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    training a dog to leave chickens alone

    So, I'm not a chicken expert, but I do train a lot of dogs, including my own dog proper behavior around chickens. My advice is to do a little research into the methods used by hunters to break their dogs off chasing prey and "trash" (other wild animals). It's quite possible to train a dog to...
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    My dogs are killing my chickens!! Help!!!

    An e-collar used correctly worked perfectly at teaching my dog when he was 5 months old not to chase the chickens (though he gratefully never had any interest in actually catching one). Friends of ours wired a dead chicken to their electric fence after their german shepherd killed and ate one...
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    book on raising dogs around chickens?

    In all the books on dog behavior I've read, none specifically address how to raise dogs around chickens. However, I took a few cues from common shepherd practice when training my own puppy to respect the chickens. First, the puppy was only allowed in the presence of the adult chickens we had...
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