I have a well-trained Doberman and a goofy/brainless Lab mix who still knows I'm boss. I let the dogs sniff my babies when I got them home, as I was putting them in their brooder, making sure that was
all they did. The brooder was on the floor in my room for most of the time, closed off unless I was in there with them. The dogs would occasionally come over and sniff at the opening, but that was it. Now that the babies are outside, the dogs pretty much just like to watch them. Every once in a while the little girls go nuts and start chasing each other around their run, and the lab thinks it's a big game so she jumps around too. Brainless. Sweet, but brainless.
It's funny, we have a live-in Red Star hen from my sister's place -- she was heat-stressed, I think, and getting pecked at by the other hens. So we took her in to let her recoup and now she pretty much has free run of the backyard during the day. The first few days the dogs would nose around her to see if she was a big squeaky toy, but she very quickly let them know she was NOT. Ruffled feathers and a few quick, hard pecks to the nose, and they now live in perfect harmony. So funny to see the dogs and the chicken hanging out together, watching the babies. (I wish we could let the hen in with the chicks, but she's a bit too aggressively bossy with them.
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All that to say...if you're the dominant "dog" in your pack, you should have no trouble introducing your pups to your chicks. Just let them know the fuzzy butts are
your chickens, and hopefully they will live in peaceful coexistence!