Dog or chicken??????????????????

My poor dog is having an identity crisis.

Shayleigh has loved the chickens from the first moment we got them. She would try get on the table to see them and she would cry if no one helped her.

When we moved them to the basement, she was the first one down the stairs to go in and feed them. She would stand up against the pen to see what was going on.

Then when they went outside, Shay would sit by the outdoor pen and watch them, sometimes getting so excited she would paw at the fence.

And now, yes she eats with them, and from time to time tries to play with them by pawing at the both hens and roosters.  The chickens are pretty comfortable around her and sometimes try to show her who is boss, by pecking her nose or running at her.

My poor confused bird dog. Her breed is for hunting down game and retrieving, not to be eating with them. Oh well, I guess its better than her chasing them day in and day out.