3 dogs that love fried chickens!!

[bobbi-j]

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OP has already mentioned that getting rid of the dogs are not an option. Not everyone can just get rid of their dogs. With work, time, and effort it is possible to have them both. I think he's willing to try. He's gotten lots of good information on how to separate them, how to work with the dogs. Give the kid a chance!

 

[theFox]

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OP has already mentioned that getting rid of the dogs are not an option. Not everyone can just get rid of their dogs. With work, time, and effort it is possible to have them both. I think he's willing to try. He's gotten lots of good information on how to separate them, how to work with the dogs. Give the kid a chance!

You have it all backwards bobbi-j,

I said give what remains of your flock away or put them (flock understood) down.

 

[bobbi-j]

Oops! I did read it wrong, Fox. I interpreted "until the dogs are gone" to mean put them down or give them to new homes. I still respectfully disagree. I think it's possible for OP to have both.

 

[dragon86]

me and my dad have alway had this work even though it sounds a little cruel take one of the dead chickens and tie it to her collar so she cant get it off at all then chain her up really good with food and water and let her stay there for about a week or till that chicken rots off. normally the dogs wont even look at the chickens after that but there a are few that are to hard headed for it to work on. but has always worked for me. last dog that killed a turkey chick of mine my dad chased his with it for a half hr hitting him with if now i could put a chick on his head and he just sits there but i wouldnt recomend hiting the dog with the chicken.

 

[baldessariclan]

Trevor P O' NEILL :

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she has ripped a 2by 4 in half to get to the chickens

Then sounds like you'll need to go with chain link fencing and steel poles, if you are really serious about keeping chickens.​

 

[theFox]

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Someone who has a dominate personality may be able to train the dogs at this point, however it appears a few attempts may have been made without success, all that is going on at this moment is that the chickens are being made into targets. Not good for the chickens and not good for training the dogs. The more often they get a bird the more difficult it will be to correct the behavior.

The OP can do whatever floats their boat. I just don't want the chickens to come out on the short end of the deal.

My post is merely to point out there is another choice. No animals will get harmed, maybe a few feelings might get hurt, however everyone lives to dig in the yard another day.

 

[Chickmate]

Wow. I am literally sick to my stomach hearing the "advice" to shoot your dog or put it down because it has killed chickens. The only reason to put a dog down is if it has killed a HUMAN! And even at that, it was not the dog's fault. An out of control dog or a dangerous dog comes from irresponsible ownership. There are no bad dogs, only bad owners. People who cannot take the time to train a dog so that it learns to be an obedient companion shouldn't have them. I understand that you are only 13 Treavor, but you are old enough to learn how to treat and train a dog so that your chickens can be safe and you can enjoy them AND your dog. DO NOT take the advice of people who tell you to shoot the dog or put it down! Tying a rotting chicken to her and leaving her that way is not only disgusting and inhumane, it is not going to teach her anything but to avoid contact with you, which will not help your chickens. Learn how to be a responsible owner to your dog and THEN get chickens. Give the ones you have to someone who can give them a safe environment.

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

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Whoa. I HAVE to respond. You think that a dog that kills a person shouldn't be put down? You really believe that only a dog with bad owners would kill a person? I personally know someone who had a dog that was treated with all the respect and love a dog could want. More than I was treated with as a child even, and one day this dog felt threatened by the owner's 2 year old granddaughter and mauled her on the face "just because". The baby was walking through the living room headed for the couch when the dog simply sprang up and mauled this precious child. Sheriff's deputies came prepared to kill the dog on site but it was not necessary. The owner himself destroyed the dog while the child's parents were treating her injuries awaiting paramedics. If a stray dog appeared in my yard and bit a chicken of mine even once, I would be well within my legal rights to shoot on site. And I would. Much less if it ever acted aggressively to a person. Some things, namely people-aggression, simply aren't worth taking the risk to "rehab" the dog.

I do not think the OP should kill the dogs over the chickens, but I don't understand what is so hard about keeping the dogs contained so the chickens are safe. I agree with thefox in the respect that so long as one of the animals (dogs or chickens) are allowed loose, the chickens are going to die horrible deaths. All the OP needs to do is make sure the dogs and chickens are contained. It's not rocket science.

 

[MsBrown]

BigDaddy'sGurl :

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Whoa. I HAVE to respond. You think that a dog that kills a person shouldn't be put down? You really believe that only a dog with bad owners would kill a person? I personally know someone who had a dog that was treated with all the respect and love a dog could want. More than I was treated with as a child even, and one day this dog felt threatened by the owner's 2 year old granddaughter and mauled her on the face "just because". The baby was walking through the living room headed for the couch when the dog simply sprang up and mauled this precious child. Sheriff's deputies came prepared to kill the dog on site but it was not necessary. The owner himself destroyed the dog while the child's parents were treating her injuries awaiting paramedics. If a stray dog appeared in my yard and bit a chicken of mine even once, I would be well within my legal rights to shoot on site. And I would. Much less if it ever acted aggressively to a person. Some things, namely people-aggression, simply aren't worth taking the risk to "rehab" the dog.

I do not think the OP should kill the dogs over the chickens, but I don't understand what is so hard about keeping the dogs contained so the chickens are safe. I agree with thefox in the respect that so long as one of the animals (dogs or chickens) are allowed loose, the chickens are going to die horrible deaths. All the OP needs to do is make sure the dogs and chickens are contained. It's not rocket science.

I agree with you, i unfortunately have had to shoot 4 stray dogs that people keep letting out at the stop sign down the road... after three dead girls i have no choice, if people wont take care of their dogs they should take them to a shelter.​

 

[Chickmate]

BigDaddy'sGurl :

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Whoa. I HAVE to respond. You think that a dog that kills a person shouldn't be put down? You really believe that only a dog with bad owners would kill a person? I personally know someone who had a dog that was treated with all the respect and love a dog could want. More than I was treated with as a child even, and one day this dog felt threatened by the owner's 2 year old granddaughter and mauled her on the face "just because". The baby was walking through the living room headed for the couch when the dog simply sprang up and mauled this precious child. Sheriff's deputies came prepared to kill the dog on site but it was not necessary. The owner himself destroyed the dog while the child's parents were treating her injuries awaiting paramedics. If a stray dog appeared in my yard and bit a chicken of mine even once, I would be well within my legal rights to shoot on site. And I would. Much less if it ever acted aggressively to a person. Some things, namely people-aggression, simply aren't worth taking the risk to "rehab" the dog.

I do not think the OP should kill the dogs over the chickens, but I don't understand what is so hard about keeping the dogs contained so the chickens are safe. I agree with thefox in the respect that so long as one of the animals (dogs or chickens) are allowed loose, the chickens are going to die horrible deaths. All the OP needs to do is make sure the dogs and chickens are contained. It's not rocket science.

You did not read my post correctly. If you re-read you will see that I said the only reason to put a dog down is if it has killed a human. Treating a dog "with all the respect and love a dog could want" does not equate to raising an obedient and well trained dog. That dog may have been loved very much and never been shown its boundaries and what was acceptable and not acceptable in its owner's home. It may not have been properly introduced to the child from day one and made to understand that the child ranked higher on the ladder than the dog did. Also, the dog did not maul the child "just because". Only humans do things "just because". You are applying human emotions to an animal and that is a big mistake. I repeat what I said in my first post. There are no bad dogs, just bad (and ignorant) owners.​