Devastating - the dog killed another chicken

Dogs are natural preditors, chickens are natural prey. Keep your chickens behind a fence the dog can't get through & your problem will be solved.
 
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OH MY!!! Do you have any clue how wealthy you could become with this idea???????

My Petsmart electric fence has this feature. You have to make sure the dog does not associate the collar with the shock. Same for your presence. As you can see from the other postings some have had success with training and some have had failures. I personally would not trust a dog that has killed no matter the training, but i don't go to casinos either.
 
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OH MY!!! Do you have any clue how wealthy you could become with this idea???????

My Petsmart electric fence has this feature. You have to make sure the dog does not associate the collar with the shock. Same for your presence. As you can see from the other postings some have had success with training and some have had failures. I personally would not trust a dog that has killed no matter the training, but i don't go to casinos either.

No....I mean his idea about putting the transmitter on the chickens!!!!!
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Please beef up your fencing to the point where the electric is just 'icing on the cake' -- ALL charger types will fail SOMETIMES, for a variety of reasons, and animals can be exceedingly quick to notice and take advantage.

There are lights you can buy that wire into your fence to show you visually whether the fence is live at any moment in time, and that may also be a help to you... but it won't do any good if you don't happen to be looking out the window at that moment.

GOod luck and condolences,

Pat
 
I'm not sure why you would keep a dog that doesn't respect what is yours. It must not understand that you are the boss. That's the first thing I would work on with it while trying to train it.
 
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I don't know why the folks in the shelters wouldn't like Cesar, but regardless, his methods have worked well for me. I know of other people who have had success with his methods, too. Victoria Stillwell's (It's Me or the Dog) methods are different, but also very good.

Dogs don't just automatically know what we expect of them. They have to be shown. If the dog's behavior is bad, it's up to us to learn how to correct it. A dog won't respect what's ours unless we show we are the boss. (or pack leader if you prefer)

I have 4 dogs I can safely leave outside when the chickens loose, but that wasn't always the case.
 
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Lot's of people don't like Cesar. Go ask on a dog forum if you want reasons because I'm not opening that can of worms.... I will say while many of his methods are great for the dogs he's working with they are not something the typical dog owner should be copying. You would be much better off with books like "The other end of the leash" by patricia mcconnell and I had another really good book I will try to find. "Don't Shoot the Dog" by Karen Pryor also comes up frequently on forums when people ask for book suggestions.
 
Once a dog kills chickens you Cannot train them not to....believe me I have 2 dogs that have gotten some of mine and I've also considered placing the dogs elsewhere but don't have the heart to. What I had to do is fence off the area where the chickens are so the dogs can't even go near them. My chickens are already behind a chain link fence, but now they have a buffer zone between them and the dogs. It's made all the difference, no more problems, my dogs don't try and dig or anything like that....But don't ever trust you dog near them, ever, I tried everything to retrain them that they are Not to bother the chickens, it's in them, they're dogs.....Good luck, I know what heartache it brings when they kill an innocent little chicken:(
 
Just a coupla notes --

Somebody mentioned keeping a muzzle on their dog. To that person, I say please get a BASKET muzzle. It prevents the dog from biting, but the dog can still pant/bark/drink, and even eat. They can be very useful in some situations.

Somebody else mentioned underground fences. To that person, I say -- many dogs will go straight through an underground fence. This type of fence also often fails, whether from the collar battery going dead or the electricity going out, or other causes. It just provides a false sense of security.
 

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