Can I rehabilitate my chicken killing puppy?

[2many2count]

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oh yes this was another thing and I loved it. It keeps em under control easily without straining your voice or hurting yourself and they know collar on behave....even if its not on

 

[mamabahre]

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that is terrible advice...negative training does nothing but instill anxiety...
OP PLEASE never use a shock collar.

 

[Bizzybirdy]

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I totally agree...I even bought a Great Pyr. puppy and once it started killing it NEVER stopped. I tried everything suggested to stop her. Finally gave her to a nice family that had no chickens. Had various dogs and the ones that killed once always killed again, and again. Only had one dog that never went after the chickens and that was a long time ago. You should keep the dog OR the chickens, not both. It is not fair to the poor chickens.

 

[RustyHen]

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We used this method also on our GSD "Bismark" when I was a teen in 60"s . not the beatings but stern no's and tied around the neck for days, He would not even look at a chicken, would just avert his head if they were around. would I use this method today? aboslutly if it was on an outside dog, and even a larger inside dog making him stay outside in the garage or shed untill finished that would be part of the punishment also, removal from the pack.
I think this would be much kinder than the shock collar.

 

[mamabahre]

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I totally agree...I even bought a Great Pyr. puppy and once it started killing it NEVER stopped. I tried everything suggested to stop her. Finally gave her to a nice family that had no chickens. Had various dogs and the ones that killed once always killed again, and again. Only had one dog that never went after the chickens and that was a long time ago. You should keep the dog OR the chickens, not both. It is not fair to the poor chickens.

Thats not fair to the poor dog either.
Why can't she just be vigilant and keep them separated...

OP we have a Shepherd mix that we got at a bout a year as a rescue. She showed way too much "interest" in the chickens when we first brought her out and they were in their secure run. We will NEVER ever let her out free with them free-ranging. She has never made a move to rip the wire of their run or anything so I am comfortable with her being outside and them in the run....BUT our dog is never outside without us anyway for several reasons one being she runs off, another being she only wants to be around us...

Our chickies free range for a couple of hours a day and the dog is in the house...Period...It really isn't that complicated. And no, I don't think you can teach your puppy to not go after the chickens..

Oh my dad did the tie the dead animal around the dog's neck and our poor pointer ended up with a lot of dead animals around her neck, it never taught her a darn thing.

 

[carolinagirl58]

I really don't see how tying a dead chicken around a dog's neck is going to teach it anything. We find the smell of rotting flesh very distasteful, but most dogs adore it and will roll in dead creatures that they come across. Even my little chihuahuas will roll in dead things if they find one. Seems like tying a dead chicken around a dog's neck wouldn't bother him a bit.

 

[86121]

Its a 50-50 thing, and it depends on the dog and the training you are willing to put him threw.
I have met a farmer who's golden went threw 60 birds before he finally got the training method right.
Then there was the other farmer who didn't want to deal with it and just placed the dog in a new chicken free home.

 

[Yay Chicks!]

When I got chickens I made sure I had the fencing that would keep them apart from my dogs. Also, I do not leave my dogs outside to get into trouble when I'm gone.
I frankly don't know if you can rehabilitate a dog that has killed, but seriously, can you ever trust that dog around your chickens again?
You can have both. Just keep them apart.

 

[millebantam]

I'm actually surprised it took so long in this thread to get to the "stanky dead chicken 'round the neck" post. They usually show up on the first page of these threads. These chicken killin' dog threads all have the same stuff.

1.) "You need somebody smarter than you to fix this dog".
2.) "Git you a shock collar!!!"
3.) "Try Grampaw's stanky chicken 'round the neck trick".

 

[schellie69]

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very true, This is what I do. I good fence works every time. We all use the same commands still not going to risk a dog with a high prey drive she gets board to easy and needs to be supervised at all times,