Husky dog and poultry, slaughtered chicken

[M Brennen]

Hi! We have with pedigree paper Siberian husky. I am sorry, if I insult someone, real Siberian husky photo in file- my husky (from Europe) 2 month old and second picture now- our male weighs 88 lb (40 kg)

Very beautiful dogs!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I randomly try to answer because there are so many posts. This dog has bitten me once because I took a stick and hit him. That was when he killed the first chicken. Again my fault, I'm not talking to the dog with a stick. My mistake is that I thought we could talk to animals like that. But I was very angry then. A dog is a personality like my son. My son is a teenager, the same thinking as a dog. If you tell me now that humans and dogs can't be compared. Yes, animals are generally smarter than humans. Thank you for your concern. If I get hurt, it's just because I don't understand the animal.

I’m glad you learned! That’s the important thing. But yes, I definitely would not do that again. And you’re right that dogs are very smart and I often find teaching children and teaching dogs is very similar.

 

[M Brennen]

You will need to be careful to ensure he doesn’t bite you or anything. Even the sweetest dogs can act vastly different when something high value is involved. They may not mean to hurt you and you may think they never would but their brain like almost shuts off and goes primal or something, idk. Gator was not himself when he was guarding and then he would snap out of it and be incredibly sorry. Just don’t want you getting hurt.

And I think they probably just got you mixed up with someone else.

Your Gator was beautiful. Was he a lab and husky mix? The tail makes me think husky or even chow.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Your Gator was beautiful. Was he a lab and husky mix? The tail makes me think husky or even chow.

Thank you he was Lab and Great Pyrenees.

 

[M Brennen]

Thank you he was Lab and Great Pyrenees.

Very nice! How old was he when he passed away?

 

[Morgank]

What a beautiful dog you have! A stray husky once got into our backyard and killed two chickens and injured one. These dogs have a strong prey drive, as others have noted. We considered adopting one several years ago and decided against it since it didn't seem we could ever trust it around our flock. They are a smart, incredible breed, but not usually great around small animals. I think besides keeping him indoors *all the time* except for when he's out on a leash, it would be very difficult to train him to never harm your chickens. Good luck!

Yes, they are very smart dogs. I have trained him to walk beside me, lie down, give me a paw and bark. They dont bark usually, they howl. Husky breaks down all cats, all smaller pets, this must be taken into account. We took our husky puppy to older jack russel's company. That was the only way it was possible.

 

[Morgank]

I’m glad you learned! That’s the important thing. But yes, I definitely would not do that again. And you’re right that dogs are very smart and I often find teaching children and teaching dogs is very similar.

It is still harder with humans than with animals ....

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

I wanted to love the first picture of your dog but I was conflicted because she killed the chicken. So pretty though. Omg

I don't agree with hitting an animal or euthanasia for behavior. I grew up in a home with 3 dogs my mom pretty much trained with positive reinforcement. The chicken I had as a kid was part of the pack. They sunbathed together, but maybe she thought she was a dog.

I own 2 huskies now and I cannot let them near the chickens, so they're separated by a large gate and little fencing. I am currently trying to work on it but it's been a continuous routine. I don't know if it will work because I know the prey drive... I have read the stories of trained huskies with accidents. I am sure there's possibilities it could be done - trained to not kill the chickens - but, is it full proof?
I am new to owning chickens with my huskies but currently we are working on the way they fixate on them with "out" and "leave it". I normally guarded the area but my kids gave me an idea with the fixating problem.... agree or disagree, it's working.
Once they've fixated, I honestly have no control over them, to be honest. They don't listen when called, treats, nothing. I say "out" and if they don't listen, I use the water hose and spray their snout as I say "out" again. Every single time I'm out there with them, this is our routine... non stop.
Then it got to the point where the moment I said "out', they walked away and layed down far away and ignored them and I dont need to use the hose.
"Leave it" is a challenge for my Male husky, Shadow... my female, Stella is a much better listener and easier to train.
It's been a work-in-progress though.

I wish I had more experience but also a lot of research and YouTube videos help. And Huskies are extremely intelligent. I know they say dogs don't understand you but it sometimes (with human my human feelings) seems like they know what I'm saying lol.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Very nice! How old was he when he passed away?

He was only about 6 1/2 years old, sadly. He had a terrible disease, masticatory muscle myositis (MMM), we think, and started slowly declining over about a year and a half or two before we finally had to put him down just a couple days after Christmas. that was almost 2 years ago now. Still miss him.

 

[tribalacres]

I hope you are having a better day, those moments are so tough and so weary. All kinds of thoughts come to your mind.

Kill a dog because he killed a chicken?

I don’t get that.

What I do know is most people’s responses always come from pain or purpose. Kill a dog because she/he hurt a friend/relative in the past. So now all dogs are dangerous, while this could be true, we can’t look through dim glasses but a pure perspective and try to fix things for the future.

I too have three LGD’s, even asked for help once here a couple months ago. I got the same responses of “I shouldn’t have got them, etc. etc.” from another forum too.

I do get super attached to these animals, all of them, and we have a ton and it’s hard when a dog attacks an animal and it’s easy to give advice than to actually walk it out.

I sympathize with you and can tell you what we did, we hired a dog trainer that works specifically with LGD’s and man, it’s done wonders. We lost two animals and they weren’t chickens. So we haven’t lost anything since the training has started and have definitely learned rules, regulations, and their temperament.

I chain them up in a crate when we have guests on the farm. I know for sure we won’t have attacks that way, and the way I look At it, if you come on our property uninvited. It is what it is.