Just wanted to post an update on this. I used the same technique to train my new puppy that I used to retrain my older dog who had gone after and almost killed a neighbor's chicken. Her prey drive is not like a husky. I would say it is medium high. She chases just about anything that moves...
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It took a little while! No staring was first. But raising the peeps inside was very important because most dogs do have better inside behavior! So even if you can just bring a chicken in the house for a hour a day...in a cage of course...I would think that would work too.
1. Only allow...
My dog almost killed a neighbor's chicken when she was one. So when I got my own chickens I worked with her every day until she learned to view the chickens as something other than prey. I raised the babies in the house and I taught my dog:
1. Look away if I hold a chicken up to her face.
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