Don't try this at home...

[Badgemash]

Yep, she was definitely asleep... didn't even flinch the whole time.

As for dogs, their breed/s is very relevant when it comes to trusting them around smaller pets. My dog is a 47lb herding mix of some sort (best guess Cattle Dog or Kelpie x Husky or GSD?), so all he wants to do is put them in a corner. The few times I've had escapee feeder rodents, all I had to do was let Rudy act out his herding instincts... he'll alert me once they're found, and stand watch without even trying to attack/kill. He used to try herding my cats too, but they cured him of that with a few swats to the nose! I guess that's where the old saying - as difficult as herding cats - comes from, huh?

Kind of jealous right now, if I were to have an escaped feeder there would be a bloodbath. My neighbors call them The Scottish Terrorists. I love my pups, but I have never ever seen dogs with such high prey drive as my two little idiots.

[B.O.S Reptiles]

Anaconda? Yeah, now that IS a snake I wouldn't trust around cats or small dogs!

That's a snake I wouldn't trust (easily) around me! I've seen the attitudes some of the locals have had, and; Nippy + can get up to 500 LBS... Not really a combo I like! Beautiful animals, though.

[treeboa]

Kind of jealous right now, if I were to have an escaped feeder there would be a bloodbath. My neighbors call them The Scottish Terrorists. I love my pups, but I have never ever seen dogs with such high prey drive as my two little idiots.

It's funny, dachshunds are supposed to be the same way as your scotties, but mine loves my hedgehog and reptiles. Just tonight he spotted an escaped African soft fur and all he did was run to it and look at me like, "come get this thing!" Here's a pic of him (Joey) and my hedgehog (Campbell) when I first brought the hedgie home: