Training Help/Advice for dog who killed poultry?

[Buckingham Palace]

It went very well, I don't think she was very interested in attacking them though. She is a German Shepherd, we got her as a puppy and she has been around them all her life. Sometimes she'll even try to play with the chickens, there is one pullet who likes her and will follow her around and hang around her, its so cute.

She may ignore the shocks when she doesn't have the collar on, it may be best to just not have her around them.

So you free range the chickens? Do you have a predator proof run?

I also have a German Shepherd when once my one if my chickens escaped and she just followed her around. She did not even attemp to catch her.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

I have a Geran Shepard, blind and was 10 when I got my chooks last spring. I took the girls out short times until July. I only let her out when I was with her or if the birds were in their run. The next step I added was all of us out at the same time. this went on last Fall, over the winter, and early spring. They mingled very well together the chooks loved to peck at her wagging tail and would peck her on the nose hard if she was too close for their comfort. I started letting the dog out with them this summer when I was on summer break. I was nervous but nothing ever happened they coexisted well. I told my dog she was night watch. I can even let her out while I'm back to work on days it's not too hot for her. I know there is a possibility, but I don't feel that gut wrenching nervous feeling. This took nearly a year.

 

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

You are not going to be able to train a Husky not to chase and kill chickens. You just aren't. Huskys have a very high prey drive. To them chasing and killing things is the most fun they can have. About the best you can hope for is to get the dog to leave the poultry alone as long as you are there. Once you are out of sight all bets are off. You just have to make sure the dog can't get to the birds. One of the posters here said they were able to train a Husky to leave the poultry alone. I say congratulations. Over the years I have seen a lot of people try. Some even hired professional trainers. None were successful over the long run. Some dogs can be trained to leave livestock and poultry alone. In my experience Malamutes and Huskys cannot be. I would be willing to be proven wrong. I wish you the best of luck.

Well I’ll update as I go along. I have hope. If I have too I’ll get a shock collar when we can afford one.
Aside from a snake or two, the only thing she’s truly killed was the rooster.
(I don’t think the baby opossums were what she did but were collateral damage of her chasing after the momma eating her food.)

Is it normal for a Husky to just kill though? No blood? Shredding? Playing with it?

 

[cassie]

Well I’ll update as I go along. I have hope. If I have too I’ll get a shock collar when we can afford one.
Aside from a snake or two, the only thing she’s truly killed was the rooster.
(I don’t think the baby opossums were what she did but were collateral damage of her chasing after the momma eating her food.)

Is it normal for a Husky to just kill though? No blood? Shredding? Playing with it?

The short answer is yes. I have noticed a difference between Huskys and Malamutes and German Shepherds, though. If you catch a German Shepherd in the act, chances are it will run because it knows what it is doing is wrong. Malamutes and Huskys on the other hand, will bounce up to you and invite you to join them in the slaughter.