How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Eggstremely happy

Since I don't have any chickens that I don't care about (certainly wouldn't
put any of my pets through this!) I would either spend the time to do the
necessary positive reinforcement to train the dog not to jump towards any
animal ....or I'd just buy a shock collar. Give the "NO" command and a mild
shock as the dog doesn't obey the command, any further disobedience gets a
stronger shock, and so on.

If you want to go a really old training route, tie a dead chicken around the
dog's neck and let it stay there 'til it rots. Supposed to guarantee that
the dog will never look at another chicken. Of course no one can stand to be
around the dog either. The dog "trainer" who gave me that sage old advice
20 years ago also told me to pee on a dog's head to make it stay at home.
Since my dogs sleep in my bedroom (besides which my "aim" isn't very good),
I declined to use either method of training. *very big grin*

I am working with a bluetick puppy on this same behavior. It's so
exasperating....the puppy will go in the goat pen and play with the babies
without hurting anyone, but the first thing out of the house, she has to
hurl herself at the closest pen (chickens or goats) scaring the bejeebies
out of everyone. Positive reinforcement training hasn't been working well
100% of the time, although she IS a lot better and at least now looks guilty
after she does it (admitting you have a problem is the first step
towards fixing it, right? *grin*).

Bobbye

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On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Rock <agoldink@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Old school way of breaking the dog, from William Koehler (whose methods of
> dog training i have used for over 40 years)
> Chicken on cardboard staked so she cant get off onto the ground, use twine
> or plastic zip ties, tie feet together.
> Put the line from 6 volt fence charger Fasten a few coils of live wire
> from the charger around the birds legs, seat the bird in a comfortable
> postition. Let the dog loose then hide, dont worry you'll know when he tries
> to grab the bird.
> The zap to his mouth is the start, that nice wet contact with his feet
> grounded.
> Now for a week, stake the bird same manner in the middle of a 6x6 pen with
> the dog. Your washing his brain of the thought that chickens are prey. It is
> hour after hour of NO leave it. You can do it with any domestic animals
> (some are harder to confine that other but there are ways.)
> Rock