Whilst out riding today came across this….:-( I know the farmer and we spoke him, he’s getting a tad fed up with dog walkers not keeping there dogs on a lead. £450 for the sheep and £50 to dispose of. 🙁

The real pix are here so you can see what a dog can do to sheep 🙁 **Warning Not Pretty **
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Yup, you were right ……not pretty.

That reminds me, i must get those chops out of the freezer.

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My dad always warned us that if our dog ever attacked a sheep she would be put down.

Thankfully this never happened as the first time any of our dogs even got a sniff of wool he came down on them like a ton of bricks, I’m surprised the dogs didn’t end up with some sort of nervous disorder whenever they saw sheep after that!

A link maybe, but posting that is a bit out of order. Sorry.

not pretty at all, poor thing. i hope the dog owner responsible mans up and compensates the farmer.

man was thinking of an american werewolf in london when i saw those photos 😯 i quite agree that all dogd should be kept on leads when in a field of sheep.

thanks for sharing…
not sure it’s the best photo for Jack Lopresti’s political campaign

A link maybe, but posting that is a bit out of order. Sorry.

did you not read the warning?

Still, that’ll teach him to campaign for the Tories

I was OK until I reread it and saw : “she was still alive when found”

Initially I thought, “well at least it must have been quick with injuries like that”

Now I’m seriously pissed off.

A link maybe, but posting that is a bit out of order.

How so? Post a thread – relevant to us as users of the countryside – with fair warning on the thread title. How is a link – one more button click – going to suddenly make it OK? Any one of us could happen upon a similar scene every time we get on our bikes or even at the side of the road. I suspect some of us are dog owners too who maybe weren’t aware of the danger of letting the four legged fellas run around off the lead. Well done redthunder for bringing a serious topic to the STW table.

Still, that’ll teach him to campaign for the Tories

nice.

£450 for the sheep

Prices are up then.

I was thinking that too but Im guessing she was pedigree stock not a lamb factory.

In all fairness that’s not a dog off the lead worrying or nipping at the sheep, that’s quite a sustained attack. Who’s to say that wild animals or stray dogs weren’t responsible for it. That’s a lot of damage.

can’t really comprehend how anyone would/could just walk away from this .. It could so easily be another dog or animal, even a person.
shocking, really is.

Who’s to say that wild animals or stray dogs weren’t responsible for it

My first thought was those mysterious wild (big) cats you get reports of from time to time, I must admit

I was thinking that too but Im guessing she was pedigree stock not a lamb factory.

Round by us all sheep can wander the road, escape over the hill, be left stuck in bogs etc – but the moment one is run over or some such similar, they become worth 3x what they really are….

Not taking away from the grimness of ^^ – it’s an age old problem and still an issue, we know a couple of farmers / smallholders who have had similar problems.

However, £450 for the sheep? Really? I’d love to know why she was that much, and £50 to dispose of it? I’d be amazed if he’d not have shot it on sight rather than waiting for a vet to come out…

Oh, and as above, I really can’t believe someone would walk away from an animal in that condition. Ignoring the whole lead thing, if our dog disappeared and then returned on a walk with a muzzle covered in blood I’d be curious as to where it came from. Shouldn’t imagine it would have been quiet either.

Grim.

Now I’m seriously pissed off

At the owner, if there was one, I presume?

You a vegan then?

Who’s to say that wild animals or stray dogs weren’t responsible for it.

What wild animal in the UK would attack an adult sheep ? And strays dogs are fairly rare in UK rural areas – and even urban areas for that matter. Besides, that would suggest a very hungry animal, and yet the sheep wasn’t eaten.

Ewes w lambs can hit £200. Maybe it’s a more valuable breed. I cant tell what with the face missing 🙁

Round by us all sheep can wander the road, escape over the hill, be left stuck in bogs etc – but the moment one is run over or some such similar, they become worth 3x what they really are….

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Must have been quite a powerful dog to do that. Whats the link with the conservative party?

I’d be amazed if he’d not have shot it on sight rather than waiting for a vet to come out…

local hunt will usually do it for free.

Is the farmer allowed to shoot the owner too, if he sees their dog attaching his flock..?!

Round by us all sheep can wander the road, escape over the hill, be left stuck in bogs etc – but the moment one is run over or some such similar, they become worth 3x what they really are….

Rumour has it that on the firing ranges on dartmoor the farmers put all their scraggy old stock as the MOD pay top dollar for blown up sheep.

And it’s not about being on the lead, it’s about being under control. My collie won’t go near sheep unless I tell him too.

Now I’m seriously pissed off

“At the owner, if there was one, I presume?

You a vegan then?”

At the fact that an animal experienced prolonged serious suffering.

I’m surprised that I need to explain.

And even more surprised at the apparent suggestion that only “vegans” might be feel that way.

Is the farmer allowed to shoot the owner too, if he sees their dog attaching his flock..?!

You ought to see one of the local’s farmer’s dogs – some sort of mastiff / GS / collie cross. Absolutely bloody frightening, I swear you can see them think. I should imagine should he see anything up then it’d be away with them over the fields, wouldn’t fancy anybodies / anyone’s dog’s chances.

Must have been quite a powerful dog to do that.

If a dog is breed to bring down a deer, a sheep’s not going to be a problem…

What wild animal in the UK would attack an adult sheep ?

Wildcat round by us has a taste – the farmer and our staff find about 1 a month dismembered…

Rode a bridleway which skirts a field yesterday and at the gate signs were up reminding dog walkers to keep dogs on a lead due to an attack on a sheep the previous week.

Quite a common occurence ?

Genuine Q Ernie. Could have been other related reasons.

Animals suffer to make lots of food and products for us, seems a fair point to make.

What breed of dog is actually capable of doing that? It’s shocking. 🙁

just looks like a bit of toothache to me.. dab a bit of clove oil on and she’ll be fine..

Wildcat round by us has a taste

Really ? ……Felis silvestris ? Adult sheep ? 😕

Very surprising

Rode a bridleway which skirts a field yesterday and at the gate signs were up reminding dog walkers to keep dogs on a lead due to an attack on a sheep the previous week.

Pretty much every bridleway and footpath down our neck of the woods in Sussex has similar signs up. Recently it’s been shooting season and any dog owner wanting to ensure they have a dog at the end of the walk is going to have their dog on a lead anyway – keepers and farmers with pens to protect (not saying it’s right, mind)…

pretty much any mid sized breed CG. Large Springer, Lab, Collie, Hound etc

What breed of dog is actually capable of doing that? It’s shocking.

Something like a bull cross lurcher or deerhound? Could be any number of breeds. It’s more the owners I’d be scared of – callous, stupid, irresponsible etc etc…

Well am I the only one that worries it could have been a child?
If a dog is able to do that to a sheep/ewe, what is going to stop it to do the same to a child?

Could be any number of breeds. It’s more the owners IMO…

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