They Got My Chickens....in My House!!!!!!!!!!(more story on Page3)

[mamabahre]

just wantec to say your dog looks like a gem!

 

[SIMPleChick]

@ TheKid: About training, seriously....we lucked out! We adopted her the day after the rescue got her. She was VERY under weight and was left in a back yard for the whole first year of her life. She somehow escaped or the family let her go but she had a tag and the people who had her didn't want to go get her. When we got her she was SO scared, she would cower at everything, we had to lift her into the truck and carry her up the back stairs after potty time. She learned her name and was house trained in 1 day. My husband and I both had dogs growing up so we knew how to do the basics and we got a LOT of tips from Cesar Millan's book "Be the Pack Leader" when that book came out. Honestly, it is about balance, allowing them to be in a pack setting and drawing on the strengths of the breed. Dogs just don't do as well if they are kenneled, bored, or left alone, they thrive on a pack mentality, dogs HAVE to work. Sierra does not let 1 person step 1 foot in our drive way without giving 1 warning bark for us and then she runs to the top of the stairs and waits for the doorbell... We knew that German Shepherds were used a lot for K9 dogs, etc, but they have GREAT noses and also make great medical dogs, so when our step daughter would go into a seizure, we would reassure our dog, bring her right next to Kaylee and have her lick her to get the scent, etc....then reward her with treats, toys, extra play time, etc after the seizure. Until she would allert us that a seizure was coming a couple minutes before she would have one. Sierra would bark at Kaylee, lick her hands and if Kaylee would be walking, try to grab on to her clothes to stop her. She started patrolling all on her own and checks in on every person in every room multiple times at night. LOL! She is a gem!

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

HurstsHens, you have a great dog and you have done well training.

I think you should train the neighbors. They need some limits set.

 

[Tala]

The longer you have chickens, the more the irresponsible dog owners (or at least their dogs) will come crawling out of the wood work. Eventually you have to establish hard rules to protect your own pets. And get called heartless by people who don't understand. Goes with the territory.

Predator or pest is determined by which side of the fence the animal is standing on.

 

[SIMPleChick]

Chicken Lytle...Do you think they would know it was us if I left my copy of "Be the pack leader" on their door step before they get home tonight??? LOL!!!

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

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I would not be subtle. I would walk over and give it to them with a glowing recommendation.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

If my neighbors dogs broke into my house, they wouldn't have made it out alive. You are too kind. Glad your babies are ok, though!

 

[Chickenmath]

All sorts of concerns and questions popped into my head when I heard the extended version of your story.
As renters, your neighbors will most likely not do anything with the fence or any other structures of "their" property. Why would they care to do that if they are renting? Sort of fits the whole irresponsible renter's philosophy anyways...

They may indeed be so very sorry for what happened. But maybe not all because of what happened with the dogs. You said they are quite into partying all hours of the night. They also dumped their children on you in the middle of the day. And their daughters report multiple ways the dogs have been abused.
SO- In a nutshell, they are neglectful of their children (this is a form of abuse), neglectful and physically abusive of/to their dogs, party a little too hardy (drugs possibly?), have no respect or consideration for others, and so forth. Their being sorry may be more indicative of being concerned about being turned in to authorities!

I'm glad to see that your chicks may be okay after all of that. I sure hope so!

 

[terrilhb]

Your daughter and dog are beautiful. What an awesome dog. Good luck.

 

[JoePa]

Just a word of caution - when I saw that picture of your daughter with the chicken on her shoulder I thought of the posts that told of chickens pecking a person's eye - probably not a good idea to let a chicken so close to your face - could lose the eye -