Sorry for your loss, When My dog killed 4 new chicks from TSC, I did the old fashioned trick; tied them around his neck for about 3 days each one? TOOK CARE OF THAT! Those that find that 'cruel' probably are like Duluth's 'inspector; they need a night job, a swing shift job, full time hobby...
X2, im going to do that...heard it works well!!Sorry for your loss, When My dog killed 4 new chicks from TSC, I did the old fashioned trick; tied them around his neck for about 3 days each one? TOOK CARE OF THAT! Those that find that 'cruel' probably are like Duluth's 'inspector; they need a night job, a swing shift job, full time hobby...
Sorry for your loss, When My dog killed 4 new chicks from TSC, I did the old fashioned trick; tied them around his neck for about 3 days each one? TOOK CARE OF THAT! Those that find that 'cruel' probably are like Duluth's 'inspector; they need a night job, a swing shift job, full time hobby...
Yeah....but i have bators now...I think he needs to buy some chickens!
Yeah..i know!! And, i just found aout that it was my one puppy!!!! But my dad punished her very badly and she hasnt even touched the chicks yet even looked at them...will see how it goes!!I know many here consider me a disagreeable old cuss, so let me play my role and RESPECTFULLY disagree. I think you are trying to make excuses for your dog. A hungry dog kills a chicken or two. A dog that is just having fun killing and chasing kills 18.
There are ways to stop a dog from chasing chickens. The best is to never let them start. You need to TRAIN your dog. It needs to know basic commands, SIT,STAY, LEAVE IT, or DROP IT, OFF/NO and Down or some variation of it. Once the dog is trained then expose it to the chickens, slowly and with supervision.
I have trained hunting labs, bird dogs, they love to hunt. My dogs know all these commands and more, I introduced my dogs to the chickens, when they were chicks, making it well known to the dogs they were off limits. When the chickens got bigger I let them roam inside an invisible fence and made the dogs' stay out and watch the chicks, (with me there).
I then let the dogs roam with the chickens while wearing a shock collar. I never had to use the shock collar, it just assures me they are listening intently to what I am saying. However, I would have used it had they went after a chicken. Now when we sit and feed the chickens treats the dogs lay next to us. The dogs are with the chickens much of the day, they consider the chickens friends or mild annoyances that drop tasty treats for them to scarf up all over the yard.
You can break your dog of chasing killing chickens, but it will be hard and take determination. Try what "flashin Da pan" said. I have never used that it might work. I know you can load a dead chick with hot pepper and it dissuades them some. I have seen people tie an electric fencer wire to a dead chick on a plastic piece and it works when the dog picks it up. You could use a training collar.
Or better yet, because your dog is a proven chicken killer keep it locked up and away from the chickens. Whatever you decide, I am sorry for your loss, it must be devastating!
Good luck on whatever you decide with the dog, re-homing or rehabilitation. Just do not blame the neighbor, the dogs hunger had very little to do with it, boredom is more than likely the cause.
I know many here consider me a disagreeable old cuss, so let me play my role and RESPECTFULLY disagree. I think you are trying to make excuses for your dog. A hungry dog kills a chicken or two. A dog that is just having fun killing and chasing kills 18.
There are ways to stop a dog from chasing chickens. The best is to never let them start. You need to TRAIN your dog. It needs to know basic commands, SIT,STAY, LEAVE IT, or DROP IT, OFF/NO and Down or some variation of it. Once the dog is trained then expose it to the chickens, slowly and with supervision.
I have trained hunting labs, bird dogs, they love to hunt. My dogs know all these commands and more, I introduced my dogs to the chickens, when they were chicks, making it well known to the dogs they were off limits. When the chickens got bigger I let them roam inside an invisible fence and made the dogs' stay out and watch the chicks, (with me there).
I then let the dogs roam with the chickens while wearing a shock collar. I never had to use the shock collar, it just assures me they are listening intently to what I am saying. However, I would have used it had they went after a chicken. Now when we sit and feed the chickens treats the dogs lay next to us. The dogs are with the chickens much of the day, they consider the chickens friends or mild annoyances that drop tasty treats for them to scarf up all over the yard.
You can break your dog of chasing killing chickens, but it will be hard and take determination. Try what "flashin Da pan" said. I have never used that it might work. I know you can load a dead chick with hot pepper and it dissuades them some. I have seen people tie an electric fencer wire to a dead chick on a plastic piece and it works when the dog picks it up. You could use a training collar.
Or better yet, because your dog is a proven chicken killer keep it locked up and away from the chickens. Whatever you decide, I am sorry for your loss, it must be devastating!
Good luck on whatever you decide with the dog, re-homing or rehabilitation. Just do not blame the neighbor, the dogs hunger had very little to do with it, boredom is more than likely the cause.
Sorry, I did not make myself clear with the pronoun "he" I was referring to the inspector.
Oh...Sorry **facpalm**
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