None of my five GSDs try to eat my Guineas, and they come into the dog yard all the time. The Guineas even roost on the dog kennels. I never taught them that they are to leave the birds alone. They just ignore them. Now, my Anatolians killed several when they were pups, now they accept them as part of the family. One funny note, I had a bunch of eggs laid and two of the hens were sitting on them for about four weeks. They had laid them inside a dog igloo and the igloo was sitting on its edge because I had been meaning to clean out the debris in there for a couple of weeks. So whenever it rained, it got wet in there. Did not bother the birds, but the keets kept dying, so I removed the eggs and threw them out because I thought they were bad. Well, today one of my bitches, an 11 year old, got out of the dog yard and found one of the eggs I had pitched and is carrying it around in her mouth. Wonder if she will try to hatch it? LOL -- Christiane Rudolf Tanglewood Farm Fayetteville, Ohio ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================