Chicken girl 15
Songster
Sweet thank you.
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I am sorry to hear of shock collars being used for any training. They are just cruel and, I think, show a lazy attitude toward training.
We recently lost both our dogs within 28 days of one another (massive stroke with our fifteen-year-old Border Collie and Evan's Syndrome with our nine-year-old terrier mix). Both Gracie and Spencer were wonderful around our chickens. In fact, they would help keep watch over them, keep the flock out of the road, etc. Now we have a Jack Russell/Blue Heeler mix and oh my! She is fixated on our chickens. We are doing the training which brings Lady Isabel inside every time she stares at the chickens. If she is outside and shows any attention to the flock, we tell her to "leave it" and bring her back in. Basically, nothing beats consistency, firmness and love. It's no different than if the dog were a two-legged child rather a four-legged one. Lady is gradually improving. I don't think we'll ever trust her completely around the chickens as her DNA is pretty strong to eat them BUT the chickens are learning to avoid Lady. They are staying on their side of their fence! On her part, Lady spent several hours outside yesterday with my husband and only charged the chicken fence twice. After living with us only two weeks, Lady is getting it. She's a wonderful addition to our family and will work out with the chickens.However, every day we miss Gracie and Spencer and know they would have had Lady trained in a day.