Chook Me! - my dog trys to eat my baby chicks what should i do ?

my dog trys to eat my baby chicks what should i do ?

when i show my dog my baby chicks hes to hyper he gose 2 like them but trys 2 eat them any advise?

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Don't let the chicks be where the dog can get to them? That's natural prey in it's tastiest and easiest to get form. Good luck!
must be a hot chick!
You'll have to keep him away from the chicks.
Keept the chicks where the dog can't get at them -it is normal behavior for a dog to try to eat chickens, you can't blame the dog for it.
dont show them to your dog that close, and every time he goes to bite tell him LEAVE in a strong voice hes probably trying to bite them out of curosity more than anything
He's just being a dog. It's in his nature to eat baby chicks. Keep him away from the baby chicks or else you're going to have no baby chicks but one very satisfied dog.
PUT IT N A COOP UP ON A HIGH PLACE away fromthe dog!! DUH
keep the dog away form the chicks maybe
Keep him away from them. Most dogs have a prey drive and that's probably why he goes hyper. Keep him away from the chicks.
Keep the dog away. If you don't and your chicks get scared, I heard that they can go into a heart attack and die. Thats what happened to my baby birds when one of them got out of the cage.
Our beagle showed great interest in the baby chicks at first. We kept them inside a brooder in the house with a hardware cloth top so the dog couldn't get inside it. Every day after a really good walk we would take out a chick and make the dog lie on his back belly up and bring the chick close. When he became bored and disinterested (took awhile) he got positive reward. We did this every single day until it was time for the chickens to go out into the coop. When the chicks got old enough we allowed him to sniff and the biggest chick got bold enough to poke him in the nose. He responded by backing off quickly. They are now 14 weeks old and the dog doesn't even bother with them while they run around the backyard during the day. When he gets too close, they peck him on the nose. Not all dogs will respond as my beagle did, each dog is different, some can never be trusted around chickens and a good solid run must be constructed for their safety. Only you can judge your dogs ability to control himself around the chickens.
this is one of those situations where you are going to have to be VERY firm with your dog. Instead of holding a chick up to him like a new toy you got at the store, try a different approach. Let one chick into the yard to run around a little. Then let your dog into the yard. As soon as he sets his eyes on it, he is going to get all psyched out, right? So watch him, and as soon as he starts to zone out, give him a corrective tap on his neck or side to help snap him out of it. Keep distracting him like that until he looks at you. That is what you want. If he makes any sort of lunge at the chick, yell NO very loudly and chase him away from it. Get completely in his space until he backs up and looks up at you instead of the chick. Be the dominant dog that way. Your dog might never be completely trustworthy around small animals, but you should at least get him to the point where he will listen to you and obey with them running around.
keep the dog away from the chicks or get rid of one of them duh