3 dogs that love fried chickens!!

[Kaley]

Have you tried supervising their outside time?

 

[Wayne&Kim1963]

You have no choice but to get rid of the dogs. Anyways that is how we always did it on the farm. The dogs are costing you excess money and there is many other dogs out there that don't get chickens. I always started off with puppy and raised it with the chickens and trained them not to get chickens. Daily you have to go out put chicken in front of dog say no if he tries to get it and good boy for good behavior. The only way I could possible think that you could get your other dogs to quit getting chickens would be shock collars or I would put up electric fence that was HOT!!!! If all else fails I would put them down.

 

[Trevor P O' NEILL]

BigDaddy'sGurl :

What about only letting the dogs outside on leashes or in kennels or on chains? Dogs can't kill chickens if dogs are contained and chickens are contained.

i tried that idea but as soon a lily ( my dog) saw the chickens she dragged me to the chicken house my dad had to help me to get her away from the chickens​

 

[crtrlovr]

your dog needs some serious, intensive, no nonsense training. It may not be quick, it may not be easy, and it may not be convenient, but for your sake AND HERS, she needs corrective training. NOW. If you don't know how, find someone who can help you. Your dog is out of control, and if she's strong enough to pull you / drag you and is not heeding commands, she needs to be dealt with immediately.

 

[Trevor P O' NEILL]

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i am 13 going on to 14 pretty quick

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

CHAIN Lily with a stout chain to a tree to "use the bathroom" and she can't do any damage. You can buy chain for dogs up to 200 pounds at any hardware store and around 15 feet should be plenty if she won't be on it all the time.

 

[RedReiner]

Trevor P O' NEILL :

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i am 13 going on to 14 pretty quick

you need an adult to help you. you need to take your dog to obedience classes first so she learns to listen to you. you have to start with the basics before you can expect her to listen to you at all. sit stay and heel ON a leash. do not take her out there without a leash and expect her to listen to what she learned on the leash. she will not pay attention to anything she learned if you let her loose.
Shock collars have their use and should be used by someone who knows what they are doing. shocking her willy nilly will teach her nothing. she has to respect that collar before going out where the chickens are. take her to classes or a trainer and teach her what she needs to know...then keep her on leash and teach her to listen to you around the chickens.
put up better fencing around your birds, takes a dog a long time to get thru a good 2x4 so letting her loose to work at it for a few hours is not her fault. electric wire around the bottom of your run will stop her if its properly attached. but you cant blame her if she is just let loose without anyone watching her for long periods of time.​

 

[wyoDreamer]

How often does Lily get exercised? I am talking about a good long walk, a run with you on the bike, or an hour of serious fetch in the front yard away from the birds. Many labs are high energy and if they don't get enough exercise they will make their own fun. Make sure she has "the edge" taken off before you start to work with her around the chickens.

 

[bobbi-j]

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This is good advice, along with chaining her when she's outside. You said you've tried training "three times". I'm not exactly sure what that means. Did you go outside for a little while 3 different times? Was it 3 different times of long, extensive training? If you can't afford obedience classes, do you have any 4-H clubs near you, or know of anyone in 4-H? Maybe you could get ahold of a 4-H dog training book, or go on Amazon or to your local library and find a book on training. Training can soemtimes be a life-long process for a dog. Labs are bird dogs. They are bred to hunt (and by that I don't mean "catch and kill") and retrieve birds. I truly believe that with LOTS of time and effort, you will be able to train Lily to be good with your birds. If you don't think that's possible, then you need to buy a heavier chain and stronger collar.

crtrlovr wrote:
your dog needs some serious, intensive, no nonsense training. It may not be quick, it may not be easy, and it may not be convenient, but for your sake AND HERS, she needs corrective training. NOW. If you don't know how, find someone who can help you. Your dog is out of control, and if she's strong enough to pull you / drag you and is not heeding commands, she needs to be dealt with immediately.

i am 13 going on to 14 pretty quick

You're defintely old enough to be responsible to do the training if you want it bad enough. I have confidence in you that you can do it.

 

[theFox]

Ok, here goes.

Give what remains of your flock away or put them down and do not get anymore until the dogs are gone.

Your flock deserves much better than they are getting.