Saw this on r/crazyfuckingvideos but it has since been deleted, due to the negative reaction towards the dog owner.
Scottish couple here posted saying "cow attack on dog on public footpath"
A) it's a farm track, right to roam doesn't mean it's a public footpath.
B) it's lambing and calving time.
C) they have a herding breed, clearly off the lead and with a ball thrower. Not sure this was the best place for it at this time of year.
I saved it to repost as a lesson for everyone else who may not know and it's best to learn from others. They are lucky that noone or the dog, was hurt or killed here. The landowner would have been well within rights to shoot the dog here.
It does look like no harm done in the end but a lesson for all using the countryside.
by fugaziGlasgow
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‘mon the cows!
As soon as you saw there was any sort of farm animal on the path the dog should have been on the lead.
Bams
This is how people get trampled to death. Glad they were okay but jeez.
Stupid bastards, I don’t think they even know how close they were to getting stampeded to death, train your fucking dogs better
The poor coo, they’re usually so calm and avoid people, it must have felt proper distressed by these muppets.
Freshly calves cows are very dangerous and protective.
What from this video is telling you that the dog was clearly off the lead ?
Fuck me, cows with calves are right up there will bulls as one of the big things I would not mess around with when out in the countryside. The curious but rather wary cows become super aggressive when they sense a threat to the calf. Even on the lead I would 100% not take a dog in there.
Just exceptionally bad ownership by the dog owners. Do your fucking due diligence before you endanger your dog, yourself, the calf and the cow.
At this time of year (all times of year really but particularly now) it’s best to just avoid any route that takes you through cow fields or even near them.
Not like there’s a lack of choices for walking a dog in Scotland, even on a lead it’s not a great idea when the cows are all hormonal.
Dog is very obviously on lead. OP and most of the commenters here clearly didn’t watch the video.
The problem is cattle kill about 6 people every year . If a cow did that I would let the dog off rather than get trampled to death. The dog was on the lead but in the wrong place at the wrong time .Lucky no one seriously injured or died.
I work in nature conservation, we have lots of livestock on our sites, the amount of livestock harried, injured and even killed every year by irresponsible or unprepared/unskilled dog owners is ridiculous. I have a large dog, it’s always under tight control around livestock, these people and that dog could have been killed by that cow. Can’t tell whether the dog was on a lead to start with or not, seems like it was on a flexi lead but I would guess they either needed the dog under much tighter control or needed to give those cows a wider berth.
I’ve seen people not even trying to get their dog on a lead around livestock and horses and it winds me up something chronic.
I live in the countryside, cows are fucking terrifying, I never have my dog off the lead if I’m anywhere near them. That couple are lucky their dog is still alive, and lucky they didn’t get injured or killed themselves.
In this order – 1. Babe over the fence. 2. Me over the fence. 3. Dug over the fence
The dog is clearly on a lead so idk why OP is saying the dog is off lead. Yes they should have about turned as soon as they could but luckily nobody (animals included) was actually injured.
Naturally the first thing I’d do in a situation like this would be to get my phone out and start filming.
The cow was protecting her calf. You can see the calf running away at the beginning of the film
Seems the cow had got out of field and the walkers were unfortunately on same path. Glad all ok.
Don’t take dogs into fields with cows and calves, asking for big trouble
So, they’ve seen a cow in the path and said “nah no chance it’ll get ticked off by my dog or vice versa, leading to our potentially gruesome demise”?
They might have right to roam, and it might be a public farm track, but you have to be one incomprehensibly dense motherfucker to not pull a U-Turn in this situation and decide to go on a different walk today…
Cows are literally the most dangerous uk animal in terms of annual injuries/deaths. I like how they wanted to highlight “public” footpath, as if it’s somehow someone elses responsibility to make sure it’s clear of angry cows ^~^
The dog is on a lead? It’s weird that everyone is using the off lead as a the issue when you can see a lead being handed over in the video. It’s frantic and scary and should be a lesson just to be aware of your surroundings especially during lambing/calving seasons.
Man that dude is lucky to be alive.
I think people would be surprised by how many adults don’t realise how dangerous cows can be. It is possible to go through your whole life (if you don’t live near them) and not realise what you need to do/not do around them.
People don’t deserve to be seriously hurt, or even worse killed due to a bit of naive ignorance – this is just something that should mandatorily taught, to even city teens.
Best thing in this situation would be to let your dog off and get away from the cows. Regardless of how they ended up in that situation no one wants 2 dead dog walkers and generally the dog will get away and the cow will be fine. These aren’t sheep. They will kill you trying to save the dog.
If a cow/bull charges you, drop the dog lead. The dog will evade the cow better than you.
I live on a farm. so very familiar with safety stuff but was caught by a protective cow and my dog one day.. DROP the dog lead and leave calmly.. the dog will be fine, you will not.. just like when people go into rivers to get their dog.. the dog will get out further down stream.. you will not.
I dropped my dogs lead immediately and backed up calmly.. my dog quickly realised it was out numbered and ran out of the field and heeled as told.
Wow that’s some really dumb dog owners. Kinda crazy that people who are into this hobby pay zero tax or insurance to cover things like this.
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