would the English Sheperd be a good farm dog?
to the first question: try a sarplaninac, its a good guard dog and where it originally came from it was used to fight wolves and bears, check it out on wikipedia.
Umm... depending on how you train your dog has a BIG impact on weather it can guard chickens or not. We taught mine to hunt or kill small animals such as chickens so my dog couldn't possible guard chicken without eating them. But if you train your dog to guard chickens he could guard them but there is a small possibility that it may eat the chickens since that is what it was initially bred for.
yes
Spaying or neutering your dog tends to even out the temperament of your animal. However, fixed dogs can still act as great guard dogs. The real factor of having a good guard dog is the dog itself, and the dog's personality.
Is your town being overrun with boars?
They are the best built for intimidation.
There are some things you can do to discourage them from killing the chickens but it will never be safe for them to be with chickens without supervision.If you teach the dog a good recall then you will be able to call the dog away anytime it attempts to chase and kill a chicken and you could reward calm behavior (such as lying down and ignoring the chickens).But depending on the dog's prey dive they may never be able to be around chickens safely so use your judgement and keep the chickens safety in mind when trying to train him to be around them.
Alot of dogs are good guard dogs. Believe it or not small dogs are good guard dogs it doesn't madder the size of the dog just its love for its owner if it loves its owner it will want to guard its owner. I have some corgis they go off when people come in they bark and bark they don't hurt them they warn me. any dog is a good guard dog.just don't yell at your dog or it might turn on you. that doesn't mean the dog is bad it just means your a bad owner.
Yes cause it can guard your sheep and other animal's. So, yes it is a good dog for a farm house
1st Chihuahua...studies show it is the best type of guard dog! 2nd Rottweiler 3rd German shepherd it doesn't madder what dog any dog can be a guard dog your dog just needs to want to protect you
You can feed chickens dog food; chickens are omnivorous and eat almost anything. The only drawback to feeding dog food to chickens is that it is more expensive than feeding them grain and other purely vegetarian type food.
Well if you get a puppy you can train the puppy to be a good guard dog. Most boxers are not timid but it depends on the environment they grew up in.
If it is a guard dog it guards property, that is useful.