Dog that will kill chickens?

[patandchickens]

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Yes, PLEASE would someone synopsize it for those of use with dialup too slow to deal with youtube....?

Thank you in advance,

Pat

 

[miss_thenorth]

Basically, you take the dog out to the chickens, put him in a submissive position,, take the chicken out, and every time the dog focuses on the chicken, give him a correction. Repeat until dog is totally calm, relaxed, etc around the chicken. Put chicken near to dog--give corrections as needed to break focus of dog on chicken. It's all about order of the pack. chicken must be above dog--dog must be bottom of pack 'always'. continue to do this until your dog no longer shows any interest/aggression toward chicken.

 

[patandchickens]

thank you!!!

Pat, figuring to get a dog in a couple years

 

[Newtoniamommy]

Awesome thank you so much!

 

[eggzettera]

He consistently made a ssssssst sound to reprimand & the dog was not allowed to really focus on the chicken, when the chicken was near him & his eyes dilated he would get the sssssssst.....also when he reacted correctly when the chicken was near him he was allowed to smell it (while the trainer was holding)

 

[miss_thenorth]

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Right. the sssst is just his way of giving a correction. You can use whatever sound you want/ to give a correction. Personally--I growl. he allowed sniffing as long as there was no threat--if it was just curiosity, that's fine, but when the dog focused or zoned in on the chicken, he got a correction

 

[Bawkadoodledoo]

in addition to all these training methods, if you get a puppy put him in with the adult chickens for a few gentle pecks to the nose to show that the chickens are the leader and he is the low one in the pack

 

[aberfitch]

i wish I knew this when I had a dog and chickens.