sheep worrying on the news

[Will 1594]

This particular dog was accompanied by three people . . . .

You need to drop it with them in full view ,blow it to bits ,then see what they think , then go and show them the carcasses or drop some by their car

 

[yellowbelly]

Until reports like this stop dwelling on the monetary loss, and start to focus on the cruelty of attacks, and the downright disregard of the owners of dogs who attack for the welfare of flocks, of the severely injured animals they leave behind. Then we will get nowhere.

Hence my point that the news media should show images of dead and injured sheep - they are happy enough to film injured kids on stretchers (and worse) in war zones so I don't see the difference.

 

[Dry Rot]

Why has dog ownership become so popular? Is it because couples no longer have big families and they are compensating? Dogs certainly do seem to be treated like children and I can't see the situation improving unless they realise dogs are NOT children!

Dogs respond to instincts that need to be controlled by training and where that can't be done, they need to be restrained, i.e. kept in a kennel or on a lead, and certainly under direct supervision and control at all other times.

If the Press won't publish horror photos, put them up on social media. The more the better.

 

[GrannyAching]

Until reports like this stop dwelling on the monetary loss, and start to focus on the cruelty of attacks, and the downright disregard of the owners of dogs who attack for the welfare of flocks, of the severely injured animals they leave behind. Then we will get nowhere.

Hence my point that the news media should show images of dead and injured sheep - they are happy enough to film injured kids on stretchers (and worse) in war zones so I don't see the difference.

Yes

Dogs respond to instincts that need to be controlled by training and where that can't be done, they need to be restrained, i.e. kept in a kennel or on a lead, and certainly under direct supervision and control at all other times.

People will never believe that their dog is capable of doing such a thing either. I think this is another area where "education"/news reports need to focus.

I had this great little dog once, then he worked out what was inside one of our tennant's lambs. I couldn't believe it when both the tenant and the vet tried to persuade me not to have him put down!

 

[Guiggs]

I read about this on fb but I didn't realise they were yours @CopperBeech, I'm really sorry for you, these f**king tossers make my blood boil....
On another note... you sound about as Welsh as @Man_in_black

 

[matthew]

Not just sheep...

Just come in after an 'altercation' with a bloke and a big brown pointer dog. Neighbour alerted us to this dog, off the lead, chasing our yearlings.
He's seen it from the other side of the valley.

OH went off with quad bike and shotgun, but chap and his dog were then off our land and on their way back to the village via a path on the opposite side of the river. The cattle had been chased through a barbed wire back fence, over a bank and were in another field with down calving cows.

Owner was given a stern warning.
We have signs up re keeping dogs on a leash to protect livestock.
He said he hadn't seen them.

 

[CornishLleyn]

Until reports like this stop dwelling on the monetary loss, and start to focus on the cruelty of attacks, and the downright disregard of the owners of dogs who attack for the welfare of flocks, of the severely injured animals they leave behind. Then we will get nowhere.

Along with the sort of moronic comments often on Facebook and Twitter that "they were going to be killed to eat anyway" or, as I once saw, "get a sense of proportion, it's only farm animals".

 

[CopperBeech]

Until reports like this stop dwelling on the monetary loss, and start to focus on the cruelty of attacks, and the downright disregard of the owners of dogs who attack for the welfare of flocks, of the severely injured animals they leave behind. Then we will get nowhere.

Funny you say that, everyone askd me 'are you insured'. . . 'what is the financial impact'. . . . . the same answer everytime . . . . yes I am, but I won't be claiming and the money is the very last thing I care about. The biggest thing for me is how unfair it is on the ewes, it breaks my heart watching them running around, calling for lambs.

However, with a lot of skinning, we've pretty much emptied the pet pen . . . . .

 

[Man_in_black]

Along with the sort of moronic comments often on Facebook and Twitter that "they were going to be killed to eat anyway" or, as I once saw, "get a sense of proportion, it's only farm animals".

 

[CopperBeech]

@MRT Doris has two new lambs, so she's a bit happier. She had two cracking ram lambs this year, and up until that point, they had the top growth rates across the flock! I was planning to keep one at least and use it as a tup this fall. They were the first two I found dead, with her, bawling her heart out, next to them.

If I do find that dog, It'll be in bits very quickly. . . .

 

[jemski]

@MRT Doris has two new lambs, so she's a bit happier. She had two cracking ram lambs this year, and up until that point, they had the top growth rates across the flock! I was planning to keep one at least and use it as a tup this fall. They were the first two I found dead, with her, bawling her heart out, next to them.

If I do find that dog, It'll be in bits very quickly. . . .

Poor Doris! [emoji26][emoji26][emoji26]

 

[Castle Farm]

Don't shout..Shoot..Start dropping a few of these 'playful' doggies and the message will soon sink in.