I mean shame about the dogs, but what’s the farmer supposed to do? Let them kill his sheep.
Fair enough. When will people learn to control their dogs around livestock.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes. If there’s livestock about keep your dog on a lead it’s really not difficult.
Hell if you are on a farm in general keep it on a lead.
I’m a dog owner. I’m sorry that the farmer had to go through this as a result of stupid dog owners.
Perfectly legal and the owner should have known better. It sucks for the owner to lose a pet but farmers are allowed to defend against animal bothering their livestock. If the owner was warned then they only have themselves to blame.
Tough tits for the owner that can’t control their dogs.
Not the dogs fault and a crying shame. But farmer was in the right.
And I say not the dogs fault because I lay the blame on the owners who haven’t trained the dogs right. I seen too many people nowadays who have no clue about dogs and shouldn’t be allowed to own them.
Sympathy for the farmer, he did the right thing. He’ll incur the wrath of some bunny cuddlers & yogurt weavers though.
Disclaimer: I’m really tired and have had a shit week but… is this news? It doesn’t feel like news.
I adore dogs, but in England there are rules and if you distress the farmer’s animals or are a threat they’re allowed to shoot them. I hate any scenario but if a dog attacks another animal then it’s the owner’s fault.
I’d imagine this wasn’t easy on any of the parties concerned but most of all the farmer
I mean, it’s the law. Uncontrolled dogs worrying sheep can be legally shot by the farmer. Anyone living in the country knows this.
Considering that farmer had to drive back home, get his gun, drive back and shoot the dog then frankly this is fair game. If the dogs attacking your livestock for that long then your probably doing the nation a favour.
On that note a farmer I know swears by putting a donkey in with the sheep. They get super protective of the flock and WILL kill anything that tries it.
Good.
Dogs that get let loose and start attacking sheep are a danger. Sheep… Small child… What’s the fucking difference?
Not the dogs fault, entirely down to the owner. But once a dog starts attacking sheep, that’s it.
People who haven’t lived in rural areas or seen the aftermath of dogs bothering sheep probably won’t understand the sheer horror of it.
ive always had dogs. i love my 2 beyond words. but i have to say, tough shit. you take your dogs around domesticated prey and you either control them or risk this happening. i guarantee nobody got any pleasure out of this, but hopefully at least a few dog owners will learn the obvious lesson here
My father did this only last month. Lost 8 lambs, with 7 others injured and most likely devalued when they’re eventually sold, due to injuries sustained.
The dog owner immediately called the police looking for retribution, only to find the police in support of my father along with an astronomical vet bill as well as compensation for losses incurred.
Keep your dogs on a leash, if not for the livestock, do it for your own wallet and your own pets.
Kudos to my father too, who managed to humanely euthanise 2 rampaging dog, who also attacked him, whilst he tried to deter them.
They have these amazing things call “leads” for walking dogs nowadays.
Folk should try them out.
If you’re walking a dog off their lead this time of year through a sheep field it’s fair game
As a dog owner living in the countryside, I have to say there’s a reason farmers are allowed to shoot dogs savaging livestock. A friend just had a pregnant ewe mauled to death a week or two ago. They have a right to defend their animals and livelihood.
It is sad for the dogs, and the farmer will utterly have been distraught at having to do that as most are dog owners themselves (farm dogs are lovely), but in that situation they are within the law and it does not feel like news.
There’s been enough publicity over sheep worrying the last couple years alone with lockdowns that practically everyone should know about it
I went wild camping with some friends and took the dog, which happened to be a articulately stupid greyhound/saluki cross. While walking through what we thought was an empty field in a hilly area I let her off the lead.
There were sheep on the other side of the hill and she chased one to the bottom of the hill.
We got her back, the sheep was unharmed as she luckily didn’t bite it but I felt like a right cunt for not keeping her on the lead.
My dog passed a few years ago (not farmer related!), but I remember thinking that if the farmer saw her he would have shot her and would’ve been completely justified in doing so.
I live very close to where this happened. I literally had an issue today with some middle aged fat fuck not putting his Dog on a lead that then attacked mine. It happens so oftenaround here, just scummy idiots having no respect for anything. Tried to have a go at me when I threw his dog off, fucking idiots.
I fucking love Dogs, but if my Dog was doing this I’d expect a farmer to shoot it. How absolutely awful an owner,and human, must you be to allow your Dog to chase and attack livestock.
I have a border collie who would fucking LOVE to chase some sheep, but I won’t let her. Haven’t let her for 13 years and it really wasn’t hard.
I am a dog owner and massive dog lover, but I am shocked here by some people’s attitude to the sheep. Some seem to think the dogs should have been allowed to savage the flock and cause many more living animals painful deaths. The fault is with the dog owners, the farmer did what they had to.
Why is this in the news? I’ve known since I was a child that farmers are allowed guns to shoot dogs or foxes that attack their animals. It’s unfortunate it had to come to that but hopefully the owners will learn to raise their dogs better now
We need laws forcing dogs to be on leads more. Currently there’s too many loopholes and people just act so stupid about it.
Owners, if you cannot control your dog off the lead then put it on one. And then take obedience classes to sort the issue out
Hows this news, isnt this what farmers do when their property is being attacked?
How hard is it to keep your dog on a lead? I mean understandable if you lose control but seriously people need to stop walking their dogs with no leads and no care in the world dogs are animals and they can be unpredictable no matter how well trained just keep em on a lead n don’t have this
Sad news about the dogs. But the farmer had to do it. The dog owners are the true issue here…
A dogs a dog he only shot it cause it was attacking his sheep
I think it’s within his right to do that. Spoken to a few farmers where they’ve threatened it. Keep a dog on a lead, why do they have a right to take away a man’s livelihood
Farmer is well within their rights to protect their livestock from terrible dog ownership.
Allowed in law and understandable. A farmer had the right to protect his cattle and dog owners need to take responsibility.
Good. Keep them on a leash. Sheep are expensive and dog attacks cause more damage than just a couple sheep.
When dogs turn into instinctual predatory carnivores they’re very difficult to stop.
If only i had seen this a week ago when i got into an argument with someone who called a Pakistani farmer a savage for doing the exact same thing
As a dog owner. I’m with the farmer. Control your damn dog. And if you can’t, then don’t have a bloody dog.
My dog’s recall is great but any where by a farm field I leash him. Farmer is entirely within their rights to shoot.
Grew up in the countryside you just didn’t walk your dogs near those fields. General consensus was that your dog got shot whether it bothered livestock or not.
I have had to face this when my dog (a lurcher) killed a lamb Years ago in Wales.
But it’s the law.
It’s also the farmer’s property and livelihood. Sheep are nervous creatures and will drop dead if an aircraft flies overhead.
So that farmers is within his rights.
The dogs should be under control on his property
from the article:
“Under the law, landowners are permitted to shoot dogs caught threatening sheep and other livestock. Farmers, however, have been campaigning for tougher laws. ”
not arguing with the gist of the article, but how much tougher than shooting them can one be?
Are they wanting to call in an airstrike? or to make them watch Jeremy Kyle?
Major problem on the coast with people setting their dogs onto seals to kill them – or just gathering round to kill them with stones. Some people just enjoy killing animals.
I mean, that’s what happens? I grew up in the countryside with loads of dogs, and every dog owner knew that rule and accepted it. There’s usually signs around saying about livestock worrying too.
I blame the dogs owners. They could have had the dog on a longline training lead and still have him run around but under control.
I speak as a dog owner that if my dog did this then I fully accept the responsibility of what comes next. It’s just tough shit.
Keep dogs on leads!!! Everyone objects to this now. Dogs should be on a lead unless they’re on your own property.
I bet the farmer didn’t want to do it but because of more useless owners who don’t think of the consequences he had to to protect his livelihood.
Owners should also be charged
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I mean shame about the dogs, but what’s the farmer supposed to do? Let them kill his sheep.
Fair enough. When will people learn to control their dogs around livestock.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes. If there’s livestock about keep your dog on a lead it’s really not difficult.
Hell if you are on a farm in general keep it on a lead.
I’m a dog owner. I’m sorry that the farmer had to go through this as a result of stupid dog owners.
Perfectly legal and the owner should have known better. It sucks for the owner to lose a pet but farmers are allowed to defend against animal bothering their livestock. If the owner was warned then they only have themselves to blame.
Tough tits for the owner that can’t control their dogs.
Not the dogs fault and a crying shame. But farmer was in the right.
And I say not the dogs fault because I lay the blame on the owners who haven’t trained the dogs right. I seen too many people nowadays who have no clue about dogs and shouldn’t be allowed to own them.
Sympathy for the farmer, he did the right thing. He’ll incur the wrath of some bunny cuddlers & yogurt weavers though.
Disclaimer: I’m really tired and have had a shit week but… is this news? It doesn’t feel like news.
I adore dogs, but in England there are rules and if you distress the farmer’s animals or are a threat they’re allowed to shoot them. I hate any scenario but if a dog attacks another animal then it’s the owner’s fault.
I’d imagine this wasn’t easy on any of the parties concerned but most of all the farmer
I mean, it’s the law. Uncontrolled dogs worrying sheep can be legally shot by the farmer. Anyone living in the country knows this.
Considering that farmer had to drive back home, get his gun, drive back and shoot the dog then frankly this is fair game. If the dogs attacking your livestock for that long then your probably doing the nation a favour.
On that note a farmer I know swears by putting a donkey in with the sheep. They get super protective of the flock and WILL kill anything that tries it.
Good.
Dogs that get let loose and start attacking sheep are a danger. Sheep… Small child… What’s the fucking difference?
Not the dogs fault, entirely down to the owner. But once a dog starts attacking sheep, that’s it.
People who haven’t lived in rural areas or seen the aftermath of dogs bothering sheep probably won’t understand the sheer horror of it.
ive always had dogs. i love my 2 beyond words. but i have to say, tough shit. you take your dogs around domesticated prey and you either control them or risk this happening. i guarantee nobody got any pleasure out of this, but hopefully at least a few dog owners will learn the obvious lesson here
My father did this only last month. Lost 8 lambs, with 7 others injured and most likely devalued when they’re eventually sold, due to injuries sustained.
The dog owner immediately called the police looking for retribution, only to find the police in support of my father along with an astronomical vet bill as well as compensation for losses incurred.
Keep your dogs on a leash, if not for the livestock, do it for your own wallet and your own pets.
Kudos to my father too, who managed to humanely euthanise 2 rampaging dog, who also attacked him, whilst he tried to deter them.
They have these amazing things call “leads” for walking dogs nowadays.
Folk should try them out.
If you’re walking a dog off their lead this time of year through a sheep field it’s fair game
As a dog owner living in the countryside, I have to say there’s a reason farmers are allowed to shoot dogs savaging livestock. A friend just had a pregnant ewe mauled to death a week or two ago. They have a right to defend their animals and livelihood.
It is sad for the dogs, and the farmer will utterly have been distraught at having to do that as most are dog owners themselves (farm dogs are lovely), but in that situation they are within the law and it does not feel like news.
There’s been enough publicity over sheep worrying the last couple years alone with lockdowns that practically everyone should know about it
I went wild camping with some friends and took the dog, which happened to be a articulately stupid greyhound/saluki cross. While walking through what we thought was an empty field in a hilly area I let her off the lead.
There were sheep on the other side of the hill and she chased one to the bottom of the hill.
We got her back, the sheep was unharmed as she luckily didn’t bite it but I felt like a right cunt for not keeping her on the lead.
My dog passed a few years ago (not farmer related!), but I remember thinking that if the farmer saw her he would have shot her and would’ve been completely justified in doing so.
I live very close to where this happened. I literally had an issue today with some middle aged fat fuck not putting his Dog on a lead that then attacked mine. It happens so oftenaround here, just scummy idiots having no respect for anything. Tried to have a go at me when I threw his dog off, fucking idiots.
I fucking love Dogs, but if my Dog was doing this I’d expect a farmer to shoot it. How absolutely awful an owner,and human, must you be to allow your Dog to chase and attack livestock.
I have a border collie who would fucking LOVE to chase some sheep, but I won’t let her. Haven’t let her for 13 years and it really wasn’t hard.
I am a dog owner and massive dog lover, but I am shocked here by some people’s attitude to the sheep. Some seem to think the dogs should have been allowed to savage the flock and cause many more living animals painful deaths. The fault is with the dog owners, the farmer did what they had to.
Why is this in the news? I’ve known since I was a child that farmers are allowed guns to shoot dogs or foxes that attack their animals. It’s unfortunate it had to come to that but hopefully the owners will learn to raise their dogs better now
We need laws forcing dogs to be on leads more. Currently there’s too many loopholes and people just act so stupid about it.
Owners, if you cannot control your dog off the lead then put it on one. And then take obedience classes to sort the issue out
Hows this news, isnt this what farmers do when their property is being attacked?
How hard is it to keep your dog on a lead? I mean understandable if you lose control but seriously people need to stop walking their dogs with no leads and no care in the world dogs are animals and they can be unpredictable no matter how well trained just keep em on a lead n don’t have this
Sad news about the dogs. But the farmer had to do it. The dog owners are the true issue here…
A dogs a dog he only shot it cause it was attacking his sheep
I think it’s within his right to do that. Spoken to a few farmers where they’ve threatened it. Keep a dog on a lead, why do they have a right to take away a man’s livelihood
Farmer is well within their rights to protect their livestock from terrible dog ownership.
Allowed in law and understandable. A farmer had the right to protect his cattle and dog owners need to take responsibility.
Good. Keep them on a leash. Sheep are expensive and dog attacks cause more damage than just a couple sheep.
When dogs turn into instinctual predatory carnivores they’re very difficult to stop.
If only i had seen this a week ago when i got into an argument with someone who called a Pakistani farmer a savage for doing the exact same thing
As a dog owner. I’m with the farmer. Control your damn dog. And if you can’t, then don’t have a bloody dog.
My dog’s recall is great but any where by a farm field I leash him. Farmer is entirely within their rights to shoot.
Grew up in the countryside you just didn’t walk your dogs near those fields. General consensus was that your dog got shot whether it bothered livestock or not.
I have had to face this when my dog (a lurcher) killed a lamb Years ago in Wales.
But it’s the law.
It’s also the farmer’s property and livelihood. Sheep are nervous creatures and will drop dead if an aircraft flies overhead.
So that farmers is within his rights.
The dogs should be under control on his property
from the article:
“Under the law, landowners are permitted to shoot dogs caught threatening sheep and other livestock. Farmers, however, have been campaigning for tougher laws. ”
not arguing with the gist of the article, but how much tougher than shooting them can one be?
Are they wanting to call in an airstrike? or to make them watch Jeremy Kyle?
Major problem on the coast with people setting their dogs onto seals to kill them – or just gathering round to kill them with stones. Some people just enjoy killing animals.
I mean, that’s what happens? I grew up in the countryside with loads of dogs, and every dog owner knew that rule and accepted it. There’s usually signs around saying about livestock worrying too.
I blame the dogs owners. They could have had the dog on a longline training lead and still have him run around but under control.
I speak as a dog owner that if my dog did this then I fully accept the responsibility of what comes next. It’s just tough shit.
Keep dogs on leads!!! Everyone objects to this now. Dogs should be on a lead unless they’re on your own property.
I bet the farmer didn’t want to do it but because of more useless owners who don’t think of the consequences he had to to protect his livelihood.
Owners should also be charged