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Trip is making sure Beaux knows his place in pack pecking order
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seedcorn
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Oh the problems of having children......Way to diffuse the Dog War.....
Beaux got his head took off by Trip this evening. I was petting Trip and Beaux came up for attention. Trip growled and snapped at Beaux not once, but several times, staccato style. I had to laugh at Mr. Jealous, and assured both that they were BOTH Mamma's Boys. Hugs and pets and we came in. Both are sprawled in the floor snoozing.
flowerbug
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only rich people should have dogs? works for me. lol ding-dongs... have fun peeps, i'm over-scheduled this week so will see y'all some other time...
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Give it a rest @flowerbug . Everytime this issue comes up, we get to hear your opinion - at length.
This is @baymule 's thread about her Beau.
eta: I'm sorry @flowerbug . My comment was rude - and, at the VERY LEAST, should not have singled you out. Please forgive me?
I hope Beau has learned his lesson about chickens. I have one on each end of the discipline spectrum. Rosie can hear me scold someone else from the far end of the house and be crushed for hours. I can chase Gilligan down yelling and screaming, even whop him with something and he'll walk away with a smile and have only learned to check and see if I'm watching before doing it again.
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This is @baymule 's thread about her Beau.
eta: I'm sorry @flowerbug . My comment was rude - and, at the VERY LEAST, should not have singled you out. Please forgive me?
I hope Beau has learned his lesson about chickens. I have one on each end of the discipline spectrum. Rosie can hear me scold someone else from the far end of the house and be crushed for hours. I can chase Gilligan down yelling and screaming, even whop him with something and he'll walk away with a smile and have only learned to check and see if I'm watching before doing it again.
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Nyboy
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LOL cane smart dogs to learn to see if your watching
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baymule
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I hope Beau has learned his lesson about chickens. I have one on each end of the discipline spectrum. Rosie can hear me scold someone else from the far end of the house and be crushed for hours. I can chase Gilligan down yelling and screaming, even whop him with something and he'll walk away with a smile and have only learned to check and see if I'm watching before doing it again.
I think he did learn his lesson. He hates to be scolded, he is tender and it hurts his feelings. I so seldom go on a rampage, that when I do, everyone runs for cover. LOL If Beaux even thinks that I am unhappy, he is miserable.
Funny, your doofus dog is named Gilligan and @majorcatfish 's favorite coworker is also named Gilligan.
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baymule
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Beaux. He killed 2 more chickens day before yesterday, another one this morning and even dug under a portable coop, snagged a laying hen and I found her under the portable building. I can't get to her, she is probably injured. Trip told on Beaux day before yesterday, he was laying in a "sploot" position between Dottie, a 5 year old Silver Laced Wyandotte and a black hen. Trip was showing them to me. Beaux got in trouble.
We let Beaux out last night, we think that he nabbed Roo-Roo then,a crippled rooster that was free in the yard. This morning, DH let Beaux out when he got up. Later, Beaux came up on the porch, ready to come in. I let him in, he came to me, cowered down and peed on my foot, then ran to his kennel. DH said, he's done something bad, better go look. I did and found Roo-Roo, the crippled rooster that I just couldn't bring myself to kill. I went back to the house, clipped a leash on Beaux and we went to go visit Roo-Roo. DH was mad, blamed himself for letting Beaux out, but Roo-Roo was already stiff.
Trip had his priorities straight, he was in the sheep lot. While his buddy Beaux was on a play-with-chickens spree, he was guarding the sheep. I saw the hole under the coop and a hen was missing. Trip jumped out of the sheep lot, I was looking for the hen and asked Trip where she was. DH was walking around looking for her, Trip laid down by the portable building, telling me where she was. DH went for a flashlight and sure enough, I caught the glisten of her eye. I just can't reach her. I hope she comes out this evening.
So the upshot is, Beaux goes on a tie out cable from now on. We took him to Tractor Supply, fitted him with a harness collar so he doesn't choke himself, got a cable and a rod that pushes in the ground with a swivel on top. We have a shady spot where he won't twist around a tree.
In TSC, a couple admired Beaux and said they had a Louisiana Catahoula and Texas Blue Lacy cross that was worse than Beaux. Their dog went after the poultry, goats, tried to kill everything on the place. They showed us a picture of a gorgeous dog, blue merle with blue eyes. They said she was finally settling down, but that it had been a wild one for 2 1/2 years. What a mix of two breeds! Two cattle/hog dog breeds, both developed out of a need for a tough dog that could take what was thrown at it and still round up the cattle and hogs. Texas and Louisiana were pretty darn wild 100 years ago and so were the livestock. Only a bad a$$ dog could do what they had to do.
We have been down this road before. I am encouraged that Beaux came to me, knowing that he did wrong. That at least is a step in the right direction. It is my fault for having retired yard chickens in the first place, but digging under the coop I place as Beaux's fault. He will have to go on the cable when we can't be outside with him. There were times when Trip and Paris were on a cable, they didn't like it, but it was necessary at the time. I thought that Beaux got the message, but it is going to take more than that. It is going to take a lot of time, positive reinforcement and training.
I have 6 guinea chicks on the porch that I am planning on being loose in the yard. That might not happen.
And Trip......after Beaux was shown the bodies of Dottie and the black hen, read the riot act and scolded...….I guess Trip figured that all that good meat shouldn't go to waste, because he picked up Dottie. He was walking around with her. He had done his part, showed them to me, kept a respectful distance while Beaux got in trouble, why shouldn't he have a chicken dinner? LOL LOL I took Dottie from him, picked up the other hen and took them to the back.
This morning, I was going to get Roo-Roo, when I saw a contractor crew on the pipeline, mowing. Since we have a gate across the pipeline, they won't come in. I ran to let them in before they left and they mowed our part of the pipeline, which saved us having to do it. I went back to get Roo-Roo and he was gone. I looked under the porch at Trip, but he wasn't telling me where he put the chicken. I hope it is not under the porch. That's all I need, a rooster decomposing to a sufficient point of rottenness for a dog to consume. Blech.
We let Beaux out last night, we think that he nabbed Roo-Roo then,a crippled rooster that was free in the yard. This morning, DH let Beaux out when he got up. Later, Beaux came up on the porch, ready to come in. I let him in, he came to me, cowered down and peed on my foot, then ran to his kennel. DH said, he's done something bad, better go look. I did and found Roo-Roo, the crippled rooster that I just couldn't bring myself to kill. I went back to the house, clipped a leash on Beaux and we went to go visit Roo-Roo. DH was mad, blamed himself for letting Beaux out, but Roo-Roo was already stiff.
Trip had his priorities straight, he was in the sheep lot. While his buddy Beaux was on a play-with-chickens spree, he was guarding the sheep. I saw the hole under the coop and a hen was missing. Trip jumped out of the sheep lot, I was looking for the hen and asked Trip where she was. DH was walking around looking for her, Trip laid down by the portable building, telling me where she was. DH went for a flashlight and sure enough, I caught the glisten of her eye. I just can't reach her. I hope she comes out this evening.
So the upshot is, Beaux goes on a tie out cable from now on. We took him to Tractor Supply, fitted him with a harness collar so he doesn't choke himself, got a cable and a rod that pushes in the ground with a swivel on top. We have a shady spot where he won't twist around a tree.
In TSC, a couple admired Beaux and said they had a Louisiana Catahoula and Texas Blue Lacy cross that was worse than Beaux. Their dog went after the poultry, goats, tried to kill everything on the place. They showed us a picture of a gorgeous dog, blue merle with blue eyes. They said she was finally settling down, but that it had been a wild one for 2 1/2 years. What a mix of two breeds! Two cattle/hog dog breeds, both developed out of a need for a tough dog that could take what was thrown at it and still round up the cattle and hogs. Texas and Louisiana were pretty darn wild 100 years ago and so were the livestock. Only a bad a$$ dog could do what they had to do.
We have been down this road before. I am encouraged that Beaux came to me, knowing that he did wrong. That at least is a step in the right direction. It is my fault for having retired yard chickens in the first place, but digging under the coop I place as Beaux's fault. He will have to go on the cable when we can't be outside with him. There were times when Trip and Paris were on a cable, they didn't like it, but it was necessary at the time. I thought that Beaux got the message, but it is going to take more than that. It is going to take a lot of time, positive reinforcement and training.
I have 6 guinea chicks on the porch that I am planning on being loose in the yard. That might not happen.
And Trip......after Beaux was shown the bodies of Dottie and the black hen, read the riot act and scolded...….I guess Trip figured that all that good meat shouldn't go to waste, because he picked up Dottie. He was walking around with her. He had done his part, showed them to me, kept a respectful distance while Beaux got in trouble, why shouldn't he have a chicken dinner? LOL LOL I took Dottie from him, picked up the other hen and took them to the back.
This morning, I was going to get Roo-Roo, when I saw a contractor crew on the pipeline, mowing. Since we have a gate across the pipeline, they won't come in. I ran to let them in before they left and they mowed our part of the pipeline, which saved us having to do it. I went back to get Roo-Roo and he was gone. I looked under the porch at Trip, but he wasn't telling me where he put the chicken. I hope it is not under the porch. That's all I need, a rooster decomposing to a sufficient point of rottenness for a dog to consume. Blech.
majorcatfish
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shock collar aka <training collar> has stopped nola from chasing anything......... take beaux for a walk near the chickens if you see him moving towards them hit the button with a voice command of "no" do this a couple times he will learn not to mess with them..... then put it on tone..amazing how they response.
3 months of that no more problems......
3 months of that no more problems......
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baymule
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The missing hen came out from under the building. She was hot and thirsty, hanging around her coop, trying to get back in. It was Rose, a hen that was injured as a baby chick, our oldest grand daughter held her all weekend, and she survived. So I got the fish net, captured Rose and looked her over for injuries. She was ok! I opened up the door to her coop, only to be met by Alfred the rooster. He attacked her in my hands. I was stunned. Alfred is a laid back boy, never gives me any trouble. But Alfred was not having Rose back. You stupid rooster! It hasn't even been 12 hours! So Rose is in a small coop by herself for now.
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I second the shock collar. And I believe you need to set up some "sting" operations, where he doesn't know you're watching him and then zap the crap out of him when he goes into hunt mode.
Your plan of keeping him tied when you aren't physically out with him is a sure thing.
It's going to take a lot of time and dedication to change his mind because your swimming upstream against genetics and his experience. I know you're prepared to succeed and I have confidence in your
ability to do so.
I think some sort of hot wire around your chicken area would be very effective too.
We had Malamutes for many years, and even though they were exceptionally well trained to not kill, that only worked when I was outside or they knew I was watching. I could never completely trust them to not kill the chickens if they were out ranging and I wasn't home. I tried to always be aware of who was penned up but sometimes had a lapse and always paid for it.
It's frustrating to have a predator driven dog on a farm, and you just have to do everything possible to make it very, very, difficult for them to succeed.
Your plan of keeping him tied when you aren't physically out with him is a sure thing.
It's going to take a lot of time and dedication to change his mind because your swimming upstream against genetics and his experience. I know you're prepared to succeed and I have confidence in your
ability to do so.
I think some sort of hot wire around your chicken area would be very effective too.
We had Malamutes for many years, and even though they were exceptionally well trained to not kill, that only worked when I was outside or they knew I was watching. I could never completely trust them to not kill the chickens if they were out ranging and I wasn't home. I tried to always be aware of who was penned up but sometimes had a lapse and always paid for it.
It's frustrating to have a predator driven dog on a farm, and you just have to do everything possible to make it very, very, difficult for them to succeed.
