My neighbors bring their LGD in the house with them and take him for walks; he’s a pet, too. When they brought him home from the out-of-state breeder he was covered in ticks, they were pretty appalled.
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Is the property perimeter fence? What kind? He needs a woven wire or high tensile hot fence and possibly a Dogtra or similar collar with the electric fence line tacked onto the physical fence to deter him from getting out of the hard fence. A electric fence alone will not contain him. A physical fence alone may not contain him.
Like others have said: fence, fence, fence. Containment.
He will bark. Day and night. Throughout the night. That’s him doing his job.
Since he seemed to have proven himself around poultry, I will leave that alone right now.
It’s all about fencing. There are SOOOO many of these guys being repeatedly rehomed, dumped, and shot because they wander and bark. 
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My fear with the poultry would be if he was only ever kenneled next to them, and not actually worked with around them, that he could even harbor some fence aggression type behavior, we don’t know how well he did. I’d be cautious and start from scratch, myself. Definitely a plus that he’s past the pure puppy chase stage though.
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It’s perimeter fenced with woven wire.
The barking has me concerned, tbh. But it’s very faint from inside my house, so I’m hoping the neighbors can’t really hear it or won’t be bothered by it.
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Yes we’re introducing him to the birds as if he’s never seen them before. He stays in the back with the pigs and the horses right now, probably indefinitely. I’m expecting just his presence alone to give us a reprieve from the feral dogs coming onto the property.
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Zeke’s been here about a week and has been a surprisingly extra good boy.
He barked a LOT the first couple nights but the last few it has been very minimal. Which makes sense, since he’s new and learning the area, and I’ve been reading that they’ll bark as a “just in case” if they’re unsure if something might be out there. Thankfully, his bark is a pretty deep woof, I can barely hear it when I’m in my house, so I’m pretty sure it shouldn’t create any neighbor problems. If anything, they’ll probably think they’re hearing one of the many feral dogs that run around here (hence the LGD).
He is just so freaking sweet, he really took to my husband and they play a lot. He completely disregards all the toys and bones we got him. He will happily chase and chew (NOT retrieve/fetch) a stick, though. 
He’s already doing a LOT better walking on the leash. He helped me water all our plants in the front yard tonight and didn’t pull hard once. Later, while off leash, a chicken meandered over the fence to the back where Zeke stays (with the pigs and horses) and Zeke chased it, but stopped in his tracks as soon as my husband yelled his name. His chase also looked like a curious playful chase, not a chasing to eat.
So far he has stayed on the farm and is respectful of fences but, I’m sure we have a road ahead of us. I have a gps tracking collar arriving this weekend for peace-of-mind.
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Great news! He’s so cute.
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