A dog attacked my duck!! Help please!!

[Duckowner12345]

Don’t let this ruin your experience with ducks and other fowl. Or blame your dog too much for what happened as it is only instinctive... My dogs when I first started raising chickens and ducks would want to chase after any of them they could. It took a lot of time with me and the birds and my dogs together to break this urge of theirs. I would have to shame my dogs and shout no while pointing my finger every time they even perked their ears at my birds. Now after a lot of that quality time I can leave my dogs out all day with no accidents. I hope your duck is still alive though!

Sadly it wasn't even my dog: Someone came over and brought their dog (which was "trained" and "wouldn't hurt them.") He let the dog run free, knowing my ducks are free range. Come to find out another one of my ducks died(couldn't even find her) and one had her back feathers ripped out. (She's fine now; I've checked multiple times and everything has healed.) My dog is so submissive the other ducks will bite her tail

 

[Patriot1672]

Sadly it wasn't even my dog: Someone came over and brought their dog (which was "trained" and "wouldn't hurt them.") He let the dog run free, knowing my ducks are free range. Come to find out another one of my ducks died(couldn't even find her) and one had her back feathers ripped out. (She's fine now; I've checked multiple times and everything has healed.) My dog is so submissive the other ducks will bite her tail

Oh I see, yeah that’s one of my only possible problems as well. I let all of my birds free range during the day, but luckily no wild or tame dogs have came by