Has anyone succesfully rehabilitated a chicken eating Dog?

[txchickie]

Oh it definently is. We have an aussie/heeler that ate 4 hens and a guinea one night while he was accidentally left out. He "wore" a guinea (the chickens were completley eaeten, no wearing them LOL) for about a week until he smelled so bad I couldn't stand him anymore.
The poor thing REEKED and the flies and gnats were all over his face and he was downright miserable. Now you cannot pay that dog to look at a bird. The flock of guineas free range 100% of time time and if at any time they come near him he'll roll over on his back and play dead

Here's a pic from the first day....warning, kinda graphic!!

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n248/madisonsmommy_06/goats015.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n248/madisonsmommy_06/guineanecklace008.jpg

 

[LittleHouseDreams]

I certainly hope it is possible to rehabilitate a dog that has killed chickens. My standard poodle killed one a little more than a week ago. My mother grew up on a farm and said they got an adult collie when she was a child and the first thing the collie did was go kill a chicken. So, her mother and grandmother spent an afternoon with the dog and the chickens. Everytime Ring (the collie) went after a chicken she got a switch to her nose. My mom says that Ring never killed a chicken again and became one of the best working dogs they had. My dog is currently undergoing a serious attitude adjustment. She must sit and wait patiently for her food, she must walk beside or behind me and she is not allowed near the coop. (I am not letting her out back without me) Already her obsession with the chickens is subsiding though I do not yet trust her to not harm the chickens. She still has more work to do. If this should happen again I will give serious consideration to the "tying the dead chicken to the dog" tactic. My Mom says that's an old farmers trick that her mom considered a last resort. Fortunately she never had to use it. Good luck reforming your dog!