A fox just got one of my Barred Rocks...it was just a few feet away..

[chickenchickenbulkbulk]

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Anatolians, I have never heard of this bred. I haven't heard of a Great Pyrenese. Are these herding dogs? Good advice about yelling at them every time some one new comes in. My husband would yell at her every time. Because you couldn't talk for her continuous barking. I have never thought of that. I have Saydee trained that I put my finger up to my mouth and SHHHHH..she'll quit barking. DJ

 

[tressiah]

I have a Llasha-Poo, (?) spelled wrong, I know, He barks @ everything, and does not repeat, does not go after my hens ! He goes in to chicken house with me, to check things out, and will help me herd the strays back into the house , should they jump the fence on the enclosed yard ! Only 10-12 #, but he thinks he's a bull dog if a strange animal comes into the yard ! Watches the chicken yard from inside the house, looking out the window !!

 

[chickenchickenbulkbulk]

That would be so nice. Saydee, wants to play with them. My son went out and found her playing with one. She had ripped the skin of the hens neck to where I could see inside of her. The hen was in shock and tore up so bad that I couldn't fix her. I had Benj shoot her. Saydee will not look at a chicken while we are out there. Then when no one is out there she'll do what she knows she is not suppose to do. What a run on sentence. I am at a lose with her. Like I said she is smart..she chooses to do what she wants and not what she has been trained to do. A Llasha-poo what mix is this? DJ

 

[~*Sweet Cheeks*~]

No offense intended to you personally, but it sounds like getting rid of all the dogs you got to get another isn't going to work.

It's like a woman who goes through 5 husbands thinking that she's just got bad luck with men when the issue is her not the men or the dogs.

If you REALLY want your birds to be safe take the responsibility and put them in a preditor proof coop and run and not try to put the responsibility on yet another dog.

 

[chicks4kids]

I agree with sweet cheeks in regards to putting them in a predator proof pen however, I also feel they should be able to free range if you so desire. With that, comes the plain fact that something will get them eventually. Inevitably. Sad truth. I have a fence around mine, but completely accept the fact that one may fly out and something could get in and will get it. My only recourse is too set traps every night and kill whatever predators I catch.

Keeping a dog tied to a nearby location doesn't really help. Even if she had barked and raised h#$% it still would have been too late. You can't really blame her...she's probably thinking "what's the point?".

I have 2 beagles who at first wanted to kill every chicken that I had. They have now learned that these are "mommies babies" and have learned to be cautious around them. But they are house dogs...not chained up. They have been trained, my point is if you feel you must get rid of them, try the beagle out, train it honestly, and see what happens. But if it's just tied up, all he can do is howl.

My .02

 

[Uppity Peon]

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I have heard a coyote will lure dogs away from home to the pack and then kill them. They are wiley animals for sure.

 

[Emzyyy]

Don't you enjoy just having dogs around? Maybe the fox was extra sneakky.

 

[firedove]

I've heard that if you get a Great Pyrenees from a working line and keep the puppy in the chicken run while it is growing up it will take on the flock and protect to the death if necessary. I'd imagine you might first need to do some training with the puppy to teach it that it can't hurt your animals. I'm told it's also better if the dog lives with the animals most of the time rather than being a house dog that you let out with the animals sometimes. I haven't been able to test the theory since I haven't had the pleasure of owning a GP yet but I've been reading and learning (I hope I'm learning right!).

 

[nnbreeder]

There are videos of the Anatolians on UTube but those here in the States are not nearly as big as the Turkish dogs.

If you do have LGDs always run a pair of them and teach them to never cross a fence. That way they can not be lured away after one Fox or Coyote while their buddies come in for a snack, or worse yet kill the dog.

Firedove what you have read so far is correct, our working dogs never come inside and are with the animals at all times. They have never been played with and it is rare that they get any attention from us. All of this is hard to do when you have a cute little ball of fur running around but it is what has to be done.

 

[amazondoc]

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I absolutely agree with you that it is not responsible to rehome a biting dog.

........ But didn't you say earlier that you have already given Saydee away twice?