I have an approx 9 yr old Border Collie/Pointer/Terrier mix that is super sweet, always loving, high anxiety however. She loves to chase birds and on one occasion a couple yrs ago I took her with me to go fishing at a small lake and she managed to catch herself a coot (small black lake duck). But as soon as I heard the scuffle I yelled at her, she immediately dropped it and it flew away unharmed.
So now my wife and I are first time chicken owners with 7 baby chicks. My dog, Corky is very interested in them and sometimes shakes a bit where she's around them. She watches them intently but never tries to go after them (I think she knows I'd have her head on a plate). They are enclosed so she isn't able to get to them anyway. I've let her smell them in my hand a few times but always keeping a close guard in case of an instinctive chomp.
I really just don't know whether she is genuinely curious and wants to protect them or if she is DYING to make feathery little snacks out of them.
Any thoughts?
So now my wife and I are first time chicken owners with 7 baby chicks. My dog, Corky is very interested in them and sometimes shakes a bit where she's around them. She watches them intently but never tries to go after them (I think she knows I'd have her head on a plate). They are enclosed so she isn't able to get to them anyway. I've let her smell them in my hand a few times but always keeping a close guard in case of an instinctive chomp.
I really just don't know whether she is genuinely curious and wants to protect them or if she is DYING to make feathery little snacks out of them.
Any thoughts?