Are Pomskies good hunters (Do Pomskies have a high prey drive?)

In this video, we cover Pomskies' hunting abilities. When you see a little Pomsky puppy ball of fur, it is hard to believe that Pomskies could have a killer instinct. But based on our own experience with our Pomsky Beedi and based on the results of a survey we conducted with more than 100 Pomsky owners, Pomskies actually love hunting and have a high prey drive. Some of them can be quite good at catching rabbits, squirrels, and other preys, especially if they are more Husky-like Pomskies.
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Music in this video: Orange Foot by Dan Henig
A big thanks to Wila for the short cameo appearance at 0:22. You can follow Wila on Instagram at wila.the.pomsky. You can also follow our little huntress Beedi at beedi_the_pomsky. And as always, a big thanks to Oxsana Perfect Pomsky, Beedi's breeder.
Husky picture by 878photo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Pomeranian picture by Hyrel (talk) - Own work (Original text: self-made), Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

[@JamesandLaurent]

If you want to learn more about Pomskies, we believe our videos are the best out there 😉. We compiled them all in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLCQCXQqQUvKB2rM5gPg2ynwxK17JnbCvX

[@SuperShiba]

Great insight, always love the detailed analysis you guys provided. Beedi is getting more cute 👍

[@JamesandLaurent]

Thanks so much. Happy New Year to Jimmy and you :)

[@ruthbarnes9361]

I'm glad you posted this video. My pomsky Pandy is an excellent hunter. She turned 2 in June and has really started taken charge of the back yard. We have a large fenced yard that goes down the hill to a ravine and creek. When we got to OH in the spring she started hunting. She got one squirrel, two robins and four groundhogs. My beautiful girl turned into a serial killer.

[@JamesandLaurent]

It surprised us at the beginning. But now, we know!

[@marcus5299]

Excellent analysis! I love how Beedy understands that that one word, “squirrel”. And springs into action. Also love when Beedy talks! ❤️ Thank you for another great Pomsky video. 👍🏽

[@JamesandLaurent]

She's a great talker indeed :)

[@taralee4277]

I'm guessing you girl has about a 80 word vocabulary.

[@Redbarninc]

We've learned so much about Pomskies! We hope Beedi is enjoying her food :)

[@JamesandLaurent]

She sure is. Ocean is next :).

[@TourSidekicks]

Pomskie is very cute. keep on sharing. Have a great day ❤

[@JamesandLaurent]

Thank you. We have more videos in the making. Stay tuned 🙂.

[@NJtroutboss]

I have a purebred gunpup yellow lab...and a pomsky. We are in the woods alot. The pomsky is a smarter hunter, locates the animals before the lab almost every time, and stealthier. Guess it depends how much time u spend hunting but they absolutely are great hunters.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Not surprising. Ours is way more hunting savvy than our previous dog :).

[@RileyThePomsky]

My pomsky Riley loves hunting and is really good at it.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Since we shot this video, Beedi has killed two more rats. She loves hunting and is very good at it as well.

[@aanne3118]

My girl is a year now as of May 22...her prey drive is strong!! I was walking in a state park in Michigan and am sure she could have got a chipmunk if not on leash. She goes after ducks, birds, squirrels, bunnies, etc. I also heard a mouse near my front door this past Winter. Actually, she heard it first, think would have gotten it

[@JamesandLaurent]

Same here :)

[@khanhhm5762]

Hi James and Laurent: Thank you for this very detailed and well-presented video. What I love is how you make an effort to include both visual footage as well as verbal explanations. I really appreciate that you make your videos entertaining and educational; they're not like: OOOH LOOK AT OUR CUTE DOGGY WOGGY, ISN'T SHE JUST SOOOOO ADORABLE? LOOK AT ALL THE CLOTHIES WE BOUGHT HER, AND LOOK AT HOW SHE'S DRESSED UP LIKE A DOLLIE! OOOH PUPPY! 🤢 Honestly, I had never heard of Pomskies until I found your channel. Here's the thing for me... I love Huskies. I categorize them as rocket power dogs. They are physically gorgeous--and I'm a sucker for their coats--but more than anything, I love their drive, braininess, and work ethic; if I was guaranteed to have a huge space, lots of time and energy to spare, I would have one along with a second German Shepherd from working lines to do different sports and/or work. Pomeranians on the other hand… I'm sure they can be sweet and wonderful dogs, though I have yet to meet a handler who doesn't treat theirs like a furry baby. (The last one I encountered yapped and yipped at my dog while we were crossing a street; his *enlightened* handler squawked: "No no Mitsy, be nice. Nice doggy, nice... Behave for mommy!") I'm always a lot cringy about some of the "fad" dog mixes. Watching your videos on Pomskies though, I find myself interested and engaged. The dog training nerd in me is stimulated and I am thinking about things like drives, energy, and all the other technical aspects that committed handlers and trainers understand. I think it would be really educational to meet a Pomsky and his/her competent handler/s someday. I laughed when you talked about your girl and squirrels. This isn't at all to suggest anything, I'm just thinking out loud: I wonder how she would actually take to eating one if offered to her. I know some raw feeders feed squirrel, though it's the handler who gets/hunts them, not the dog. ::LOL:: And finally, how fantastic that Red Barn sponsored this video. The only things I have ever gotten from them were bullysticks. I'll have to give their foods a looksee because I do feed HughBrew Shepherd a rotational diet. Thank you for the great content. Take care.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Yes, some people have mixed feelings about cross-breeding a Husky and a Pomeranian, although, nowadays, most Pomskies are 2nd or 3rd generation from Pomsky parents. We got one for the simple reason we wanted a Husky but didn't want a large dog. And that's exactly what we got 😂🤣😂.

[@rawmi7199]

Hahaha, always best to view the whole video!

[@JamesandLaurent]

We hope you do. We always try to have a cute/funny last segment :).

[@maaikemartens6086]

Our Pomsky Mila is 2 years old. She hunts a lot. She is so lovely and naughty.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Would you say she is more Husky or more Pomeranian?

[@maaikemartens6086]

@@JamesandLaurent Hi there Mila is more Husky, her mother was 100% Husky her dad was a Pomsky. We love her so much. We live in The Netherlands.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Oh, 3/4 Husky. That explains it :)

[@taralee4277]

My guy is 10 lbs, 2 yrs old. His prey drive is Huge. Bunnies, squirrels, chipmunks, woodchucks, birds. He loves water, and will try to swim-chase seagulls. I believe if he had the opportunity, he would catch and eat everything he goes after.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Haha, Beedi caught a squirrel a couple of weeks ago, while on a walk on a leash 😒😁😒.

[@puregameplay7916]

Gonna get one and train it early to flush and retrieve pheasants.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Haha. We'd love to know how that turns out :)

[@sharimoran3976]

My pomsky caught 2 squirrels and a bird

[@JamesandLaurent]

Do you guys have a backyard or do you live in an apartment?

[@lottakiuru-ribar9378]

Our pomsky has caught at least a couple of squirrels in our fenced in back yard. She's quite husky-like in her look and behavior. And her very favorite toy is that same squirrel toy as Beedi! :D One only lasts about 1-2 weeks at a time. You mentioned that Beedi hates water--I'm wondering if that's typical of pomskies. Our pomsky also hates water and thinks baths are THE WORST! (she just had one because she rolled in something gross in the back yard...)

[@JamesandLaurent]

They seem to have a lot in common. Luckily, she is a lot less destructive with her toys now vs. when she was a puppy.

[@Shanna.Michele]

What type of harness do you use? I’ve got a kong harness on my pomsky but she’s learned how to slip out of it (it goes over her head and it’s the tightest it can be).

[@JamesandLaurent]

We don't know the brand because the label had faded, but it's an easy step-through harness. She got away from it once when she was a puppy and we had to clamp the two sides to make sure it wouldn't come loose. But she's a lot better behaved now than when she was a puppy.

[@darinhareis9451]

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[@mcjoetaco]

My intact female pomsky is 75 husky/ 25 Pomeranian. (27lbs) (lean) (short hair) 3yrs old. I use her to handle raccoons. (I do not let her kill them as we are keeping them away, in fact she has never killed an animal) She is a great hunting dog and gets them to tree. She does NOT bark while “hunting”, unlike “hunting dogs” Also my dog stays by and does not run off like “hunting dogs”. I also can tell her to stop and she will stop chasing said prey..Other facts: I am with my dog 24 hours a day, off leash hike, she started raw at 10 weeks of age. Now I feed her cooked food grinded (whole turkey) by myself. Also eats 2 fresh raw chicken eggs a day. Has minimum body fat.

[@JamesandLaurent]

How skilled of a huntress Beedi is never ceases to amaze us. She is like a cat when she hunts.

[@fabriceFrenchAmerican]

J'adore Beedi. She's beautiful

[@JamesandLaurent]

Et elle le sait :)

[@fabriceFrenchAmerican]

@@JamesandLaurent Merci pour vos videos. As you, I'm a traveller and an animal lover. J'ai la chance d'être home/pet sitter, je voyage tout en étant en compagnie d'animaux. Les owners deviennent aussi des amis.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Small world :)

[@antoniumsolutions1791]

My Pomsky Bucky is the opposite of obedient....what a little rascal. Buckey like to chase and catch up to prey, but once he gets there he doesn't know what to do with it. I have to be very careful because once he starts to chase prey he blocks out the rest of the world and doesn't listen at all....even if I have treats.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Beedi is the same. Once she sees a bunny, she is laser focused on it. Nothing else matters at that moment.

[@MyBOBOHEAD]

My dog seeks out chicken bones that people throw on the ground.. Gross..Now when she's on a mission to find bones I know what she's doing.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Haha, Beedi will find any bone, dead carcass, fast food wrapper, etc anywhere on her walk. Anything that smells nasty, she will find :)

[@Cmiro22544]

We just ordered a pomsky..hope this goes well

[@JamesandLaurent]

Good luck. Make sure you watch tons of training videos. Zak George has the best ones in our opinion. Another channel you may want to check is called Sixty Formula. It is a Husky channel, which is fully relevant for Pomskies.

[@Cmiro22544]

@@JamesandLaurent will do..i hope he gets alone with other dog!..😅

[@JamesandLaurent]

They normally do, especially if you socialize them early on.

[@tammysekuterski9809]

U have said many times that Pomsky are finicky eaters. Has Bidie (sorry if I spelled it wrong) just stopped like a food like over night? Was fine at breakfast but wouldn’t touch it at dinner.

[@JamesandLaurent]

No. Pomskies are known for not eating lots of food that other dogs would be perfectly happy to eat. Most Pomsky owners have to find through trial and error what their Pomsky like and doesn't like. And even when there is something they like one day, they may get tired of it overtime. That's why rotating food is so important, so that they don't get tired of it. But we have never experienced what you are describing.

[@tammysekuterski9809]

@@JamesandLaurent thank u for the advice. He is still a puppy so is still eating puppy formula. We had to start adding brown rice and chicken to get him to eat

[@JamesandLaurent]

This might only be the beginning of a long list of tricks you will have to find to make him eat. Our video about 5 annoying thing Pomskie do talks about picky eating kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ2VlYuieNF-obs

[@tammysekuterski9809]

Thank u. I have watched it. That was the first time I remember hearing that they were finicky eater. I will keep trying with him.

[@JamesandLaurent]

This is surprising because Pomskies being picky eaters is not a hidden secret :(

[@robinsoncolleen48823]

Of course Beedi's a good huntress! She got her first lesson when she killed the first squirreley Santa gave her for Christmas just last year!😂

[@JamesandLaurent]

And there's been many more since :)

[@stephenhopkins6166]

Our 1 year old plus pompsky caught and killed a rabbit…he runs like rocket…

[@JamesandLaurent]

Beedi has caught rats and squirrels. She would have caught many rabbits if we let her off-leash :)

[@alw3700]

i have a Pomsky he caught a rabbit and two mice

[@JamesandLaurent]

Beedi has killed two rats and caught another squirrel since when we made this video :)

[@sandrapereira5691]

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[@sylviaamir4216]

I just rescued a pomky

[@JamesandLaurent]

Great. A lot of them end up in shelters because their owners didn't realize what they were getting themselves into.

[@sylviaamir4216]

@@JamesandLaurent when I adopted him they didn't say he was a pomsky, but he is the cutest boy ever, I used to have Poms before as a matter ofact I had to put my boy Beta down last Thanksgiving. It broke my heart. I also had a girl Pom her name was Nala and she was with us for over 13 years and we had to put her down on my son's anniversary of when he passed. That also brought back memories of my son's passing. I love Poms , and when I rescued Primo I fell in love with him real fast. He is 1 year and 4 months. Born June 8, 2020.

[@JamesandLaurent]

Our previous dog was a Pom mix too. Beedi reminds us of her, but with way more energy :)

[@dianemisiano8017]

Pomsky’s are the B. E. S. T!!! Mines is laying right next to me right now they R. U. L. E. I don’t know if my pup likes to hunt. Ummmm...

[@JamesandLaurent]

Unless you live in a high rise in a large city, you should find out quickly.

[@TravelDrone]

Great content, I like it 👍 I'm always open for feedback, and would be grateful, if someone would check it out.

[@darinhareis9451]

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[@sandrapereira5691]

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[@darinhareis9451]

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[@darinhareis9451]

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[@JamesandLaurent]

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[@sandrapereira5691]

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[@JamesandLaurent]

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