How do I train a LGD?

[cassandrapettersson]

I'm currently reading about LGDs, but these articles never mention how to train them.
How do I train a dog to kill a fox? Protect smaller livestock from aviary predators? Minks? (I don't see how a dog can protect small livestock from birds of prey.. But hey it says so apparently)
How do I make them bond with livestock (or just have them protect livestock) and teach them to kill, attack or scare away predators

 

[cassandrapettersson]

The only predators I worry about are foxes, minks and birds of prey
I don't have many predators at my farm, but I am setting up a security camera soon to hopefully see if there happens to be more roaming our farm at night that we're unaware of

 

[Finnie]

If you go to our sister site, Backyard Herds (there is a link at the bottom of this page), they have a whole forum section on Livestock Guardians. You can learn a ton by reading through some of the threads. And the folks over there will be able to answer any questions.

Folks here will too. I’m sure someone will come along who has LGDs. I don’t have any, and the only things I know about them are from reading lots of posts over on BYH.

 

[Kanekoded]

I'm currently reading about LGDs, but these articles never mention how to train them.
How do I train a dog to kill a fox? Protect smaller livestock from aviary predators? Minks? (I don't see how a dog can protect small livestock from birds of prey.. But hey it says so apparently)
How do I make them bond with livestock (or just have them protect livestock) and teach them to kill, attack or scare away predators

Here's a community that might be helpful:

https://www.doggieresidence.com/livestock-guardian-dog-community-lgd/

 

[cassandrapettersson]

If you go to our sister site, Backyard Herds (there is a link at the bottom of this page), they have a whole forum section on Livestock Guardians. You can learn a ton by reading through some of the threads. And the folks over there will be able to answer any questions.

Folks here will too. I’m sure someone will come along who has LGDs. I don’t have any, and the only things I know about them are from reading lots of posts over on BYH.

Thank you! I've never seen or heard of that before, why has no one told me about it till now?

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

The day we brought our pup home, we immediately brought her in the chicken run. We highly praised her good behavior and gave a sharp NO when she did something undesirable. We continued doing this and exposing her to new chicken scenarios so she could learn what should and shouldn't happen.

She is a breed with high prey drive, but also extremely loyal to her humans. She quickly learned that we love the chickens and they're part of our pack. If any creature shows up, she's on it, if anything looks out of the ordinary, she's on it. If the chickens make any loud noise, she goes to check on them.

I don't know how other folks train, but this is what worked for us.

 

[cassandrapettersson]

The day we brought our pup home, we immediately brought her in the chicken run. We highly praised her good behavior and gave a sharp NO when she did something undesirable. We continued doing this and exposing her to new chicken scenarios so she could learn what should and shouldn't happen.

She is a breed with high prey drive, but also extremely loyal to her humans. She quickly learned that we love the chickens and they're part of our pack. If any creature shows up, she's on it, if anything looks out of the ordinary, she's on it. If the chickens make any loud noise, she goes to check on them.

I don't know how other folks train, but this is what worked for us.

What breed is she?

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

She is a Dobermann, from Euro working lines, AKA European Doberman.