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That is wonderful! Was he trained when you got him or did you train him?
When we got him, he had only been with goats, so we had to train him not to kill the birds. He only killed one, a bantam, when he was a puppy, and ever since then he hasn't touched a bird
even eats and drinks with then sometimes (he's very find of layer mash
)
So can you share your secret of how you trained him to leave the birds alone? And how old was he when he finally "got it"? I have 2 pyr girls that are just a year old but nowhere close to ready to be left with the chickens. I'm pretty sure I've complicated things by getting 2 dogs at once. My thinking was for the dogs, having to fend off coyotes I wanted them to work together. But honestly I've tried everything I know to teach them that the birds are mine and they see them as big squeaky toys. They don't kill them all, sometimes they just hold them down and lick the feathers off. I can't leave them with the birds at all.
That is wonderful! Was he trained when you got him or did you train him?
When we got him, he had only been with goats, so we had to train him not to kill the birds. He only killed one, a bantam, when he was a puppy, and ever since then he hasn't touched a bird
So can you share your secret of how you trained him to leave the birds alone? And how old was he when he finally "got it"? I have 2 pyr girls that are just a year old but nowhere close to ready to be left with the chickens. I'm pretty sure I've complicated things by getting 2 dogs at once. My thinking was for the dogs, having to fend off coyotes I wanted them to work together. But honestly I've tried everything I know to teach them that the birds are mine and they see them as big squeaky toys. They don't kill them all, sometimes they just hold them down and lick the feathers off. I can't leave them with the birds at all.