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Wild chick I think you misunderstood what I was saying about what happened with the chicks. I did not allow the dog to continue, I suppose using the word play gave the wrong impression. As soon as she started nipping at them through fence she went inside and I moved them to garage.

Thought I'd post an update after a bit with the collar. The shock on this particular model isn't overly strong and I'm now sure if she went into full kill mode it wouldn't stop her. That being said it has been working very well as a reminder, coupled with the beep and treat to reward good...

Also fwiw, I stopped using passive collars after an incident years back with one of my dogs while camping. I had a bark collar for one of my labs who had terrible separation anxiety, we went to bed at camp ground and forgot to take collar off. He has a very noisy yawn, so late night he had a...

Lazy gardner, you can test the collar on yourself as I have, but I think you will find that dogs seem to have a higher tolerance for discomfort than your hand has. I tested up to highest level on my collar and it was not pleasent, though it barely fazed my pup when she went after chickens. Again...

I have been rescuing dogs for the last 20 years, I mostly gravitate towards the "dangerous" breeds, not to be masculine but they need the most help. My oldest of the bunch is a 13 year old rottie that helped me through divorce from my first wife, she loves the chickens and will sit by the...

I won't push her past comfort level, was just curious to see where it was. As soon as she stopped listening to commands and started going after the birds we stopped for the night. I went to set her up for success not failure. I know this has become more dog training post and less chicken...

Update on this whole situation. Got the collar in the mail yesterday and started training with it today. Not sure if it's correct or not but I decided on using beep for positive reinforcement and shock for correction. Started by going over basic commands near the coop with birds safely contained...

Gary, I would say yes actually that the dog's life is more important. That's just how I am. I love my birds, as do my kids, but at the end of the day they are livestock that produce eggs for me and sleep in a coup outside. My dogs are part of my family, and I will train them to be good family...

I'm kinda an *** about my dogs, I do not approve of them "running the roost". This one has put my training experience to the test... I will do some reading on the collars you suggested, for now I will use what I can afford and what is coming in the mail but I will surely consider upgrading.

Talk, been reading through article you posted and have learned much. I kinda went off recommendation of local trainer, and my wallet. I will try a sequence of beep warning followed by low stim and see how it works.

@ eggbert you are furthering breed stereotype, if you read my earlier post I have a pit mix that is normally my flock protector. Some dogs can not be trusted with a flock of hens, but I do not advocate shocking them unconscious. I remember my grandma saying how she fed cyanide to one of my...

After reading through article I see that I may be able to dual purpose this training. Both leash training and not killing chicken training.She is a really good dog otherwise, I just get the impression that she was owned by folks that had no idea what to do with a pit and allowed her to do a...

https://www.chewy.com/petsafe-big-dog-remote-trainer/dp/48597?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=hg&utm_content=PetSafe&utm_term=%7Bkeyword%7D&gclid=CjwKEAjwwcjGBRDj-P7TwcinyBkSJADymblTvhZJ4QzphvvHY6LMQiPkwtJRpQXPJ5sxl7DOGrRYlxoCbEbw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds BTW this is the collar I...

TalkALittle thank you for the link, I will be reading over it this evening. I will resist the urge to set the collar to full power and hit her with it even though I am thoroughly pi#!÷d off at her, I do know that can easily backfire. I have begun to reinforce the coop to keep them safely inside...

Thanks for the all the input. I'm not new to dog rescue (pitties and rotties mainly) and training, or poultry raising. I've just never encountered a dog with such a high prey drive, nor have I ever had to resort to using a shock collar before. It is partially my fault because I allowed them to...

I know this topic has been covered before, but I haven't got answers on what works so I'll ask again. I have (or had) a small flock of 5 hens. Had two dogs, a pure Rottie and lab pit mix, last summer added another pit rescue to the mix. The new dog has taken to chickens in a bad way, worked...

Have a 6 week old Rhode Island red who decided to "fly the coop" so to speak and managed to break her leg. The break seems to be at the second joint at her chest. I was raised on a farm so if that happened some can guess what was done. Now with a small flock and kids at home I'm trying to figure...