Re: chucks and pups

"Christina Websell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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: Michael Brickley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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: > Or if its something that's in their instincts!  I've a Australian
Shepard
: /
: > Dachshund ( don't ask!) that its instinct to chase and heard.   Caught
her
: > with several birds and feather dusters.
: >
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: The thing is with dogs, you sometimes have to think what each individual
: breed was selected for.  Hounds are bred to kill, and if you are very
: careful indeed, they will.  They can't help it.
: I am a long time dog keeper.  I started with working dogs, Labs, GSD,
: collies, and they were fairly easy to train to be safe with other stock.
: Then I fell in love with whippets and lurchers, sighthounds.
:
: It is not impossible to teach them to be safe with stock, but it can be
: hard.  I had one lurcher and two whippets that were
: safe with poultry, the others were not and never would have been.  I had
one
: or two hard lessons as well.
: If your dog has any hound in it's ancestry be aware that it might well
come
: out in the urge to kill stock.It is not their fault. They were bred to do
it
: and often will.
:
: Tina

I once had a smooth haired fox terrier, who on several occassions
was caught with his arms around a hen  - trying to mate with her.
Ted R