Our dogs protect our home from rodents (and spiders). One large risk of chickens is that rodents
will try to enter their coop and either hurt them or take the eggs. In order to avoid that we have placed our dog
run right by the coop and chicken run, so that the smell will deter rodents
from even coming near the house. The
chickens have come to find the dogs interesting and come right up to the fence
to check them out whenever the dogs are in the run.
OREO
Oreo is a certified service animal who provides emotional
support to people in the hospital Alzheimer’s ward. His tail also wags at all times and he will
push his head under your hand until you pet him. He loves playing tug of war or chasing anyone
and caring for Keebler.
KEEBLER
Keebler is our best rodent hunter. She can catch anything in no time at
all. When one of our chickens ran out of
the pen Keebler pounced and caught her immediately (the chicken is fine, but
not a fan of Keebler). She has been
dubbed Keebler defender of the house.
Sometimes we bring her up to my parent’s house to clear the voles out of
their yard. She also likes to hide under
blankets, curl up in your lap or play with squeaky toys.
I should admit that the dogs are really pets and not part of
our farm, but we love them and they deserve a mention.
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