long. Along with the removal/prevention of Heart-worms, most of the once-a-month pills also control intestinal worms. Even before Heart-worms became a real problem, I still treated all of my dogs, non-hunting and hunting for worms regularly. Deworming a dog is cheap and easy. Dogs can get intestinal worms just by licking/sniffing the feces of infected dogs and other animals like raccoons and coyotes. Take a dog into the woods and the odds are good it's going to encounter something that will infect them besides rabbit guts.Then I have to treat the dog that ate them .
There are so many things dogs put in their mouth that give them worms, worrying about rabbit guts is pretty minor. Don't know where you are at, but around here, if you don't treat your dog for Heart-worms, you don't want it to live very long. Along with the removal/prevention of Heart-worms, most of the once-a-month pills also control intestinal worms. Even before Heart-worms became a real problem, I still treated all of my dogs, non-hunting and hunting for worms regularly. Deworming a dog is cheap and easy. Dogs can get intestinal worms just by licking/sniffing the feces of infected dogs and other animals like raccoons and coyotes. Take a dog into the woods and the odds are good it's going to encounter something that will infect them besides rabbit
I did the same with my dogs. Since I have cows, I gave the dogs a dose of injectable Ivermectin 0.1 cc/10 lbs. body weight orally every month. Just squirted it down the throat followed by a dose of honey. According to the veterinarian who recommended it, it kills everything except tapeworms.I treat my dogs monthly with ivermectin .
Nice looking pelt on that. Hope you're going to tan it? By far our biggest killer of rabbits and other small game is house cats. I have yet to tan one of their skins, but the thought has crossed my mind.Lately while running my beagles I have been seeing piles of bird feathers and my dogs have been barking in their kennels , something that they usually don’t do . I tried calling a few nights without any luck . Christmas when I got up and opened my back door to go feed my dogs I smelt what I thought was a skunk as soon as I opened my door . One of the dogs was barking some about 3am that morning . Well when I get up this morning to pee for the 3rd time and I look out my bedroom window and see something that looks different . Then I see it move , it was a fox at the edge of my yard and the cover . I grab my 243 and go to put on my boots . Then I see it getting closer to the house . I put the rifle down and grab my shotgun . Its head was down on the ground tracking . I managed to open the sliding glass door and walk across the porch as he is walking towards me without him even raising his head . I shoot and bang flop , with 00 buckshot . Not quite as exciting as calling one in , but I take them when I see them . View attachment 1186875View attachment 1186874