Walking stock along road.

We have to walk stock a few times a year along the road. Today it went wrong. Walked 30 cattle along the 1/4mile stretch all went smoothly. Along the stretch there is 19 houses so it is quite a feat. When it came to the sheep it didn't go quite so well, new pup split them up sent them in to 3 gardens, 2 of the neighbours said nothing but one got wild snotty. 30 sheep at most in his lawn and I'm sure it's over an acre so not as if they rotovated it up. Dad apologised and lifted up the dirt (4 droppings).
Reason for this thread: only 5 of the houses are up more than 20yrs, of the 19 houses 2 have gates 1 has a cattle grid. We put rope across each entrance and a bag usually works but obviously sheep were spooked and ignored them. Now everyone has arsehole neighbours but with all these new houses should there not be planning restrictions that require a gate? In my mind I made a reasonable effort to keep them out of gardens but with so many houses springing up should it not become a requirement. I just feel we are losing our country way of life.
Ps I didn't sell any sites before some one says.
 

GTB

Never Forgotten
Honorary Member
Yes I agree every property should have gates or a grid. You can't be expected to keep the stock out if there isn't a boundary...... but maybe you should have left the young pup at home today? Last thing you needed today was something like this happening and I doubt it would have happened without the young dog?
 

Frank-the-Wool

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Livestock Farmer
Location
East Sussex
It is the householders responsibility to have a gate or a way of preventing livestock from going into their property if they are being driven along the highway.

Several years ago we were taking 300 sheep along a country lane and one very smart house had a gate but no side fences so the sheep all decided to go into the newly landscaped garden. Sods law it belonged to a Barrister who was going to sue us for all the damage. When we pointed out that we had shut the gates of his property but it was not stock proof and that was all we could do, he still insisted that we would be liable.
So rather than get into any argument I passed it on to the NFU and their legal people pointed out a bit of old law about livestock being driven along the highway having a right of passage and it is property owners obligation to have a stock proof boundary.
He had to climb down and admit he was in the wrong.

Not the same of course if they get out!!
 
Yes I agree every property should have gates or a grid. You can't be expected to keep the stock out if there isn't a boundary...... but maybe you should have left the young pup at home today? Last thing you needed today was something like this happening and I doubt it would have happened without the young dog?

Yes he should have been left at home you are right, but he has to learn somehow and he had already helped bring the cattle in so didn't think it was an issue.
Like every time you work with stock something can go wrong, road was greasy he ran out round them but seemed to slip causing Sheep to panic, some ran on some turned back and some went straight in to opposite garden. He retrieved the situation in the end and managed to stop a rogue batch making there way uncontrolled on to an A road.
Just find it frustrating everyone against the farmer, our land and countryside yet we try going about our business and end up offending somebody. getting to be can't walk anything on road yet if you took it by trailer it's likely illegal for weight.
 
Location
southwest
I used to walk 30/40 cows through the village to their daytime grazing every day. No trouble with the locals, but car drivers were a real pain in the arse.

A neighbour took his 2 shires through the village at 7am for their daytime grazing-when an incomer complained about "being woken up" the reply was "7 o'clock, I've done half a day's work by then!"
 

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