My father-in-law shot his son’s dog for killing his chickens.
He and I came home from a trip to town and there were feathers all over the yard and dead and dying chickens scattered here and there.
You cannot break a dog of this.
He didn’t say a word, just got out of the truck, went into the house and got his shotgun, aimed at the dog and bang................
“You cannot break a dog of this”
Actually you can totally break a dog of it. You can desensitize them over time or you can just tie the dead chicken around their neck and leave it flipping around on them for 5 days. They will never chase a chicken again. Its an old farmer’s trick.
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I did the same to one of mine. A pretty border collie bitch. I feel bad now because my neighbor came over and told me she was killing his chickens and I basically called him a liar in so many other words. Then…
I started noticing my chickens …as in 2, 3 even 4 started coming up missing. And laying around dead so I started watching her but could not catch her. Next part is true but hard to believe. One day I was sick and stayed home and my kids who were teens got in the car and drove to school (normally I drove them)and I just stood in the window behind curtains and watched . The dog lay there innocently and when the car left the drive and was out of sight she waited a sec then trotted to the chicken coop!!!
By the time I got dressed and walked out there she had already dug a fresh hole under the wire and had killed 2..she saw me and immediately SPRINTED away to a woods and didn’t return until dinner time.
I didn’t kill her immediately tried to train , even the old trick about hanging a dead bird from her neck. Nothing worked…it’s a blood lust.
So a few weeks later did the deed. Hurt my sons feelings as he really liked her but I won’t keep a pet killing dog around especially when it thirsts for blood so much it raids neighbors houses.
High intelligence in dogs can be used for bad things.
You cannot break a dog of this.
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Yes you can, I’ve done it, but timing and method are crucial.
You have to catch it in the act. A moment later is too late.
I had a girl friend in HS had a neighbor dog (boxer) that tore her goats udders up, killed chickens etc... what did her father do about it? Nothing.
The brother got back from a couple of years in Vietnam... he not only took care of business... he gutted it, dismembered it, and put it on the neighbor’s front porch. Wow! I think he went back to SE Asia for another tour.
A funny story back in the 60s my grandpa had an English Pointer that was pulling feathers out of his chickens. He waited until he caught the dog in the act and grabbed the dog by the collar and the chicken by the feet; then proceeded to beat the dog with the chicken until the chicken was pulp. The dog never touched another chicken in its life.
“He didn’t say a word, just got out of the truck, went into the house and got his shotgun, aimed at the dog and bang................”
That sure proved his masculinity.
Yes, but he wasn’t a vice presidential candidate.