question about Chicken dogs,

[Beekissed]

I second the GP bid! I have a GP/lab mix that never had to be trained around chickens and she was a rescue dog as well. I have a Lab/Border Collie mix that only took one day's training, using the "mother" method and he hasn't looked at a chicken since, and he was very young and prey driven.

I would say, that any dog you get could use some training about what livestock are "yours" and should not be messed with. Worked for me! Good luck!

 

[ChooksChick]

We have a GIANT choc. lab (110#) and a little ugli-dog(12#) that had neither seen a chicken other than their dog chow until we got our little 1-day old chicks in May. We kept the birds in our tub (eventually they took over the bathroom) for 6 weeks while we built their coop, and in that time, they were slowly introduced to the dogs and cats.

Both of the dogs are incredibly protective of the birds now, and I'm sure that it's because they are just viewed as part of the pack- but the dogs also live in the house with us as family members much of the time- they aren't outside all of the time. I have left them out all day with the free-ranging birds, and last week I watched the lab try to get a hawk that wanted a chicken dinner- THAT was a site!

I feel it likely has much to do with the dog's unique personality and the introduction as it does the breed.

 

[1Speckled Hen w/Chicks]

Here in NC they have a Great Pyr. Rescue ...look into that---as so many are in need of good homes!

 

[riderbecky]

Have you tried a rescue group? I googled "Great Pyrenees Rescue" and came up with 315 000 hits

 

[DTchickens]

yep, Found a bunch of crosses, 3 years and older. i dont really want a rescue group because their always Crosses, and 3+ years of age, then you have to worry about them being a chicken eater, and biting people. not to mention a 3 year old dog has done learned what it has to do, and i would have to retrain it. and i dont think my grandpas hounds. aunts. Golden retriever/Rottweiler mix, AND all the little ankle biters + the pitbull across the road + other random mutts we have around here would get along with a new adult dog. probably would just be bringing it to its death bed instead of rescuing it.