Training dogs to leave ducklings alone

[llombardo]

I want neutral. If they quack, no reaction. If they are moving around, no reaction. The ducks are still inside. In the morning when she hears the dogs that hear my alarm, she quacks away. They pay no attention to her because they are used to hearing it. They are also used to hearing roosters in the area and do not pay attention. That is all I want.

 

[Lrosell31]

I don't like to stereotype a dog breed but I know many people who thought there pitbull wouldn't hurt chickens or ducks.Couple of them said dogs never should signs of aggression towards flock after months of dog interacting with them.Then one day they came home and whole flock torn to pieces.It seems like Pitbulls and German Shepards are 2 breeds of dog that this is common with.I myself have 90lb Golden doodle that gets along with my chickens but I still don't trust him enough to leave him alone with chickens for long periods of time

 

[Lrosell31]

So far I haven’t had any problems with my pittbull being aggressive with my birds but honestly I don’t trust her to leave her all day with my birds by herself. I was planning on getting another pittbull as a pup of course and had the same question on how to train the new pup to be protective over my birds just to keep the predators from trying to eat them. I have seen a coyote walk by our house so I am worried about leaving my house and my birds being unattended while I’m gone.

 

[Duckstail]

If u truly want to know l you gotta learn from the best.

Watch all of cesar millans shows.

I can say first hand i trained my pits to a level i didn't think was possible myself.

A lot of people hate on him but u can't argue facts!!

 

[Hyroler]

I took video of my dog with chickens.He doesn't know I'm watching him.

 

[Clubber1234]

My jack russell terrier puppy chased the chickens around and when he caught them he would grab them by their neck and try to kill them that is until a horse steped on him and killed himhttps://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-shock.1236268/

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I took video of my dog with chickens.He doesn't know I'm watching him.

What kind of dog? It looks like he is herding them around?
You have a grocery cart full of milk crates - is that supplies for new nest boxes?

 

[CarleeAnn]

I took video of my dog with chickens.He doesn't know I'm watching him.

That’s how my dog is with my ducks!

 

[Duckstail]

I took video of my dog with chickens.He doesn't know I'm watching him.

Awesome lemon tree!!!!

 

[ChrisWNY]

Since we had the first sunny day over 50F in what seems like a month (or longer), I was able to get my pair of Pekin ducks out in the yard with the dogs, under close supervision. Long story short, good thing for remote controlled shock collars. At first, the pitbull was staring them down, ready to lunge. As she approached, I used the warning beep, then she got a little over anxious and approached the ducks a few times, had to resort to giving her a couple of zaps. She left the ducklings completely alone from that point on. The 15-yr old beagle was a different story - she was also anxious, she started sniffing the ducks while they were out in the yard, but proceeded to try and bite them. Had to swap the remote shock collar onto her until she got the message. Eventually the Pekins defended themselves and snapped back at her when she tried to sniff them. After 20 minutes or so of commanding her to leave them alone in combination with the shock collar, she laid down and left them alone. The ducks were out in the yard for hours with no incident. Will definitely not be letting the ducks roam around the yard unsupervised with the dogs for awhile, but there was progress nonetheless. The dogs seem to get that the ducks are not food or chew toys at this point!