New LGD puppy. :D

[jodief100]

My male LGD killed a few roosters. I scolded him, told him no, wacked his nose, went through the whole routine.. I thought we had the problem fixed.

I came home 2 weeks ago and he had a chicken. There were white feathers everywhere and he was happily rolling the bird on the ground ripping out more.

I yelled at him, took the bird away and tossed it over the fence, then proceeded to severely discipline him.

Then I went to collect the dead bird. It wasnt there. It was with the other chickens, pecking and scratching like nothing happened. I would have SWORN that bird was dead! She was missing a few feathers but no mark on her. She laid an egg that night and never showed any sign of injury or illness.

Apparently I have broken him of chicken killing. Now I need to break him of chicken playing? :/

Point being, they can be broken of the chicken killing habit, I think.

 

[cmjust0]

That's another cool thing about LGDs...they can be stubborn, yes, but they're also very sensitive and pretty easy to discipline. They *may* not show their acknowledgement of discipline by cowering or appearing submissive (Mischa does; Ivan doesn't), but they really, really take it to heart.

Ivan...poor boy...he takes it SO HARD when I get upset with him. There was one morning when I went to the barnyard frustrated with something completely unrelated to farm/dogs/goats/etc., and Ivan got in my way or something like that.. I yelled at him -- like, abruptly and very harshly. And he hadn't really even done anything..



When I got home that evening, I went down to the gate and into the barnyard.. I'd forgotten all about it, but boy he sure hadn't.. I went over to him and he dropped his head and started the other way like "Ok, boss...I'm moving. I know you hate me." An LGDs eyes are very expressive, and he just seemed heartbroken.

I got hold of him and sat out there forever, apologizing all over myself and petting on him, and he seemed soooooo relieved that we were buds again. Poor fella....he'd prolly sat out there all day with his stomach in knots over it.

I've made sure not to do that again...he's been far too good a dog for me to be snapping at him for no reason.

(...it's funny, but even thinking back on it makes me feel sad and guilty...if I were home, I'd go hug him and tell him he's a good, good boy right now.. )

 

[aggieterpkatie]

if I were home, I'd go hug him and tell him he's a good, good boy right now.. )

I think you should call him on the phone right now.

 

[cmjust0]

if I were home, I'd go hug him and tell him he's a good, good boy right now.. )

I think you should call him on the phone right now.

Oh, don't be silly.


I'll just facebook him.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

if I were home, I'd go hug him and tell him he's a good, good boy right now.. )

I think you should call him on the phone right now.

Oh, don't be silly.


I'll just facebook him.

 

[dianneS]

I should have sent Alex a tweet last night and told him to SHUT UP!!

He was barking at 4 AM and just would not stop. I finally sent my husband out with the flashlight (he never goes out to the barn in the middle of the night, its usually me.) to see if anything was really wrong. No. There was nothing of any major concern to account for all the barking. As soon as my husband came back inside, Alex started up again.

I went out this time (since I'm the boss and the animals know that I mean business!) Nothing out there, not even a deer. I told Alex to quiet down and left a nightlight on for him. He still barked a bit, but eventually settled down. He started barking again at sun-up. He's still barking periodically. I think its the cold weather. He's just wound up. It was really cold last night and we had a really hard frost, it looked like snow. I slept in this morning (I never sleep late) after being disturbed so much during the night. I hope he's quieter tonight!