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Here's what happened: we were walking in a mountain side with him on a leash. We came about some sheep, and as usual I shortened the leash and talked calmly to him while walking by. He usually handles this fine. Unfortunately one of the sheep started running, which triggered prey drive in the dog. I was stupidly unprepared, and lost the leash slack, giving the dog an opportunity to gain momentum and snap the leash -- which he did, for the first time ever. The failing part was a D-ring on his harness. The harness is 'heavy duty', but still quite new.
The dog singled out a grown sheep very quickly (there was a mix of lambs and grown sheep) and chased it downhill. I cried out for him to return, but to no avail -- I could tell he was completely blind towards me. I chased after them and found them after a good 5 minutes by going after the barking. The sheep was already dead, and the dog was barking at it. It had some blood on its throat, so it had been bitten too.
I haven't been able to reach the farmer yet, but he will of course be reimbursed for his loss, and I will help him recover the cadaver if he accepts my help.
The question is, what to I do with the dog. He is previously known for having a keen interest in livestock, and now he has tasted blood. Should he be put down, or should I try professional aversion training + neutering?
Please note that the farmer can demand to have him put down, in which case he will be.
Info about the dog:
6 years old
Lives in Norway
Mix between norwegian moose dog, dalmatian, and supposedly chowchow.
About 44 lbs.
Somewhat smart as mixed breeds often are, but not stubborn.
Easy to train and teach.
Very kind towards humans and kids, but not towards cats (and sheep).
Here's a picture of him (with said harness): http://i.imgur.com/qLCgMeV.jpg
Picture with older harness: http://i.imgur.com/iVUp1VB.jpg
Sound advice will be considered, although I am (of course) not putting his life in the hands of reddit.
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We had some drama on the farm yesterday that I totally missed.
My sister in law took her two dogs (one of which we're keeping in our home) for a walk. One of them 'Fannie' looks like she's got some german shepard in her BUT is probably only 40/50 pounds. She's very petite if in fact, she's a shepard. We've been told she looks like she has some belgian malamux (sp?) in her.
The other dog is an abandonded dog that was dumped as a puppy. It is a pit bull or has some in it.
Yesterday, she took them for a walk on the farm and seems they came across a baby deer. From the 5th person version of the story that gets to me (from my wife, not my sister in law), the dogs took off after the deer and killed it.
Did the pit bull do it? Did Fannie do it? Was it a team effort? I don't know.
Fannie is one of the sweetest dogs I've ever seen, she's virtually maintainence free as a guest in my house. I do not much care for 'Bucket' (stupid name for a dog I think) but I will have to admit, Bucket has never shown any kind of violence towards anything other than wanting to chase my cats.
Hearing that 'they' killed a deer makes me curious... is this for lack of better word, a 'normal' thing? Once they've killed an animal, are they more likely to do it again?
I was in the kitchen yesterday when I heard the door open in the basement and heard my sister in law admonishing Fannie. I didn't understand what happened but turns out, she was absolutely freaked out by what she saw. She was putting Fannie back in my basement telling her how bad she had been (might have just happened or happened an hour earlier, I don't know)
My main question is, now that the dogs...well, I'll admit I'm more concerned about Bucket than I am Fannie. Anyways, now that they've killed something and tasted its blood if nothing else, do we need to be a bit more concerned/watchful over them or is this similar to 'kids will be kids' and I should blow it off?
Fannie, (I'll try to post a picture of her) is a MODEL citizen inside the home. I have absolutely zero concerns about her.
Bucket on the other hand, (no pictures) is clearly a more powerfully built animal and one that from the first day, I've had some reservations about.
I guess to cut to the chase, I'm trying to ask if this might be the start of a dangerous trend?
Picture: Chloe on left, Fannie in middle and Otis on right