Pyrenees issues need advice

[yinepu]

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I'm glad she's doing better and you got to talk to the "experts" about her..

give her a hug for me when you get the chance!

Yea bad thing was all the experts told me to give up (WRONG) I wasnt just gonna quit on her. She honestly has descerned its better to play nice in the sand box than not be allowed to play at all

I really hope it continues the way its going because she really is one of the best dogs I have ever had and want her to be here a long time

Lol. well them Im glad you decided to ignore the "experts" after all!

 

[southern oaks]

Mine is such a sweetie also. As you can see in the picture he has not desire to be snippy to my flock. There are about 4 of my hens that can hear the food drop in his bowl and come to get a sneak piece or two and he allows it. Glad you didnt give up.

They are great dogs, if you don't mind the barking all night...... but I figure he is keeping predators away so I have gotten use to it.

 

[sarahcookhill]

I got on here tonight looking for similar advice - my 4 month old Boxer puppy has attacked one of my chickens for the second time in a month. The puppy is a male AKC half German Boxer/Half American Boxer. We have had Boxers for nearly 12 years but this is the first Boxer PUPPY we've had since we've had chickens. Our two older Boxers are going on 11 years old and our female expressed a keen interest in them for about the first week (she has a very strong prey instinct even for an old girl

but after the first week she doesn't pay them any attention. The first time the pup attacked this chicken, I found her just sitting in the yard when I got home. He had chewed on her back end but I got her doctored up and all was well. Kept a real close eye on the pup ever since. I really thought he was getting better. Then this evening we go out to put them in the coop and as I walk out on the deck, I see him with this same chicken down in the yard. I immediately hollered at him but he didn't even move until I started running down the steps towards him. She got chewed up pretty good on the legs and on the side of her head. After the first incident, I called to talk to the vet about it and he said the pup was probably "playing" with her. Said the pup could have killed her if he wanted but since he didn't it was likely he was playing with the chicken. Our Boxers are house dogs and have a dog door. We have about a half acre fenced yard where the dogs and the chickens have run of the yard all day. Short of isolating one of them, I'm not sure what to do. The one that was attacked and one other hen are smaller than the other four. The other four are already laying but these two are not. We put them up in the coop at night. Does anyone have Boxers AND chickens and advice on how they can peacefully coexist in one yard?
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[QuackerJackFarms]

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A Pyr is a "puppy" until it's two years old.

Giant breeds mature very slowly, and not all of them are good at their jobs

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I had a similar problem with my Pyr when I first got her, I contacted an obedience instructor via email and this is what she told me....
"when I get a new dog I put a training collar on that I get a response from and have them on a 20 ft long line…aka rope and for the first month and a half I hold it so I can correct them if they do not listen to my verbal…I can follow through. The word for the chickens , cats anything that runs and the dog goes….I’ll get that! I say in a booming voice…LEAVE IT!!!! With a correction at same time for first couple of days, then I stagger it…if they do not listen to the voice…the correction quickly follows. When I feel they are really responding to my voice well, I let the long line drag, so I can follow through if needed, until I feel things are great. It may take 2 , 3 or even 6 months, or more. Every dog has a different personality you have to work with."

Have only had my dog for a month and she is able to sit next to me on the ground while I hand feed my birds now, she still cant be trusted alone but has made huge improvement in just a few weeks...

Hope this will help you or that you find some other solution that will help you out!
Good Luck to you

Good post. This worked for me too. My dog can't be totally trusted but has made HUGE improvement. She is now "thinking" about it before she chases them. LOL. But seriously, she has come along way for sure.

 

[pjknust]

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Pam, I have 2 male border collies that are neutered. They mark the fenceline. We have coyotes in our back field and in the 8 years that we have been here have never had a problem with them. Please don't let that be the deciding factor in not neutering your dog. It is much healthier for them to be fixed.

My 10 yr old is neutered. My 5 yr old is not. Both were strays/rescues. I foster for the Local Humane Society. The one not altered is very shy, could be a biter, was abused. Half an ear is torn off. He is a 30 lb mix. Just never wanted to put him thru the trauma of leaving him at the vet. As far as the health issue. Maybe so, Maybe not. He is the first outside male that I have not had neutered because of his unknown background. I hear coyotes out here late at night. And my boys are crated inside at night, but the varmits dont know that.

pam in TX

 

[Cetawin]

She is a pup...Pyrs do not mature until 2 years, she needs proper LSG training. They are not born knowing their job...they have to be trained and their instincts directed appropriately. Her instinct says protect home and critters where they should be...anything running around is to be disposed of.

Good luck with her...training will do wonders I bet.

 

[nzpouter]

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it's the sound baby animals make... the higher pitch/ squeal is similar to prey animals dying.... that's her trigger...

 

[Ole rooster]

I would agree, most dogs are at least 2 or 3 before they mature. At least to the point of trust. My dog Morgan, a founder, is probably a Aussie Sheepdog mixed with something, but at 3 and a half, he's just grown up. I found him at 5 weeks. That's what the vet said anyway. You can see it in his personality. His attentiveness and wanting to please me, not himself. Of course, he goes just about everywhere I go. Stay with the training, not the hitting, and be patient. I feel sure he'll come around.

 

[La Mike]

Ok wanted to update this. To the day we started re-training she hasnt touched another bird. To the point that my sebbie gander will actually sit right on her butt in the shade and she doesnt pay any attention to it at all. Moral of the story is they can be retrained if you are persistent and patient

I couldnt be anymore happy with her now.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Kept her in lockdown for 2 weeks then started retraining her

To the day we started re-training

So what exactly did you do to "retrain" her?​