Frenchieboy Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I have just been contacted by a client who keeps Andalusian horses and foals. She is rather worried as a neighbour/friend has seen a "lurcher type dog" (Please note that this is the description of the dog as given to me and is not meant to be a "slur" on lurchers or their owners in general) chasing and trying to catch her foals on two seperate occasions. One of the foals has shown signs of swolen fetlocks which I am led to believe can be caused by them running hard, as if by being chased by a dog! On one of these occasions when the dog was seen to be chasing a foal the owner of the dog was spotted in the distance through binoculars, but when he realised that he was being watched all he did was to (In the witnesses words) puff his chest out as if to say "If you want to say anything try it"! With this in mind the last thing that the owner of the foals wants to do is to have the dog shot because of the possible reprocussions to her stock (Which she is not able to watch over night and day) but she does feel that she has a right to protect her livestock. Should she put a notice on the gate to the fields where the stock is kept as a warning to any irresponsible dog owners and if so what sort of wording should the notice have on it? Your help and advice will be grately appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 "livestock present - dogs roaming free will be shot" or something similar in all honestly she's safer contacting the police than asking on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Your friend should contact the police. If the dog has been seen at around the same time on both occasions, she (or someone) should keep watch at those times, ready to call the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Find out who owns the dog and go and have a word with him. If you shoot his dog he'll be back for revenge. You could always have a word with the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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