That's a great idea. If you can leave her to live with your older dog that's living with the chickens, she will learn more from that than anything we could teach her. The young will often mimic the elder, watching them for cues on how to react to things in their environment. Also, the older...
Certain breeds protect livestock, though even proponents of those breeds mostly agree they don't actually bond with nor protect a flock of chickens, and some breeds protect territory. So all you need to do is train a pup on leaving the chickens alone, he will guard a certain territory from...
Will have to respond to this statement first, as I just can't STAND LGD snobbery towards regular farm dogs~
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Despite what all those "experienced" dog people have told you, dogs kept in different environments react in different ways. A house dog that sleeps in the house all night but...