How close is to close? When are you telling the dog it is ok to maybe get the idea of eating or tasting the chicken? Maybe I am just to worried... She has licked the chick a few times but I believe that it is just because she LOVES chicken poo and loves to clean up if someones not watching.
BTW The reason both are on the same surface is because the chick is a house pet.
Nothing like a flapping, squawking chicken to get a dog's blood running.
Your dog looks fine for now. Different species can make for some strange "friendships". Keep an eye on her and I wouldn't allow the licking.
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A house pet chicken, cat, whatever can be looked at totally different from one the dog doesn't know. Just because the dog get along with it's..... friend doesn't mean it will see all chickens or cats the same way.
That is true We have about 13 bantams outside that are loose and caged and they have all the dogs have done ok around them. For the most part they are ignored but if they do show any desire to chase they are corrected (Keiko and Zuki ignore them).
The biggest reason we have chickens is to get any dog we have used to them because there are so many in Guatemala and Mexico we don't want to risk them getting killed by our dogs. If any dog I owned killed chickens they would be going to a different home. It already happened with one small dog I had. So I figure it is better to get them used to it.
In my experience it's all grand until the dog makes the connection that chickens are
"chicken". After that they need to be monitored or trouble follows. Chicks might get a pass where a snotty rooster may not.
Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008
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There was a recurring Saturday Night Live skit with Dana Carvey that featured the catch phrase "Chicken make a lousy house pet."
Which, as a chicken owner, I'm inclined to go along with. I brooded 9 chicks on my dining room table once in a large plastic tub. You can't imagine the dust.
I suppose with the right owner and training a dog could be taught to leave anything alone. But it usually takes a few "tries" and corrections. In this scenario, I'm afraid the little chicken will pay the highest price in the training.
My childhood Golden Retriever was best friends with Hugo the chick- a "present" I bought from the farm supply store for my little sister when I was a teenager. Dad was a bit unimpressed with his hunting partner But Hugo survived until he started roosting on our towel racks. He then went to live on a farm where irony stuck and he was killed by their dog (who was purchased to protect the flock) Some dogs are ok, others not so much. Just don't be surprised if the chick is mistaken for a squeak toy when you least expect it. Hard to predict a steady relationship between predator and prey.
I NEVER let any of my dogs have squeak toys or any noisy kind of toy -I never buy them. I have corrected all the dogs as puppies just for looking at them. Quisquis went through that stage too. At 3-4 months when we brought her home she thought they were toys and was corrected hard for it. (Not really sure that is the kindest way to go but I don't want to risk dead chickens.)
Also we don't have the chicks/chickens lose unless we are there.
And Tracy , Just any chicken doesn't make a good house pet. These are Seramas and they are VERY tame. Also not sure if you've heard of chicken diapers but they do quite well for keeping the mess contained.
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I really really think you need to know this is not fool-proof.
For me, this "If any dog I owned killed chickens they would be going to a different home" would mean that there would not be a chicken living loose in the house, being licked by the dog, and that they were way too close in the picture.
Just sayin' .....
I'd think of this as putting an awful lot on the dog. JMO, though.
For me, this "If any dog I owned killed chickens they would be going to a different home" would mean that there would not be a chicken living loose in the house, being licked by the dog, and that they were way too close in the picture.
Just sayin' .....
I'd think of this as putting an awful lot on the dog. JMO, though.
I can only agree 100% percent. I have one dog which has killed two of my hens when they flew over the chicken yard fence and could only blame myself - NOT the dog.
It does sound a little harsh... let me rephrase.
I do know that no dog is perfect BUT what I meant to say was that I once had a small dog which was from Guatemala as a month old pup. She also was raised around chickens and corrected in the same way. However she would get a "hunter" look in her eyes when looking at a chicken instead of just a curious look. She would stalk them not just walk by them or up to them. She killed two chickens and would have continued. (She did have other major problems that I was to young to understand how to fix but a lot was just personality) Her father and other related members of her line were big chicken killers, I later learned.
So I/we have been very careful (I never leave them alone together) and I don't get the feel that any one of the dogs would bite into one thinking they are a toy or other reason-except for bunny maybe, still working on it.
AND if a dog can learn to live with a cat it can learn to live with a bird.
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