Last spring. We had an incident with a sheep attacking a dog on the lead, protecting her lambs. A small kind of dog, but nonetheless the woman involved was knocked down and all kind of tangled in the lead trying to defend herself and her animal from a rather determined ewe! My question is what should I do next year? Maybe some warning signs, maybe nothing, I just didn't know if I'd get in trouble for having an agressive sheep in a field with a footpath? Probably worrying too much?!
Sheep turns the tables on dog!
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Chris123
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- Shropshire
Keep all her ewe lambs!
Shouldn't worry about it might even deter the dog walkers from coming across the field!
Shouldn't worry about it might even deter the dog walkers from coming across the field!
- Location
- Lancashire
Is it for sale
Guiggs
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- Leicestershire
If you put a sign up warning dog walkers of your sheep you will be acknowledging you have a dangerous animal and be leaving yourself open to all kinds of legal claims In my opinion.
Say nothing and if somebody does make an accusation then laugh it off as being absurd, after all we all know it's dogs that attack sheep not the other way round!
Say nothing and if somebody does make an accusation then laugh it off as being absurd, after all we all know it's dogs that attack sheep not the other way round!
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beardface
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- East Yorkshire
Little off the op, but personally I think it should be law that farmers can restrict acces to walkers if livestock are in afield to protect against damage to stock from dogs and also to protect the walkers/dogs from livestock attack.
You have to do all that is reasonably practicable to prevent injury to yourself, your works and the public; under the 1974 Health and Safety at Work act. The whole 'if you put up signs, you are liable' is a bit of nonsense but actually putting signs up won't change anything. You should definitely have some paperwork somewhere that says you've looked at the risks and decided its best to do nothing.
Kildare
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- Kildare, Ireland
Don't allow dogs on your farm. I know that there are public right of way but do they include dogs cats lamas motorbikes etc
Coximus
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Keep mum and breed from her. I have some very good ewes who mob around their lambs, and won't let any strangers or other sheep.or animals near their lambs- they sun bathed on a tarmacedar cycle paththis spring and basically shut it for a week.