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

Well where I live dogs that attack livestock can be and are shot, without recourse to the dog owner except for the livestock bill.
All that fancy stuff dont work when the dog is dead.
She asked for help, I gave it, you do as you please

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Bobbye Land Hudspeth <bobbyesox@...> wrote:
>
> 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