ChristyGirl81
Herd lurker
Hoping someone can give me some pointers... new to owning chickens and dogs. We have had chickens and ducks for close to 2 years now, and last summer we started having problems with coons... we lost close to half of our flock. While trying to find a way to keep them, we ended up buying a 2 (ish) year old Anatolian shepherd. She started out being ok with the chickens, though not really around then all the time... but all of a sudden one day she decided they looked good to eat... killed 3 adolescent chickens. Has gone after them (though will stop if yelled at) fairly consistently since then. I don't know a lot about training dogs, so any help would be appreciated! We have to keep her in her kennel most of the day now so she can't get to the chickens, but that means she gets bored, and lately has been barking a lot at night and making the neighbors upset... help! She's a super sweet dog and does really great with my young boys; seems to have bonded with the people here rather than the animals.