Caitlin had come running into the house saying that the dogs had killed a chook. I went outside to find both puppies cowering under the chookhouse with a chook in the yard upside down. I noticed the chest was still moving, so I righted it and it managed to take a stagger or two, so I put it inside the chook house. Poor thing was in shock.
Sarah got dragged out first and beaten, it was a bit more difficult to get Jess out, she knew she was in big trouble. Still, I thought they may have learnt their lesson - whenever I yelled "Chook!" afterwards, they'd stop what they were doing (chasing chooks) and cower.
Then today, I went outside to find the two of them on top of a chook, plucking out it's feathers. I managed to grab Jess (after rescuing the chook and putting it in the chook house) and gave her a hiding whilst holding a handful of feathers in her face. This time, Sarah took off and got under the house - she knew what was coming to her. Took half an hour before Sarah came back out, and then she got a hiding from me and from Michael.
Hopefully they've learnt their lesson this time. I'm still trying to arrange for Mousie to come up and clip the chook's wings.
2 comments:
dogs and chooks...always painful. Once the dogs manage to kill one it'll be hard to stop them. Get a whip and train them with that. The dogs that is. The sound scares the hell out of them but doesn't hurt them.
Michael's sandal seems to have done the trick, after the second attack. Nothing like holding a fist full of feathers in their face whilst I beat the crap out of them. Any problem is cleaning up the dog piss afterwards!!
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