Evan's dog, Dolly, is pretty special to us. In her training as a puppy we taught her the "leave it" command. Anything she wanted with high value like a dog treat, lunch meat, toy we'd practice telling her "Leave it." and taught her to leave it along until we gave her a command that it was OK to take it. This has been incredibly valuable as we go about our daily lives, but never more so than now that we have all these chicks everywhere!
When we first brought home the chicks in the boxes she was keenly interested and excited about them. So occasionally we'd tell her to "Leave it" and she'd settle right down, still looking intently but obedient to our command.
I am so impressed that Evan has been consistent with her and that she has taken to the training so well. She is a smart dog and I am so happy we took the time to teach her some of these basic commands because it is sure making our lives much easier during stressful times like getting 200 chicks settled into their coop.
Dolly loves the chicks and wants to play, but is using restraint and watching intently.
Hopefully she continues to be a good girl around the chickens and uses her instincts for good.
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That is awesome! We need to do that when Champ when we get chickens and a cat.
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