Best Dog

[Mikeeeeeeeeee]

My little beagle mix has probably another 2-3 years of quality life.
She is a fantastic dog and guards the birds pretty good.

But looking to the future, I want to choose wisely on my next one.
What is the best for chickens?
I really want a shepherd like an aussie, or a blue heeler.

 

[Buster]

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I LOVE MY HEELER! Teach them respect around your birds at a young age, give them a job to do, and make sure they know you are the boss and you will have a great dog!

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

I have an Aussie, and hes great with the birds and all the animals. He a great guard dog.

 

[Akane]

For every dog of a certain breed someone says is great with their chickens someone else will say theirs is horrible. It depends more on how you raise and train the dog and it's individual personality. Whether they are known to get along with other animals is actually one of the last things I look at despite having tons of pets and animals around because every dog we've ever raised ourselves from a puppy got along wonderfully with the animals irregardless of breed.

 

[Mikeeeeeeeeee]

Here is my current dog. Daisy the wonder dog.
She is just a beagle mix pound mutt, but smart as a whip and sweet as can be. But she really is a good watchdog.

 

[cw]

this one is jus read my post over in predators section about danes and the flock

im 6'4"

 

[Barnyard]

The best dog I have every owned was a rat terrier, but there are a few people on here that would disagree......


I agree with Buster..... blue heeler's are awesome dogs.

 

[addiedunn]

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he's awesome, Mikeeee. Do a dog a favor and rescue one. You'll feel good about it.

 

[duck&chickencrazy]

I would have to say my dog Roger is pretty AWESOME when it comes to the birds. He loves to be down by there coop. I think he likes protecting them. Like right now he is down there curled up in front of their coop door for no reason at all. He likes to sleep near them. He likes to go in the coop and rest with them when i leave all the doors open...he is awesome....O ya and he is a mutt...german shepherd/chow chow mix....he is very pretty to. Mutts do make the best of pets. I recomend a youg puppy as they are easier to train when they are younger. But older dogs are good to because Roger had never seen birds before i got them and he was 5 when i got them. They just need the proper training.

 

[Dawn419]

Our Aussie has been a wonderful flock protector! We adopted her at 1 and a half years old and got our day-old chicks in May '07, when she was 6 years old. It was her first time around chickens and I told her it was her job to protect the birds. She does a great job at it!

Pepper on the day we moved the chicks outdoors in '07:

She gets excited whenever I fire up the incubator to do some hatching and the minute the eggs start peeping, she lets me know what's going on!

Pepper watching over more peepers:

We've been discussing the idea of getting her a puppy to raise and help teach "the ropes to", since she's getting older. We were fortunate and never had to train Pepper, so to speak.


Dawn