An Update

 On one of her favorite perches. My John Deere riding mower.

We bought baby chicks this spring. There are six in the yellow box. Dolly thought I was bringing them home for her to eat. She may have thought the box was like a McDonald's Happy Meal.

With Dolly a good pic is only taken by accident. This photo actually was taken by accident.  She does not like cameras.

This was the moment that she accepted the chicks. She setteled down for a nap for the long trip home. They are grown birds now and she has not tried to kill them since that first day. We purchased rabbits the same day . Dolly wanted to eat them too

Quite a bit has happened since I made my last post here. In the spring we purchased both rabbits and baby chickens. The dormant hunting genes in Dolly awakened. My goal was to get everybody home without anybody being eaten.

Dolly seems to know that when my voice is calm and gentle that I am trying to teach or tell her something. It's the method that works best for her plus a lot of praise thrown in the mix. She thrives on genuine praise. In this case it worked.

She pays no attention to the chickens now. As for the rabbits it turned out that they are escape artists. When they are loose Dolly will help us try to round them up and put them back in their cages. Other than that she pays no attention to them.

We bought the chickens to eat once they were grown. I was going to keep the rabbits as a breeding . pair. Within 24 hours our plans changed, They are all pets now.

I really like the rabbits. They are clean and they share their food with each other. They like sitting on my shoulder.  They are always tring to see if we have something to eat for them. They are gentle but if you scare them they will bite. Not hard. It's more like a " Leave me alone" bite intended as a warning.