Since we are talking about a 4 legged rat-like ground-vulture with fangs, I would not eat one. I raise Rat Terriers.
They "deter" opossum and other vermin quite nicely.
I am no puppy mill with 25 breeds, nor a huge breeder with dogs I've never seen, nor show breeder selectively breeding "fashionable" flaws into a great breed. They are working dogs and we have 6. They are not "dust bunnies" and run between 15 and 30 lbs depending of if they keep growing to standard or stop at mini.
They are ratters, vermin hunting farm dogs, bred with good noses and prey instincts. They are pack oriented and defend their territory. There are both foxes and coyote here and they keep the predators headed in other directions. My oldest Rat Terrier before he passed took down a 30 lb ground hog digging holes in my horse pasture endangering my horses with broken legs if they stepped in one moving fast. One of my larger girls is pushing 100 rats total kills. Now we are not talking field mice, but pound to 2 pound RATS! They are weather proof, short haired, vital dogs with intelligence and more personalities than an airport lobby.
They hunt squirrel and will literally climb a tree if they can get footing to go after them. There won't be another breed on my property.
They don't know there smaller than some dogs, and most larger dogs will, and have, backed down from them and left this property.
