And her grandson is doing great, doesn't care about the chickens but does care about potential threats.
He's very territorial, doesn't like when strangers come onto the property. And he stays fairly close to the chickens
Update, Jack russell is doing amazing with the chickens, she doesn't mind them though doesn't leave them much and stays close, which is what we want though we'd never leave her unsupervised.
Though... Her grandson isn't doing good in the slightest. He's too hyped, it'll take a while
Gotland sheep and 'värmlands får', I don't study about sheep in english, so breeds are hard for me.. but googling the 2 works fine ! I have 50 sheep currently, but they're all mixed breeds due to different breeds were always in the same flock. We've never had a problem with it though :love
What...
Just for the future :weee I may not need one at all, we'll see in a few years from now
Just very interested in how to train them!
We borrow my grandpas herding dog a little then and there, It works well.
She ''protects'' the ducks, well, that's a lie. She likes sitting at the pond, trying to...
Let me add something first - My dogs do not care about the chickens
They were fine with the chickens when they lived at their own coop, but recently our mink problem became to big and the property was literally taken over by minks...
We moved the chickens up to our backyard, and the dogs don't...
Is it too late to teach adult dogs? I have 2, but they have no experience with guarding animals
Jack Russell + Her grandson (Jack Russell + Springer spaniel)
I want to have them at least be near the chickens to keep foxes and minks away
But this thread really isn't about them, I'm more...
I'm currently reading about LGDs, but these articles never mention how to train them.
How do I train a dog to kill a fox? Protect smaller livestock from aviary predators? Minks? (I don't see how a dog can protect small livestock from birds of prey... But hey! it says they can apparently)
Soooooo...
Greetings,
I just found out about this site from BYC, it doesn't look that different but I'm still a little confused about some stuff but oh well
I don't really know how I should introduce myself...
I live in Sweden, :weee
On the farm, we have pigs, sheep, horses, chickens, ducks and geese...