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Dogs
Sept 28, 2011 19:23:31 GMT -6
Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Sept 28, 2011 19:23:31 GMT -6
When we lived in McConnell we had 4 dogs. A St Bernard, A lab, a Chow mix and a chihuahua/feist mix. The girls didn't bother the chickens but when they wandered into the St Bernards pen it was on to beat him to it. He never killed any. We got to them before he did except for 1 and he broke her toe before we got her out. He tried to hold her down with his big foot and broke her toe in the process.
The lab would let the chickens lay on and around her. She got sprayed by a skunk when she was protecting the flock form it. The Chow mix just ignored them and the Chihuahua would play tag with the roosters. She would run at them when they weren't looking and startle them to get them to chase her. After a while they turned the game around on her. She had to start watching her back. lol She would heard them back in our yard and when stray dogs would come in our yard the big dogs would great them as if they where buddies while the chihuahua would run the dog off. She would be barking and nipping at their legs and run them all the way down the street. It was hilarious. I'm actually surprised none of them turned on her and attacked her. They always ran. I couldn't stop her and I certainly couldn't run after her. She was fast.
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Dogs
Sept 29, 2011 13:44:48 GMT -6
Post by cks4me on Sept 29, 2011 13:44:48 GMT -6
I have Scotties which I used to breed and they are terriers. Ground hunters. If it moves they kill. My lab mix just watches and knows especially this last time that something bad was happening and stayed up on the deck. However Jack is a lab/sharpe and as he has aged a little the protective part of the Sharpe has come out. With his size, about 95lb and his aggressiveness people know not to come around if I am not there to call him. The Scotties would chew someone up. That would be like getting into a tank of piranhas I am afraid. I can control Jack but with five Scotties when they get going it is really hard to call them off. By the time you have gotten them off the others are back on. Scotties are not a dog you will hardly ever see in obedience competition for that very reason. they may be small but they think they are mastiffs and VERY independent. I have tried to pull them off each other and their jaws lock and I swear you can not get them open. Shocked me the first time it happened. Mine are trained if they are on lead but off they have a problem with hearing. The certainly aren't a dog for everyone. I had them first and love them but have to really watch when they are outside and the chicks are too. Understand I have fences all over my property but like this last time if a bird flys over the fences they are on it so fast it is impossible to stop them.
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Dogs
Apr 8, 2012 6:28:19 GMT -6
Post by auto5man on Apr 8, 2012 6:28:19 GMT -6
Had a mini dachshund when I first got my chickens last summer, thought they were very secure in their brooder coop on the porch....awoke to a massacre one morn. That was the very last straw for that dog. My lab puppy ( 1 yr old) is very trainable, by contrast, and walks amongst the chickens. I do not trust her with them unsupervised, however. At night when the chickens are cooped up the lab keeps the yard patrolled.
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