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That sounds so good to hear about Huck! I love it that he seems set on working, even at this young age. That bodes well for his future, I'd say. That he's staying with the flock is just wonderful! Could be you'll see him take the lead and even correct your female if she gets too playful...

I think you'll need to do your training on the chickens and other things with her before you can let them work together, but if they have play time together, just let them establish their own pack order. One will take the lead and one will be their right hand man, so to speak. Sounds like Huck...

I bet it's hard for them not to want to hug and pet him all the time...these breeds are so very cute! My grown sons have a hard time not wanting to do the same, no matter how much I would get onto them....they just had to play and wrestle with the puppy! Now he's so big they aren't as...

Sounds like you have him on track! I hope it continues to go well for you and with the new pup as well. These LGDs are amazing dogs, very intuitive and~in my limited experience~easy to train. They have great instincts towards guarding and nurturing other animals, while also seem to love...

I don't think so. Just do the regular training and don't let their combined puppy-ness play off one another during training. They can be all the puppy they need to be with one another...but never towards the livestock. Make that clear from the beginning...there's work mode and play mode and...

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Putting him in the crate in your kennel just may help him feel more protected...you could try that. It may or may not help but it's definitely worth a try. Who knows what will make a pup feel better when he's missing his mama and siblings? Usually only having another of his kind will help...

Isn't his pen a kennel or attached to a kennel? Without being able to see what you are seeing, it's very hard to understand why one place would be different from another if he's just having trouble being alone. If this is his first experience away from home and his mother and sibs, it's going...

Associate good things with the lead....little tidbits of good food, even just little pieces of his own dog food. The lead won't last forever but he should associate good things with the lead, like added affection, good things to eat, places to go outside his own pen. Use the baby voice when...

Once you get the feeding routine established in the individual training sessions, there's no reason not to feed them together. Just give them what I call "dog" space between their pans so they don't have a reason to feel threatened or aggressive while they eat. For my dogs that seems to be...

I do the stern voice and a light jab with my finger tips in the neck or flank when they do it. If they persist, I grasp the paw and give a squeeze until the dog pulls it away. I never allow the first jump...anticipate it and block it, giving a stern correction and a jab(bite) to the flank or...

I'd work them separate at first....puppies get distracted very easily, especially by another pup. I'd get your basic commands started on each one, do your leash work for each one and do the chicken aversion training for each one before ever trying to train them together...I'd give each pup two...

I didn't see anything to question in your post? All seems perfectly normal to me! I think the walk around his boundary will serve many purposes...establish you as his authority, show him where you want him to guard and will also give you some one on one time to interact with him and bond...

Quote: You'll get years of opinions on methods of training for your questions and most of them will differ from my own, so I can only tell you what works for me...and my method seems to be quicker and more successful than many others I've read about, so I'll offer it up. Used it just this...