Geese and dogs - Page 2

i've done something similar once:

i got my camera some fresh batterys, so i decided on a chicken photo shoot. i had the chickens and the pups outside (thats when i trusted them). Sydney, the blue heelers, greets me at the door. we walk together until i get half way to the barn. i hear the most blood curtling scream i've ever heard. i start to jog toward the barn, just when Nate, my banty standard mix flys outside onto another building right by the barn fallowed by Nikki, my aussie. i let her know shes never to do that again. i would have spanked her, but she made sure she had some distance from me. i yelled until my throught hurt. i then gave her the leash treatment; i put her on a leash everytime i went to the barn, until i got annoyed at chasing her down to put the leash on her. now both pups arn't alowed in the barn.

a few days ago, i had an idea. i cracked open the barn door just enough and put some wood over part of the opening. the hole was just big enought for my brahma hen to go through. just the other day, i find Sydney pushing the door open and going through

and just today i went in the barn to see the chickens. i left the door a bit open because its hard to pen and close the barn door from the inside. the chickens REALLY wanted outside, so my brahma hen steps outside. it only took 30 seconds before i heard nervous clucking followed by her speed walking inside. looks like Sydney rubbed off of Nikki, because Sydney was right outside.



i'm not looking for all this elaberate training things, when i told my dad i wanted a puppy, i wanted either a small herding dog (such as the corgi) or a large teddy bear dog like the mastif or St. bernard, but no, my dad wanted me to get a dog like a collie or border collie. i was ok with it until Nikki got into chasing chickens. now i almost don't want her. i never asked for a problem dog!
i've already lost a pullet to a dog before, i don't want that happening again!

The Duck ABC's :

You have to control the puppies until they are older, plus training 2 puppies is kind of hard.  I have 4 hunting dogs at all ages.  One is a blue heeler/Australian shepherd mix.  She tried to do the herding/controlling thing when she was younger.  We trained her on the command "Not Yours".  She knows it by heart now and will not do what she had in mind if we tell her not to.  She still has the strong drive doing so, but obeys us.  We also socialize all our dogs to the birds from early on.  They are allowed to sniff the birds from day 2 on with us watching.  They have come to understand that the birds are part of the pack and that they have to be protected.  All 4 dogs now roam with the birds and no hunting or chasing.  The only bird I have to watch out for is our 2.5 week old gosling.  He triggers the instincts in the 2 female dogs, but it will be over with once he is a little bit bigger.  We now take him for walks into the meadow with all the dogs.  We still have to watch the female dogs, but they are getting it.  Another week and they will not care.  Sammy is our young dog at 1.5 years now.  Even he learned from puppy age on that the birds are family.  Socialization is the key, but in a controlled way.

i've done something similar once:

i got my camera some fresh batterys, so i decided on a chicken photo shoot. i had the chickens and the pups outside (thats when i trusted them). Sydney, the blue heelers, greets me at the door. we walk together until i get half way to the barn. i hear the most blood curtling scream i've ever heard. i start to jog toward the barn, just when Nate, my banty standard mix flys outside onto another building right by the barn fallowed by Nikki, my aussie. i let her know shes never to do that again. i would have spanked her, but she made sure she had some distance from me. i yelled until my throught hurt. i then gave her the leash treatment; i put her on a leash everytime i went to the barn, until i got annoyed at chasing her down to put the leash on her. now both pups arn't alowed in the barn.

a few days ago, i had an idea. i cracked open the barn door just enough and put some wood over part of the opening. the hole was just big enought for my brahma hen to go through. just the other day, i find Sydney pushing the door open and going through

and just today i went in the barn to see the chickens. i left the door a bit open because its hard to pen and close the barn door from the inside. the chickens REALLY wanted outside, so my brahma hen steps outside. it only took 30 seconds before i heard nervous clucking followed by her speed walking inside. looks like Sydney rubbed off of Nikki, because Sydney was right outside.



i'm not looking for all this elaberate training things, when i told my dad i wanted a puppy, i wanted either a small herding dog (such as the corgi) or a large teddy bear dog like the mastif or St. bernard, but no, my dad wanted me to get a dog like a collie or border collie. i was ok with it until Nikki got into chasing chickens. now i almost don't want her. i never asked for a problem dog!
i've already lost a pullet to a dog before, i don't want that happening again!