sheepwise
Member
- Location
- SW Scotland
Trouble is men breeding them can't afford to take any less. And I'm saying that as a finisher.
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- Cheshire
Never got close enough!!
- Location
- Cheshire
Owner was chasing it around the fields so all has too be above board and too the letter of the law.
local Bobby has just been, taken statement, said it’s very clean cut. Nothing too worry about. Claim as much as I can for the damage and any quibbles about payments hand it over too the police and they will pursue compensation.
- Location
- Cheshire
Made a fair mess of ones head. Jabbed her up and sprayed the puncture marks. Will have too see how she goes! Just tipped a ruck of carrot out for the others, settle them down and give them a sugar rush.
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Trouble is you may not know the £ of damage till further down the track so it will be a case if wait and see and not claim to early !
- Location
- Cheshire
Ahhh, but it was chasing the feeding ewes around…. Now they don’t need too know that do they
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
police are pretty good , and owners will be covered if they have house insurance, its a fkn nightmare dealing with dog attacks , (report it on teh NSA website when you have time , helps data collection for law changes )
We have managed to up the ante in Scotland. £40,000 maximum fine now for dog worrying.
should swap max for min!
Maximum fine purely for dog off lead around livestock isn’t it?!
That's because more go live when they take the pee. They take us for mugs at times.
You can't beat spending a bit of time in the pens before the sale. Surprising what you can pick up that doesn't show in the ring.
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Yep its not the max that's the deterent it's the min
d williams
Member
I doubt police will get involved as chase ing money
I’d put my insurance company on it and load as much including your time as you can sure the dog owners home policy will kick in
I’d put my insurance company on it and load as much including your time as you can sure the dog owners home policy will kick in
- Location
- Cheshire
The last time I shot a dog worrying ewes the police took over everything from me and 3 weeks later I received payment. For the full amount I put in too, no adjustments! Full charge for time, drugs, disposal of 1 sheep, value of 1.5 sheep. Did you know a trained shepherd can earn £30/hour?
Until then I didn’t realise they got involved with that side of things.
Ceri
Member
It needs to be sent to George Useless as well as the local paper.....
I got £500 the next day for a Welsh lamb that got killed around Christmas time… told her it was worth £150 then my time and drugs trying to sort it and disposal, then my time getting the rest of the flock in and checking there was no more damageThe last time I shot a dog worrying ewes the police took over everything from me and 3 weeks later I received payment. For the full amount I put in too, no adjustments! Full charge for time, drugs, disposal of 1 sheep, value of 1.5 sheep. Did you know a trained shepherd can earn £30/hour?
Until then I didn’t realise they got involved with that side of things.
easiest £500 Iv ever made
- Location
- Devon
Not really the thing to be saying on a public forum.I got £500 the next day for a Welsh lamb that got killed around Christmas time… told her it was worth £150 then my time and drugs trying to sort it and disposal, then my time getting the rest of the flock in and checking there was no more damage
I'd rather fore go the £500 and avoid the stress to me and my sheep.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
It is, you can't see what else you're potentially disturbing that is quietly getting on with the job.I’ve always been told that disturbing outdoor lambers with the torch is the worst possible thing you could do?
You should be sorted and tidied up for the day half an hour before dark if you can. Don't look back as you leave the field, go and get a good night's sleep and be setting off for the lambing field at first light the next morning.
- Location
- Cheshire
I’d much rather forego the money and just have my sheep left alone. But when someone upsets the job it’s only fair that they pay through the nose for it. Jobs hard enough as it is. We are forever under valuing our time