I love dogs too. I love my dog as much as my chickens. I wish they liked each other as much
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Hi Juley
Yes, they are orpingtons. The are doing fine here, although we sometimes get into the high 40's during summer.
Boxer are the BEST. Mine does the chickens, as well as cattle and sheep. The sheep is a bit of a problem, cause they think he is one of them He works the cattle better than the collies we had. As soon as one of the cattle turned around, the collies backed off. Pilot stood his ground and eventually he would win the stand-off. I've seen him stand his ground to a really p'ed off bull. Pilot won
With a dog like yours, once he is about 6 months old start taking him out on little nightly walks around where chickens are kept and the property perimeter if it is not too large. At very least dog will then start taking interest in acting as an alarm which can help you head off losses to predators if they challenge the safety your engineering provides.Hey guys... Thought you'd like to see our new little bundle...
Meet, Flynn. He's an Australian Cattle Dog (mix?) we adopted from one of our local shelters... he's 12 weeks old and 11 pounds at the moment.
The chickens are not a big bad secret to him... and neither are our two cats.
We've shown him the chickens... sat in the run and held him so that both the chickens and Flynn could get a good look at each other. And we've had him out in the yard on a leash at the same time as the chickens... Every impulse he had to get up and chase was shut down until he just calmly laid on the ground and watched them... and eventually started chewing on leaves and sticks. He follows me out in the mornings when I scoop the coop. This will be the regimen until at least January or February until we are confident he has the rules down pat.
In the mean time, we will be working on fun things like basic commands (he has mastered sit already) and recall/return commands.