Farmers shooting dogs !
Discussion
We've seen plenty of threads on here about this, some gun happy farming types saying they would, others saying they wouldn't.
One of my local farming types has, two pets supposedly in boarding kennels whilst their owners were on holiday.
Very sad story :
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9969099.Farmer...
One of my local farming types has, two pets supposedly in boarding kennels whilst their owners were on holiday.
Very sad story :
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9969099.Farmer...
MrBrightSi said:
Such a massive failure by the kennel which put a farmer in one w
k possition.
As a dog owner im pretty upset by the story and hate the thought that his could happen to my dogs.
What a real shame for the owners.
On a side note, i can't really have any strong emotions other than sadness about this, i can't be mad at a farmer doing what he has too, unless it comes to light he is a bit of a tt who enjoys this kind of thing.
My feelings exactly !k possition.As a dog owner im pretty upset by the story and hate the thought that his could happen to my dogs.
What a real shame for the owners.
On a side note, i can't really have any strong emotions other than sadness about this, i can't be mad at a farmer doing what he has too, unless it comes to light he is a bit of a t
t who enjoys this kind of thing.Willy Nilly said:
I have seen first hand what dogs can do to sheep. I posted the pictures on here, but the mods decided in their wisdom to moderate it out. Had they left them for people to see, perhaps dog owners would realise how serious it is to keep your dogs under control. I am more than happy to post the pictures again.
The sheep in question were prize winning, pedigree sheep, not that it matters. 2, really nice family pets got into a building with heavily pregnant ewes and rounded them into a corner. IIRC there were something like 15 ewes killed, either by the dogs or by being trampled to death by the rest of the flock panicking. One of the ewes had given birth to $15,000 worth of lambs, they had won the Ohio State Fare. Big money sheep.
We get dog walkers walking were every they like. We had one woman a long way from the foot path, like in the wrong field. She knew she wasn't supposed to be there, so a colleague had a (not very diplomatic) word, then her husband came into the yard and threatened him with violence. She thought our bird scarers were some kind of bomb and called the police, who informed her that she was not supposed to be where she was, so tough tit, but still she walks where she likes.
We get people walking their dogs in our hay fields. There is no and has never been a foot path there. They have pushed through the fence. Their dogs st in the grass. I has to bale it, once in a while the baler might block and it is rather unpleasant getting fresh dog st on your hands and having to sit in a tractor for several hours. It must be even less pleasant feeding this hay to your horses and less pleasant still if you are a horse that eats it.
I like dogs, but too many people have dogs that don't have the space for them and think they can walk them where ever they like.
All understood, honestly.The sheep in question were prize winning, pedigree sheep, not that it matters. 2, really nice family pets got into a building with heavily pregnant ewes and rounded them into a corner. IIRC there were something like 15 ewes killed, either by the dogs or by being trampled to death by the rest of the flock panicking. One of the ewes had given birth to $15,000 worth of lambs, they had won the Ohio State Fare. Big money sheep.
We get dog walkers walking were every they like. We had one woman a long way from the foot path, like in the wrong field. She knew she wasn't supposed to be there, so a colleague had a (not very diplomatic) word, then her husband came into the yard and threatened him with violence. She thought our bird scarers were some kind of bomb and called the police, who informed her that she was not supposed to be where she was, so tough tit, but still she walks where she likes.
We get people walking their dogs in our hay fields. There is no and has never been a foot path there. They have pushed through the fence. Their dogs s
t in the grass. I has to bale it, once in a while the baler might block and it is rather unpleasant getting fresh dog st on your hands and having to sit in a tractor for several hours. It must be even less pleasant feeding this hay to your horses and less pleasant still if you are a horse that eats it.I like dogs, but too many people have dogs that don't have the space for them and think they can walk them where ever they like.
Now , put your pets in kennels, go on holiday ........ like many of us responsible dog owners do, and suffer what has happened in the story .
Sad ..... no ?
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