dogs

Did anybody watch the National Dog Show on Thanksgiving Day?? I normally do but missed it this time but I did catch some of the rerun later that night as well as find some clips online. I love dogs and dog shows so I always love watching them when they are on and I’m planning to start attending...

Does any one else have problems with their dogs eating the chicken feed ? Or do i just have weird dogs? Every time I set the feed bucket down one of 3 dogs will be munching down.

Who has a unique or rare dog? Just curious to see how many rare dogs there are here. Probably not that many but I figured it'd be fun. It could be a rare, uncommon breed or even maybe a less common color or something. I know these aren't exactly "rare" at all but I love Keeshond and...

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, we are new to chickens, although I did have chickens when I was an early teen. I wasnt much involved in their care. We just got chickens last Sunday. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 10 (3) What breeds do you have...

This is my first year raising ducks. I started out with four cayugas, 3 ducks and 1 drake. Last month we lost two to a coyote or neighborhood dogs. We found one dead and one had been carried away, we never found him. We had eggs for another three weeks, but we have had no eggs from the remaining...

I am new to this so bear with me if I dont do this exactly correct...I joined today and I will start with the questions provided :) Are you new to chickens/ when did you first get chickens? * No I am not new to chickens...I have been around chickens ever since I was young ( going to be 43)...

Today was the first time that my husband and I have seen a raccoon on our property. It was around 6am this morning, and once the raccoon saw our chickens out (we have 6 sex link hens), the raccoon started gradually getting closer. I put the chickens up at 6:30 to get ready for work, but went...

I have 2 large dogs and I am thinking of getting 3 chickens. Will they have problems with each other? If yes can i train them to be together?

Hello! I have always loved animals and have always wanted the opportunity to raise chickens. Here is my problem. I have 3 dogs, one husky, one aussie and an alaskan malamute with a grey wolf mix. The wolf mix and husky have very very high prey drives and will kill any small animal on site-...

Today, A blast of heat has hit our country. Our dog Has been panting all day even when we gave her ice-cold water. Any tips to keep her cool?

Hi folks! I am out here in the Arizona Desert. I am a city urbanite that bought a run down old fixer upper farm and now have animals, including fowl. Most of my animals are rescues though. I also have a horse, a small herd of blue eyed mini goats, dogs, cats, and a sweet pig. Am looking to...

Okay so I just thought of this random question and figured I would ask here because the more I think about it, the more I get confused. Hopefully somebody knows the answer and can help me. Okay so my current dog knows bed which basically just means go sit or lie down on your dog bed and he also...

Anyone have a kelpie or know anything about them? I've been interested lately. From what I gather there are two types? Australian Kelpie (which I thought was the full breed name but I guess is a type? Show type I think) and working kelpies. And that they are still mostly used for working despite...

Hi everyone! I received my girls in Sept 2017. They become your family. Yes people without chickens, they are just like your other pets! I have four. I’m so sorry I can guess what they are but not 100% sure. Americana, Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red?, I have no idea of the last one. But if...

My pair of dogs get ear infections pretty darn often. I'm almost certain it's something in the house, as I've switched foods multiple times and the best one we've found cleared up everything but their icky ears. While I'm trying to figure out and put a stop to the source of this, I've been...

Hello everyone, I'm new here. In the distant past, I kept a few chickens, ducks and rabbits...well, 40 rabbits. In the recent past, I've had only one chicken at a time which was enough eggs. Yesterday I finally got the breed I wanted - 6 Buff Orpingtons (driving my dogs crazy and keeping...

I had my chickens in their coop all winter. during the winter i got a new dog. i decided to let them out a couple weeks ago and my dog was fine with them didn't really chase them or bark. later that night she killed two chickens. i want to fence them in more but one of my chickens can fly over a...

We finally found our perfect retirement hideaway. 40 acres away from the crowds. Wanting to become as self sufficient as possible. And - it already has a very nice chicken coop. While I grew up on a ranch - we never had chickens as my father hated them (bad experience while butchering them as a...

I have a flock of six, 2 Buff Orps, 2 ISAs, an Easter Egger and Golden Laced Wyandotte. I also have two medium size dogs who go out in the backyard where the chickens reside to do their business and run off some energy. The chickens are fenced in with livestock fencing. I have seen the dogs...

Hi there. I currently have three chickens. Two are laying. I have a RIW, an ISA brown, and some other mix I have no idea what she is. I rescued all of them. I have them in a coop sort of like this...