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DK, bet you regret starting this thread after all the bigotry thats been spouted on here!
DK, bet you regret starting this thread after all the bigotry thats been spouted on here!
I feel dirty and ashamed! I was only trying to help as well - but I can see how the wording of my original post probably didn't help. Sorry.
This thread can be shot and thrown over the wall now, I think. We've all said our piece 🙂
haha ****ing hell this forum is full of tossers,
1, I live on a farm
2, I didnt once say the dog attacked a sheep
3, The dog was actually playing in an open field and has never caused a problem to a sheep / lamb or any cattle.. you certainly dont sound like a farmer.
4, GET OVER YOURSELF what the **** teaches a kid about responsibility when a pet she loves gets thrown over a wall shot from close range with a shotgun... **** all is what.
Actually, you said:
[b]shot dead by the farmer as it was chasing sheep[/b]
That's asking for trouble, surely?
It was chasing sheep so that ain't good. My parents' golden retrievers ignored sheep so could be left off their leads but unfortunately one of them didn't think lambs were the same thing and gave chase to one. So now they're kept on their leads. Stupid dog....
It probably teaches the child important lessons about death, and hope. That's why children have pets isn't it? She now knows that at any moment the blasted corpse of anything she dares to love could be thrown over a nearby wall. Practically every day must be better than she expects.
Yeah theres no harm to chasing sheep, a warning would have sufficed not a 12 guage from an ignorant man whos life revolves around game hunting and menial tasks.
And im sure we have enough crap in life with loved ones dieing rather than a trigger happy farmer, Like I say I live on a farm, a working farm so Im not just chatting shit from my own make belief fact.
If you live on a farm, then parhaps you should know better. If the farmer had been having problems with dogs worrying sheep recently, he may not have felt like taking the chance, especially as your original post stated that it was indeed chasing sheep. Perhaps you need to learn to read, and swear less too.
Funnily enough, whilst walking on the headland here in Wales with my GF (whose house is on the farm there), a terrier came flying round from some rocks, chasing a flock of sheep towards the cliff edge. When I asked the owner to get the dog under control, they told me it was none of my business. A minute later, I heard a couple of shots, some screaming, and the dog was dead, shot by the farmer I'd just warned them about about. No doubt as I don't have a Welsh accent, my views on her little (now late) darling's behaviour were seen as irrelevant - a fact, in her Scottish accent (so not local either), she was only too happy to point out.
So because on your farm the farmer is happy to let strangers' dogs chase sheep, other farmers should follow suit, and risk their profits? Interesting philosophy, I'll ask a few of the farmers round here what they think eh?
Her house is next to the farm and they are the only 2 houses for about 4miles... you'd have thought to have used some common sense.. not to mention here in the lake district we dont have many cliff edges in our fields.
^ What you said about the terrier is fair play as that is a livelyhood thing. this however is not.
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Well, I'll agree if he doesn't have a history of tourists' / walkers' dogs causing trouble, and knew whose dog it was so he could have warned them first, then fair enough. If however, there was a history (like the farmer I mentioned), then I guess you'd have known that living there, and ensured the dog was always under control near his flock. Maybe he could have reacted in a less lethal manner, but the fact remains that he saw a loose dog chasing his sheep, and did what he has every right to do to protect his flock. For animals with so little brain, sheep don't half worry about things, dogs in particular!
Dorset Knob - for sure a lot of hyperbole and bigotry on this thread - but also some useful stuff. I hope that my contributions have helped some dog owners see others point of view - and perhaps reinforced dog owners obligations.
Most of the dog owners who have posted on here have been reasonable and thoughtful and hopefully a bit more empathy for others views will be apparent in future. I may even have learnt one or two things myself.
I think it sums up as
Not everyone views a playful dog in the same way. Most dog owners are responsible. dogs can be trained properly but some folk won't / can't do it. A well traine4d under control dog is no problem. A badly trained dog can and is a real issue for some.
"am gonnae bite you!"
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Theres nowt I like more than a dog coming up to me, wagging its tail, and me giving it a pat knowing that I have the dog's trust. There nowt I hate more than a dog coming up to me teeth bared and threatening knowing I could be bitten at any moment. Just a pity that it cannot always be the former all the time.
Well....if we're showing pics of dogs now...
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She'll bite you on the bum she will. 😀
Oh ok then. Collie-spaniel type thing on the right is my bundle of trouble, with two of my brother's whippets there also.
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amazing, one minute this place is full of geeks and engineers, the next you are all farmers
Get off my land!
bump ;-)................ hump.