TopatoDuckbun
Chirping
- Jun 7, 2020
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I am about to go crazy and this is more of a rant. I will go ahead and say I am a cat person and don't put much effort into learning dog's thought processes. This is not my dog, but he shares the yard with my dogs, cats, and birds.
THE QUESTION:
Can someone tell me what this dog is thinking? He drags eggs out after duck has set for a month, and does nothing with them. Is there a way to make him understand that him doing that is bad?
RANT+MORE INFO:
I have a flock of constantly broody moscovys, and a weenie dog. The dog is smaller than the ducks, so any crevice they squeeze into, he can too.
I free range all my birds, but now I am locking up the broody ladies in the coop because the dog keeps pushing them off their clutch days before they hatch. I know he has the ability to get inside the coop, but has not done it yet...
He doesn't even eat them, he just takes them all out and leaves them in the yard. By the time I notice they are all dead either from puntures or the sun (~110F rn.)
I am just so irritated at him. He has done this 3 times that I know about, all right before they hatch. Plenty of other times, the whole clutch just disappears... I don't have proof those times are him, but I don't doubt it.
I don't think mustard eggs will work because he's not eating them. I don't want to spray bitter spray on them because I think it might mess with the antibacterial coat on the egg (idk what it is called but you know.)
THE QUESTION:
Can someone tell me what this dog is thinking? He drags eggs out after duck has set for a month, and does nothing with them. Is there a way to make him understand that him doing that is bad?
RANT+MORE INFO:
I have a flock of constantly broody moscovys, and a weenie dog. The dog is smaller than the ducks, so any crevice they squeeze into, he can too.
I free range all my birds, but now I am locking up the broody ladies in the coop because the dog keeps pushing them off their clutch days before they hatch. I know he has the ability to get inside the coop, but has not done it yet...
He doesn't even eat them, he just takes them all out and leaves them in the yard. By the time I notice they are all dead either from puntures or the sun (~110F rn.)
I am just so irritated at him. He has done this 3 times that I know about, all right before they hatch. Plenty of other times, the whole clutch just disappears... I don't have proof those times are him, but I don't doubt it.
I don't think mustard eggs will work because he's not eating them. I don't want to spray bitter spray on them because I think it might mess with the antibacterial coat on the egg (idk what it is called but you know.)