Jenn1018
Songster
I’m in almost the same situation. I got my GP at 5 months old. Up to that point she was living and working with her parents and a littermate. She was around every barn animal imaginable only supervised by her parents. She did great with my chickens for 6 months!! Because of this I trusted her. I thought because she had worked with her parents for such an extended period of time and had done so well she was okay. Then bam she decided to “play” with 2 chickens last week. Chickens were okay. No blood. She is 11 months old. So we are now starting over with training. No access to birds unsupervised EVER. She must be on a leash around the birds and be rewarded for IGNORING. This is the behavior you are looking for. She will never bond to your chickens. You want her to ignore the chickens and by doing that she will in turn be protecting them. No chasing or playing around livestock. If you want to play with her take her away. I’m not a fan of bring them in the house until they are old enough. I know many people do it. Personally this doesn’t make sense to me.
I’m hoping mine will someday be good with my chickens again but she has a long way to go. She has way too much puppy in her and like yours until that puppy is gone it won’t happen. Good luck! Feel free to keep in touch!
I’m hoping mine will someday be good with my chickens again but she has a long way to go. She has way too much puppy in her and like yours until that puppy is gone it won’t happen. Good luck! Feel free to keep in touch!