Kennel Club spokesman says farmers should help stop sheep worrying by making gaps in fences and gates secure .........

[JP1]

Heard this chap sympathising with farmers but saying we can help ourselves by "securing gaps in gates and fences" to help prevent sheep worrying ; played once in the week on the radio and again on BBC Farming Today

Surely if the gates and gaps were not secure the lambs would get out the other way anyway?

What great messaging instead of telling dog owners what they actually need to do to keep their dogs under control

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 20/03/21 Farming Today This Week: Litter picking, food fraud, pigs getting fatter

Today marks the spring equinox and time for spring cleaning - outside as well as in.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MRT]

That would be victim blaming

 

[Roger Perry]

Put some guard dogs (pyrenees mountain dogs) in with your sheep, best raised from pups with the sheep.
You will have no more problems with other dogs causing problems because your dogs' will take care of them.

 

[MRT]

Put some guard dogs (pyrenees mountain dogs) in with your sheep, best raised from pups with the sheep.
You will have no more problems with other dogs causing problems because your dogs' will take care of them.

Sadly I imagine it would be classed as dangerously out of control and therefore illegal

 

[Tarw Coch]

Unbelievable, you couldn’t make it up!

 

[7610 super q]

Roll eyes smile emoji thing.

 

[PSQ]

“Blah blah blah shoot his dogs, he’ll soon change his mind, blah blah blah”

 

[PB1507]

I was fuming after listening to the Kennel club spokes man, very condescending and now sadly typical of the interviewee on Farming Today. The BBC is out of touch with it's listeners, not just farmers but the general population.

 

[Dry Rot]

I'm just amazed that anyone can live beyond the late teens and still think The Kennel Club has anything to do with dogs!

 

[Kiwi Pete]

See dog
Shoot dog

Worrying is what their owners do when dog doesn't come home

 

[Hilly]

Perhaps the kennel club can do the same on their farm ?

 

[roscoe erf]

strokers

 

[yellowbelly]

Surely if the gates and gaps were not secure the lambs would get out the other way anyway?

Exactly.
If the gates/fences are keeping the sheep in, then that's the limit of our responsibility.

It's the dog owner's responsibility to keep the feckin' dog out.

 

[JP1]

Exactly.
If the gates/fences are keeping the sheep in, then that's the limit of our responsibility.

It's the dog owner's responsibility to keep the feckin' dog out.

I blame the smarmy, invidious media training these folks get and some PR guru obviously thinks spreading the blame is acceptable media interview tactics on behalf of the KC membership

 

[roscoe erf]

kc lost its way years ago so much in breeding and funny handshakes and thats just the owners

 

[gatepost]

Yes I heard the interview, very disappointing , but do we expect anything better, no, but we should expect better, they should be supporting/demanding responsible dog ownership, it is not the fault of the sheep that it got chased.

 

[Farmer Roy]

“Farmer tells Kennel Club he will disembowel any dog he sees near his sheep, even if it is attached to a lead”

 

[Farmer Roy]

Donkeys or alpacas running with sheep will kick the shît out of any dog or fox that comes near them

 

[Farmer Roy]

Leave a few of these lying around

 

[Hindsight]

Heard this chap sympathising with farmers but saying we can help ourselves by "securing gaps in gates and fences" to help prevent sheep worrying ; played once in the week on the radio and again on BBC Farming Today

Surely if the gates and gaps were not secure the lambs would get out the other way anyway?

What great messaging instead of telling dog owners what they actually need to do to keep their dogs under control

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 20/03/21 Farming Today This Week: Litter picking, food fraud, pigs getting fatter

Today marks the spring equinox and time for spring cleaning - outside as well as in.

www.bbc.co.uk

But what about cross field paths - when dogs are not kept on leads.