Pics of Great Pyr with chickens

[texaschickmama]

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Our Diesel has been with chickens from day 1. If you don't introduce him soon, it might be too late for him to bond to them to protect them at all.

 

[Rooster Cogburn Jr.]

All I can think of is chicken doody in that white fur!!!!! My two dogs lie under the house with the chickens.

 

[Chicky Mama]

Here's ours. They're Anatolian/Pyrenees, brother & sister, just turned a year old. I'd recomend 1 at a time ,train it then add a second one.Since ours are sibs they do what they want to do. You can see them look to eachother when I call them and then they run off like a couple of kids. The hair is everywhere in clumps,I figure good for nesting liner!! The barking is at times relentless but, we love 'em,very sweet!

 

[texaschickmama]

I can relate with the barking part. Diesel barks at night, a lot. But for the job he does, he can do almost anything he wants to.

 

[rhodiegal]

Chewie is 18 months old. At first he tried to play with the chickens (especially since we also have a Maltese which always chases the chickens) and it took some training - but he caught on quick. They are great dogs (very different). Chicky Mama - I love your two Anatolian/Pyr mixes - yes, the barking can sometimes be annoying. One good thing is it is kind of a low muffled bark, so not as annoying as our high pitched and shrieky Maltese.

 

[Chicky Mama]

rhodiegal -"One good thing is it is kind of a low muffled bark, so not as annoying as our high pitched and shrieky Maltese"

I hear that. We have a Pomeranian that only barks when they do and she's definately louder in a bad way.​

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Such beautiful dogs! I hadn't even heard of them before being a part of BYC.

 

[Chicky Mama]

There's afew of us here that have them. They're a gaurdian of many types of flocks. They should be raised up with the animals they're to protect so a bond is started early. There's also the debate of can they be a pet and a working dog.Some say it's one or the other,which I can see. For a long time they were just a working dog with little human interaction,so they would bond with the flock. They will gaurd your home while your gone,I don't see anyone comming in with one of these in the yard. Boys get up to 120+lbs.,girls usually around 95+lbs & they don't eat as much as you'd think.They do take afew years to mature in size and coat.They can be stuborn and the barking can be a problem. I'd like to cart train ours for rides in the snow and a job is good for the mind.

 

[rhodiegal]

Ours is an 'all purpose' farm dog. He is a pet, but does not come in the house - way to much hair and allergies. Though he was not raised in the chicken pen so to speak, we just watched him around the chickens when they were let out of their coops. Now they do not phase him at all.

The Maltese on the other hand - it does not matter what I do, he will chase the chickens. He can't hurt them, but it scares them. I can't wait for the two cockerels to grow bigger than him so they can keep him at bay.

 

[tcwk]

Great looking dogs, If I lived in a more rural area I would definitely get one of these to help guard my flock. My mother's friend has one and he is a great dog.