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flying belgian · Nov 25, 2008

Is it possible to teach an old dog new tricks?? I leave my hens run around the yard by day and my dog keeps killing them. I have caught him in the act which should be a good time to teach him but today he killed another. My method so far is to take the dead chicken from his mouth and I use the dead chicken to rough him up pretty good. But that did not break him of the habit. Any suggestions??

Ron Anderson · Nov 25, 2008

Either tie up the dog, keep chickens in dogproof pen ot get rid of the dog. Once they start killing birds I could never stop them.

patiolant · Nov 25, 2008

Had a friend who cured a dog of this habit by running an electric fence through dead chicken, and then letting the dog go ahead and do whatever he wanted with it. After a few unpleasant tries to grab the chicken, the dog gave up and never killed another one.

Janicholson · Nov 25, 2008

It is very hard to make a determined dog stop killing chickens. If chickens could kill back the dog would still do it. There are no easy solutions other than the unpleasant task of keeping them separated (different dog, fencing, chained dog, time share in the open area, and no chickens. A shock collar with a remote and a lot of patience might work, but it would take determination on your (and your family's)part. JimN

Anonymous-0 · Nov 25, 2008

Instead of a dead chicken, use a LIVE one......
Might sound cruel but, it worked for me and several people I know. Beat the tar out of him with it. It might scare the chicken to death, but it's better to lose one then a bunch. If that don't work then get a different dog.

Dozer Guy · Nov 25, 2008

We had a dog once that killed chickens , my dad tied the dead chicken around the dogs neck with a rope and left it there for a long time ( to young to remember how long) and that dog turned out to be the best dog we ever had !! Wouldnt go near a chicken again for the rest of its life... Hope it works for you, it did for Leah ( Sheppard/Coyote mix )....

IaGary · Nov 25, 2008

Yup chicken on a rope.

Worked for us also.

Gary

RodinNS · Nov 25, 2008

Pen the dog or pen the chickens unless you'd rather shoot the dog.

Rod

MarkB_MI · Nov 25, 2008

I suspect it's too late. My wife has had chickens several times over the years, and our dogs never killed a single one. She exposed the chicks to the dogs while the chicks were young and got the dogs used to the idea that the chickens were not to be harmed. The dogs got to the point where they would protect the chickens; we can leave our hens running loose and the dog will keep other dogs and predators away. We did lose a few chickens this year to a coyote that came up to the house when our son had taken his dog with him.

It might have something to do with the breed of dog. Our first dog was a Chesapeake-Lab mix and we now have a Chow mix; both seem to be very protective.

sasedivy · Nov 25, 2008

Any suggestions??

Boy that's a tough one!..

As the old saying go's 'Once a Chicken killer, always a Chicken killer!

But I do know of a sure-fire way to stop a dog from chasing deer, the treatment involves the offending dog, a lockable crash-can with lid, a deer hide [size=9:488ddc70ad](the fresher the better)[/size:488ddc70ad] some deer crap & scent, and a base ball bat.

Take all your ingredients [size=9:488ddc70ad](less the bat of course)[/size:488ddc70ad] and put inside the trash can, secure the lid, roll said can while playing the little drummer boy tune using the bat for about 10 minutes.

Maybe works on Chicken killers?

[size=9:488ddc70ad]// For all you PETA types.. Just kidding! [/size:488ddc70ad]

Anonymous-0 · Nov 25, 2008

You can stop him easy as can be, also make him to do the dishes if you so choose. It is called a remote shock collar, and they do work for almost anything. The biggest problem is a demand of youself to control your temper. You must only shock when the dog is doing wrong, and often a comand should be first, perhaps not in this case. They are not alot of money, and maybe there is even a rental place...but I have never heard of it.

Rusty wheel · Nov 25, 2008

My Grandpa did the same thing that Dozer Guy said and I guess it worked for him. Once that chicken rots away, that dog won't ever look at another chicken, either that or he'll kill them all...................rw

Goose · Nov 25, 2008

Not sure about killing chickens, but when I was a kid we had a dog that would eat eggs.

My mother took an egg, cut a quarter inch hole in each end, blew into one end to blow a bunch of white out of the other end to make room. She then filled the egg with red pepper, sealed the ends with candle wax, and put the egg where it would be the first one the dog got to.

The dog never went near another egg after he chomped into that one.

Fergienewbee · Nov 26, 2008

A shock collar might work, but they aren't cheap. A good one runs around $500.00. Maybe you could borrow one from a dog trainer or hunter. They work great, but are best for long-range reinforcing of a command the dog already knows and for stopping from running trash, like deer. Use a high setting if you try it on your chicken killer. Don't say anything when you catch him in the act. He has to think the chicken did it. If you have an old chicken, you might use it to set the dog up.

Larry in Michigan

Anonymous-0 · Nov 26, 2008

(quoted from post at 18:43:53 11/25/08) Any suggestions??

My Dad talked about the chicken around the neck also, and I saw a dog once with some scraps of one still hanging there. What I found was that no matter how good you train them to stop, there'll be a flashback sooner or later. I decided that my dogs were more important than chickens. However, a shocker collar on hi and you out of sight with perfect timing, may be the ticket. If the dog honestly thinks that it was the chicken that put him on his butt, may work.

Best of luck,

Dave

buickanddeere · Nov 26, 2008

I told my border collie "no" and he never bothered the chickens or the kid's rabbits again.
When bored he drives the chickens out of thier coop. Then turns around and drives them all back in.

Kelly C · Nov 26, 2008

So far we have been lucky. Dog got the 1st chicken out of the delivery crate and killed it. My size 10 1/2 caught his rear with in 3 seconds of said act along with a good yelling at.
Now the hens go after him peckin at him and he just runs away from them.

yesterday. I looked out the sliding door on the deck. 5 hens were there just peckin the heck out of one of the cats. Cat was just hunkering down takin it.
Funny

northener · Nov 26, 2008

My grandad had a chicken killer and told me he tied a dead chicken around the dogs neck.He said that after the chicken rotted away that dog would walk across the street whenever he went past col. sanders.

RodinNS · Nov 26, 2008

You're lucky.... Our old Border Collie had a passion for poultry. The only 'good' hen was a dead hen. She'd be blood and feathers until the last one was gone.
We keep them in cages, but then again, we have no shortage of cages around from days gone by.

Rod

JDemaris · Nov 26, 2008

Same with my border collie. Told her once to leave the chickens alone, and she never went near them again. Her only weakness is when she sees rabbits and mice out in the field.

I don't think there's a better natured, or smarted dog breed in the world.

Dean Barker · Nov 26, 2008

Try tying a couple of dead chichens with a rope or small chain to the dog's neck. Use a rope if you tie them close up. Use a chain about 3 feet long and make the dog drag a couple of dead chickens around. Either way seems to work. My mother had 100% success with these methods.

dhermesc · Nov 26, 2008

Shock collar - either with the invisible fence or you watching him for a thrre of four days giving him a buzz every time he even looks at them.

Otherwise pen your chickens up or shoot the dog.

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