The dog/chicken obsession is getting out of control at my house. My dogs are completely obsessed with the chickens and the chickens are kind of obsessed with the dogs. These birds have no fear. They'll just fly right into the dog pen and strut around for a hot second and fly back out. This drives the dogs mad! I think the chickens like to taunt, tease and test the dogs. It's pretty ridiculous. The dogs have been in strict training for almost a year now with the whole you can look, but you can't touch/eat the chickens. Poor dogs get yelled at and popped on the nose if they even nip at the birds and then the chickens never get in trouble. Sounds unfair, but I know you can train a dog and he'll listen, but chickens....
Exhibit A. Gretchen Butters. German short hair mix. An avid bird lover and chicken extraordinaire. Unfortunately, this ole girl has gotten 3 of our chickens and that's why she's in doggy jail when we're not home.
Exhibit B. Pungo. German short hair purebred. Our prize bird dog hunter. She is totally obsessed with these chickens. She heards them, chases them, stares at them, nips them and repeats. This is what she does all day long.
Pungo, turn between letting chickens in or out of their coop
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