<< I yelled "NO CHICKENS"! I tied her on a very short lead to a fence, left the chicken outside of her reach for the entire day. Every time my husband or I walked into the yard we scolded her and yelled loudly, "NO CHICKENS"! By the end of the day she was convinced she did not like chickens anymore and never touched them again for the rest of her life. This really worked with our dog, everyone is different! >>
Come to think of it--that's much the same as I did with my Lab to convince her never to touch a porcupine. I had killed one out in the hayfield with a fence post, so for the next week when we went out riding, I carried my hunting whip and intentionally rode by the porcupine. If she showed any inclination to visit the porcupine corpse, I cracked the whip and rated her (oops, that's hound language for "scolded her"). By the fourth day, she would walk by the porcupine with her head turned the other way--and never got a quill in her whole life, remarkable for a dog in our area. (And by the fourth day it was about time to get rid of the body, it was getting a bit high...)
Rhonda
Sidesaddle Hall of Famer
Five-time US National Sidesaddle Champion
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