Bonding new LGD in winter

[RoostyRoo]

Hi everyone

I have a young LGD who is about six months old. He’s been progressing pretty well with poultry training, but now that winter has set in all my chickens are staying in their coop and out of the snow so he rarely sees them. Does anyone have advice on how to continue training him/socializing him to the chickens during the winter?

For context, he’s still at the training stage where his interactions with the chickens are supervised while he is on a short leash and he is still primarily spending his time in his
bonding pen next to the fenced in chicken area.

Thanks for your help!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey there good morning.
If your able to keep it up please do.
Lot's of good boys sound like your on the right track.

 

[RoostyRoo]

Any advice on how to keep bonding my LGD pup to the chickens in the winter would be much appreciated! The chickens don’t like going out in the snow and rarely do.

 

[Debbie292d]

Any advice on how to keep bonding my LGD pup to the chickens in the winter would be much appreciated! The chickens don’t like going out in the snow and rarely do.

One thing that helps is for the dog to know those are your chickens. Could you bring one out and cuddle and talk to the chicken in front of your pup, then let the pup smell the chicken? I'd do that once a day or more if you can. Then it'll understand those are yours.