Way too many times I totally know what you mean about things happening so quickly.

My second malamute was the big meanie. She killed a couple of woodchucks, hurt a goose (but didn't seem to have hurt it seriously), and squashed many many mice. I know she's got more casualties under her belt than I know about because when my dad walked her, he would let her run.

My third and current one is more of a playful child than a predator. She has had many close run-ins with other animals, but doesn't seem interested in killing or even catching them. She just likes chasing them, and sniffing them if she manages to get close. She only "bites" to stop them from running away (she does the same thing with people when she wants them to stay and give her more attention). She won't bite slow animals like opossums or skunks; she'll just approach them, jump up and down, do play-bows, etc. When she sees a mouse in the open, she even avoids stepping on it as she jumps up and down in excitement.

Despite all that, she HAS killed a woodchuck once. So I wouldn't trust her with a small non-dog pet without constant, close supervision.

BTW, is it just me, or are mice TERRIBLE at running away once they're out in the open? They panic and move, without actually getting anywhere.

Mine are all killers. I seem to have a haven for rabbits in my backyard. Every time I let them out, they dont run out like normal to go to the bathroom. They are all crouched low and walking slow like they are stalking and then take off if they see a rabbit. They have only caught one and it was not pretty. Of course who is the one that has to clean up the mess? Daddy

oh no! we'll just all pretend the duck is fine. yes it's happened with both of mine. the latest though was an already dead rabbit. SO GROSS when you have to get it out of their mouths. of course it happened during the afternoon on the road so now i look like a nut job screaming at my dogs to drop the dead rabbit and trying to pry the thing from them because once one dropped it the other grabbed it. UGH! needless to say after i was done i wanted to take a bath in hand sanitizer.

Buck snatched a little chicken hawk right out of the air...he was just a baby. Fortunately we were outside and saw the whole thing and was able to get the poor little thing from him without any damage. The bird was in shock, but he was fine. I've never seen him catch anything else, but I'm sure he's found a few mice over the summer months.