To anyone considering taking this dog, she is not safe with poultry. A dog who will maul and kill lambs will soon be mauling and killing poultry.
It is easy to train a dog to be safe around livestock. But once they have mauled and killed livestock, it becomes a major re-training job. It will take a lot of time and attention to turn this into a safe dog, and even with work, I would be reluctant to trust her out of my sight.
Taking this dog on a puppy back deal is not a good deal at all. You get a ton of expense and very likely a bunch of pups you can't place. There are no pet homes available for Anatolians and there are not that many livestock homes that need a puppy. Most people who need a livestock dog will already have one. or else they want to buy from a breeder with proven stock. This dog will always be a dog who has killed lambs and there are not many people with livestock who would touch one of her puppies, even as a free gift,
Maybe she can be retrained and the damage undone. But unfortunately, she has killed lambs and there is no way to know at this point if it is bad training or faulty breeding.
I would never breed her. She removed herself from the breeding pool when she killed lambs.
OP, I suggest that you invest the time yourself to retrain this dog and see if you can salvage her, instead of trying to pass your mistake off to someone else to correct. Perhaps you can undo the damage and turn her into a decent dog.
It is easy to train a dog to be safe around livestock. But once they have mauled and killed livestock, it becomes a major re-training job. It will take a lot of time and attention to turn this into a safe dog, and even with work, I would be reluctant to trust her out of my sight.
Taking this dog on a puppy back deal is not a good deal at all. You get a ton of expense and very likely a bunch of pups you can't place. There are no pet homes available for Anatolians and there are not that many livestock homes that need a puppy. Most people who need a livestock dog will already have one. or else they want to buy from a breeder with proven stock. This dog will always be a dog who has killed lambs and there are not many people with livestock who would touch one of her puppies, even as a free gift,
Maybe she can be retrained and the damage undone. But unfortunately, she has killed lambs and there is no way to know at this point if it is bad training or faulty breeding.
I would never breed her. She removed herself from the breeding pool when she killed lambs.
OP, I suggest that you invest the time yourself to retrain this dog and see if you can salvage her, instead of trying to pass your mistake off to someone else to correct. Perhaps you can undo the damage and turn her into a decent dog.
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