My German Shepherd wont stop chasing and eating Chickens!!!

[Seaslug]

Positive based training does not only work when the trainer has a reward, because positive based training is not sustained on constantly treating (or rewarding) a dog (or any other animal) after every correct behavior.
First, positive based training does not have to use food as a reward. But even if one does use food, only during the introduction of a new task does one use the reward after every successful repetition. Very quickly the reward is put on either a variable schedule or you reward to shape the behavior so that you can get it closer/faster/etc.
And variable rewarding works. It is what gets people hooked to gambling.

 

[IvyYo]

Here's some advice, if you are trying to break your dog from chasing chickens! We have a little Maltese, Chihuahua and he loves to go after chickens. We have a shock collar and he has been doing great! Every time he chases chickens we shock him.( We have to be careful shocking him too much because he's little..) We let him run free with a shock collars a few times a day, and he loves it!!! If you are trying to break your dog from chasing chickens I recommend a shock collar!!

 

[kbroom]

Hi! I was wondering if y'all had any insight on this. My german shepherd loves to chase my chickens.. and she has also killed a few. We have wanted to tie one around her neck, but she eats them totally besides a few feathers before we can get to them. Well, she attacked our last rooster and we tried to save him but he sadly passed away this morning. We are wanting to tie it around her neck, but does that work??

We really like my GS but she just can not stop chasing them if they get out of their area we have blocked off for them. We also just got a puppy recently that will help her tremendously once he gets big enough. Also I work with my GS alot and play with her, just she can't seem to kick the chicken chasing.

Also we are going to secure the area more for them, so they can't get out. They have a secure coop and outside run that is enclosed but during the day they get access to a garden area the dog cannot get into, but sometimes the chickens are foraging and go through the gate (which we will be adding chicken wire to soon!)

Sorry for the word vomit. Just trying to give as much info as I can that I think might be asked!
Basically does tying the chicken around her neck actually help her stop chasing and attacking them?

I have a little insight on this. A Schnauzer puppy I named Chewy, was given to me about a year ago, and loved chasing the chickens. Unfortunately, nothing seemed to work, until I simply got her used to a MUZZLE, on her face, after her feeding. I had a metal one, and then switched to a plastic one, for her comfort. It's the only way I could remedy this, as the electronic dog control collar simply did not work with her. They don't work with dogs of certain excitable temperaments. She will occasionally run after the chickens, but I'll yell at her, then she'll remember that this behavior is not allowed. Training to a degree, will help. Now, once a dog has actually killed a chicken, I don't know. I do have a small Chauwinnieweenie, Squeaky, that killed one of my sick, baby chickens that I was nursing back to health. JEALOUSY was the true cause of that death, and my small, psychologically unbalanced dog knew better, has been forgiven, and is now SCARED TO DEATH of the chickens. Of course, they're larger than she is now... first pic is Squeaky, the second is Chewy, who now wears a plastic muzzle. I keep the plastic muzzle put up out of her way, when she's not wearing it.

 

[Mudinscio]

Hi! I was wondering if y'all had any insight on this. My german shepherd loves to chase my chickens.. and she has also killed a few. We have wanted to tie one around her neck, but she eats them totally besides a few feathers before we can get to them. Well, she attacked our last rooster and we tried to save him but he sadly passed away this morning. We are wanting to tie it around her neck, but does that work??

We really like my GS but she just can not stop chasing them if they get out of their area we have blocked off for them. We also just got a puppy recently that will help her tremendously once he gets big enough. Also I work with my GS alot and play with her, just she can't seem to kick the chicken chasing.

Also we are going to secure the area more for them, so they can't get out. They have a secure coop and outside run that is enclosed but during the day they get access to a garden area the dog cannot get into, but sometimes the chickens are foraging and go through the gate (which we will be adding chicken wire to soon!)

Sorry for the word vomit. Just trying to give as much info as I can that I think might be asked!
Basically does tying the chicken around her neck actually help her stop chasing and attacking them?

We currently have a GoldenDoodle that just goes insane chasing chickens. He will then run and run with it in his mouth until the chicken dies from either a heart attack or physical injuries.
Many times we give chase and eventually catch him...Very tiring! We never intentionally let him outside when the chicks are free-ranging, but he is a crafty dog and will burst by us if we have a door open while going outside. Now we put him in his kennel until the chickens go in for the night. We tried the dead chicken routine for a day, but since he is an indoor/outdoor dog, we could not leave it on him too long. It did not work...

We also have two female Golden Retrievers, and they don't bother the chickens much except for an occasional half-hearted chase. We once had a Golden chase down a chicken, and after tiring herself out, she lay down and went to sleep with the bird still in her mouth. Crazy dog!

 

[TOR]

Last time I had a dog 40 years ago and killed my chickens I took an ole farmers advice. Tied chicken around its neck for a few days. The dog never touched a chicken again. They lived in peace with each other.