How do you train a dog to not hurt the chickens?

[Hens & Hounds]

I think I have heard that Boxers are hard to train. With our dogs it was easy because our dogs respect us & anything that is ours or that we love they can just tell that it is off limits to them.
The dogs watched the day old baby chicks grow in the house & spent a lot of time w/ them so that helped too.
We fed them together also...hand the baby chick/young chicken something that both dogs & chickens can eat ...in our case it was whole wheat pasta & said the dogs name when handing the food to them & each chickens name when handing to them, repeating this many, many times until we would take one chicken out of brooder (which was huge) they had a whole room to themselves lined w/ stall mats & pine bedding (what a mess to clean) but whole other story that is....

Give the dog command to sit/stay while the chicken is in front of them...have dog make eye contact w/ only you...when it does praise/reward them w/ whatever they look forward to the most...mine are very food driven so easy to train w/ treats...they are rescued hunting dogs & are great w/ chickens!

This saying their names then feeding the treat has had wonderful results w/ all our chickens knowing their names that when you call them even if you have no food & they can't see you...that name you call will come running!

I know many people w/ Boxers will be better offering advice than I can.
It truly depends on each individual dog & your relationship w/ them.
Best of luck w/ your training!

 

[Ole rooster]

I did a double dip again.

 

[Ole rooster]

Anybody have any information on training the boxer. We know all about the other breeds and their training. But how does one get through to a boxer?

By the way, the dog Milan worked with was a Yellow Lab. All he did there was exercise the dog and made the dog submit to the chicken. He did the same thing with a rabbit.

 

[Timkie]

I think the most important thing is to bring the dog around the chickens often with your full attention on the dog on a lead if necessary. If the dog so much as looks at the chicken give it a clear command to stop it. If you should become distracted, drop everything and get the dog away from the chickens again with a clear voice command. Never overreact, even if you find the dog has damaged the chicken, after all, it is your fault they came together before the dog was trained anyways. An adult dog is no smarter and has little more control over temptations than a 2 1/2 year old child.