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Greg K · Sep 20, 2013

Stop a dog from killing chickens? I have a 1 1/2 year old black lab and I thought I had him broke of the idea, but when I got home today there were feathers by his "spot" and a dead chicken at another "spot" of his. He hasn't been tied up or had a shock collar on for probably 3 months and I would rather not tie him up(but he is now) since it only makes them hyper. The chicken was missing its head and that sounds more like a hawk or owl but the location of the evidence points to the dog. Maybe I should get a border collie instead of a bird dog.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 20, 2013

my dog killed a chicken ONCE. Wife beat the living chit out of him with that dead chicken - wouldn't go near them again. Stll did great hunting birds, but he avoided them chickens walking around the yard.

Wheat Farmer · Sep 20, 2013

I have heard that tying the chicken to there neck for a while might work.

caseyc · Sep 20, 2013

My Border Collie gets bored and chases too. I'll beat the sh!t out of him with the dead chicken, he'll leave them alone for about a year and then he starts in again. He found a new home where there are no chickens.

Casey in SD

caseyc · Sep 20, 2013

My Border Collie just ate it.

wilamayb · Sep 20, 2013

Skip the Border Collie and get an English Shepherd. They dont have all those silly little issues that usually comes with a Border Collie. English Shepherds typically are not sly like border collies. They dont try to herd the children like Border Collies often do. They also seem to live longer and stay healthier. English Shepherds are usually not stuck on one persone like a Collie either. They are good family dogs.

Greg K · Sep 20, 2013

Yeah, I tried the beatings also. I also tried tying it around his neck but while I was at work he got it loose and ate it. I don't need him acquiring a taste for them. I understand he gets bored and they are fun to catch but this HAS to stop. I don't like beating them so I guess the shock collar goes back on.

JD Seller · Sep 20, 2013

Usually once they kill a chicken they will keep doing it. Labs are terrible when people are not around. They are a social dog. When left alone they find something to entertain themselves.

Friend swears he broke his dog with a shock collar. He would watch and when ever the dog got close to a chicken he would shock the heck out of him.

farmer boy · Sep 20, 2013

I know our neighbour tied the chicken around his dog's neck. Never touched another chicken again. It was a German Shepherd mixed with something much smaller.

Mike (WA) · Sep 20, 2013

My dad wrapped the dead chicken securely in barbed wire, and tied it around dog's neck. He wore it until it rotted off. Not only the smell of the chicken, but the barbed wire digging into him if he didn't lay down "just right". After that, dog gave chickens a wide berth and never bothered them again.

GeneMO · Sep 20, 2013

I let our few chickens out in the fenced in back yard on occasion, when I can supervise. My beagle would kill them in a heartbeat if left to his own devices. He does not normally wear a shock collar, though I have used it on him with great results in the past.

If I was really concerned about it, I would put the collar on and watch him. He starts out by just "playing" with them, but you know where that leads. He is only a year and a half old, so still some pup in him.

Gene

mazemeister · Sep 20, 2013

as to original question, keep chickens in a pen secure enough to protect them from foxes, raccoons, hawks, owls, etc. no more problem.

Goose · Sep 20, 2013

When I was a kid, we had a dog that took to swiping eggs out of the chicken house and eating them.

My mom took an egg, broke a small hole in each end, blew all the egg stuff out, and filled it with red pepper. Then laid it where the dog could easily find it.

That was the last egg that dog ever swiped.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 20, 2013

Beating does nothing when training a dog, the dog has no idea why its being beat unless you catch it in the act. Put that dog up when your not there or your could take the dog to dog Training and teach it not to eat chickens.

Dachshund · Sep 20, 2013

Forget the dead chicken - The dog has ZERO reason to fear a dead chicken..... The next time he is chasing the hens, grab a LIVE bird and beat him with it. You don't need to "wail" on him, just enough to make the bird squawk, and put up a fuss. Even a few "pokes" and swats around his face, will work. The fiestier the bird gets, the better. The chicken will get over it, and the dog will learn what a mad chicken sounds like - complete with flapping wings. Neither will be hurt, but the dog will THINK he is about to die.

matt p · Sep 20, 2013

You need to get a bloodhound !! I came in for lunch the other day and the dog and cat where sleeping in the trees with three chickens snuggled up with them. My wife tried to get a picture but the dog knew that it was lunch time, Never misses a meal only time she listens!! they say bloodhounds are noses with dogs attached lol matt

patiolant · Sep 20, 2013

Friend had that happen, and strung dead chicken onto the electric fence. Dog went for it several times, but never touched a chicken after that.

Bret4207 · Sep 21, 2013

I'd just like to point out that there are kids and ladies reading these posts and all the manly, hairy chested he men using altered spelling to get around the censored words aren't doing anyone any good, you're just making yourselves look low. Feces is feces no matter how you spell it. You guys are better than that, lets keep the place clean.

GVSII · Sep 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 15:09:58 09/20/13) Skip the Border Collie and get an English Shepherd. They dont have all those silly little issues that usually comes with a Border Collie. English Shepherds typically are not sly like border collies. They dont try to herd the children like Border Collies often do. They also seem to live longer and stay healthier. English Shepherds are usually not stuck on one persone like a Collie either. They are good family dogs.

English Shepherds are just plain great dogs!

Anonymous-0 · Sep 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 01:18:02 09/21/13) Beating does nothing when training a dog, the dog has no idea why its being beat unless you catch it in the act. Put that dog up when your not there or your could take the dog to dog Training and teach it not to eat chickens.

That was certainly NOT my experience! Lab chewed up garden hose. Beat her with hose until she could hardly walk. For next decade, even on hot summer day, without water, I could pick up hose to give her water in bowl & she wouldn't even come to get a drink until I would lay hose on ground & walk away. So, don't try & tell me they don't understand. I wouldn't treat a dog that way today, but that was a different time in my life.

Sidekick · Sep 21, 2013

My Grandpa always said that the only way to break a dog of killing chickens was to cut his tail off right behind his ears. It'll be tough to get him to stop now because he has a taste for it and he likes it. That being said we had a blue healer that did that when I was a kid and our solution was to put an electric fence around the henhouse. It was one of those old pulsing weedburners and the first time he got bit he probably ran for a quarter mile and laid under the truck for the rest of the afternoon. My Dad beat him with a dead chicken once and none of that was the answer. It slowed him down some but it didn't break him of it. The key is to never let it get started.

kyhayman · Sep 22, 2013

That's why I no longer have dogs or chickens....

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