![]() ![]() ![]() After this part of the lesson(s) we move on to part two which is to see if the dog cares enough about respecting my authority to leave the poultry alone when I am not watching. When we are done the dog has NO DOUBT that killing, chasing or even thinking about chickens as toys is unacceptable. Any chasing, barking or even looking funny is not tolerated and disciplined for from mild correction to very, very severe correction depending on the dogs sensitivity level. I take the dog out to the coops and spend the day (or days) with him/her. We have been through this with every dog we have ever owned and since my chickens are quite valuable every loss is a big deal. There were no more dead chickens after that, but I kept the shock collar charged and on him for another month, and would shock him anytime he was even looking at a chicken. I shocked him that time until he ran back to the house. to go around a tree and try to get to her with cover between them. He yelped, turned away, and started moving away from the chicken. He went for her again, I shocked him until he yelped and quit. The yelp brought the chicken to awareness who got up and started to leave. He yelped and danced for awhile, then went for the chicken who was sitting there stunned. I held the button down until he dropped the chicken. He still had the chicken in his mouth, but his tail was down. He was out by the pond, hiding in the trees. I hit the button, heard a muffled yelp, and headed to the door to see. The last time that he tried to kill a chicken, I was in the barn, and heard the "help I'm dying!" squawk. That's a long story, and it covers a few months, and it makes me feel bad to admit that I have a dog that's smarter than me. With Wyatt the Black Lab, I think it was two or three times. You can't actually hurt a dog by beating them with a dead chicken, but you can make a big impression With Nippy the Border Collie, I only had to do that once. The first two, I grabbed them, took them to the dead chicken, shoved their face in it, yelled and screamed and popped them on the butt a few times, then rolled them over on their back, grabbed the chicken and smacked them with it and held it in their face, and smacked them with it some more, all while yelling and screaming. There's no way you are going to be able to solve the problem without spending a little time at it. I've been through this with three different dogs. ![]()
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