I have a problem with my puppie

[2_darling_girls]

We have a 7 month old border collie/shepard and she has started chasing and catching my fils chickens....HELP ME BREAK HER before my fil gets really mad...Thanks for any advice on this subject.

[panzer426]

Obedience training!!!

[2_darling_girls]

no has an advice besides obedience training...my puppy is very well behaved but just this one thing.....she just wants to play with them but she takes it to far I think....I have never seen her kill one because we have got to her before it happened but I want to try something....I have been told to put the dead chicken around her neck and that will break them but I just dont think I can do that..lol....so if you know of anything please tell me. :-/

[JohnW]

If you have a dog that will do what you ask, when you ask, that's a good dog. (Heck, if you have a kid that will do what you ask, when you ask, that's a good kid.) There's not many dogs that you can just sit down with and give them a good talking to, where you tell them not to chase the chickens (maybe Skidboot, but that's about the only one). Dogs learn little by little. What do you have to do to keep your dog away from the chickens? Jerk him back with a choker collar? Ask him to heal? Call to him from the door? Just do whatever it takes to keep him under control around the chickens.

[tufhelp]

If you have access to cable or satellite TV, check out a show called "The Dog Whisperer" with Cesar Milan. We have a 3 year old rescue Border Collie (Jewel) that was a total can of worms. We employed the techniques espoused by Cesar Milan and the difference is day and night, and took almost no time at all. The techniques are basic, easy and they work. They revolve around treating the dog as a pack animal and showing them who is the pack leader and carrying yourself with leadership body language. Check it out - it really works and it works incredibly fast. One episode I remember dealt with a dog that attacked little critters (killed a few as I remember) and within a few hours using his techniques that dog was fine as toast around little bunnies and ducks etcetera. Here is the main site for Cesar:

http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com/index.php

and here is a listing that I found that might be in the arena of what you are looking for, even if it isn't, the underlying method is the same, just a little different with each "problem". BTW most of the problems are the method of interaction with the dog, not the dog per say. As Caesar says, “I rehabilitate dogs and train owners...”

National Geographic Channel (NGC) (I don't know which Time Zone they are listing, so check your local listings.

Monday Nov 20
NGC09:00 PM The Dog Whisperer "Maya, Sara, and Lilly" *A border collie/springer spaniel mix bolts toward small animals; a shepherd mix has a biting problem; a pushy poodle.

He may also be aired on The Animal Channel.

[2_darling_girls]

I love to watch Dog Whisper....he goes right in and takes control of them dogs....I would be soooo scared to step in an area with some of the dogs he trains.......she gets right off the chicken when we holler at her but cant watch her all the time....we dont want to tie her up because we had our last border collie tied up and and a wild animal killed him...so right now I tie my Sadie up during the day and let her go at night since the chickens are on the roost and she only wants them if she sees them out flapping around.....so I am going to take her to my inlaws and see what she does by herself with them...because she is always with her sister when they get a chicken....so I am just going to see what she does alone...on a leash of course..lol..