I should also point out we were on a public footpath, not walking across farmland without permission.
I just feel terrible about it. Lesson obviously learnt!
I have recently rehomed a 18 month old (ish) doberman who was in the local pound. He's a lovely dog in all respects but today when we were walking he went off chasing sheep in the field adjacent to where we were (i.e. there were no sheep in the field we were walking through). His recall is...