TheHairyOne
Well-Known Member
Never thought Ineould be writing this as my horse has grown up around dogs of all kinds and as a general rule is completely unbothered by them.
However, today 6 of us when out and were on one of the bridle ways, only about 10 mins from the yard, with me up front, and 2 long haired white german shepards appeared in the on the single file path in front of us. So I stopped. Horse stood and watched. Dogs kept coming, barking, owner not in sight hollering. Dogs still coming, horse decided enough of this, spun and took off. Took all of the other horses with me. Sister ended up taking a tree in the face (split lip, but luckily that was the only injury) and one of the other riders managed to turn back around and rode back at the dogs (who had still kept coming) who were eventually caught.
I got off and led horse back as he was genuinley very worried, owner of dogs like it was a sunday morning hello, said something along the lines of 'sorry about that, they were only playing'. No query of were we ok (given that I was on foot!) and my response was not all that polite (which isnt normally me, but was pretty shaken up at this point, the bridle way comes out on a 60mph road). Ive no idea who she is, and didnt have my hat cam on, so no proof of this. But her dogs were seriously dangerous to us and she had NO control of them at all.
Could have been so much worse and am really hoping my horses confidence hasnt been too badly damaged. We see a lot of dogs, but never had this happen before.
However, today 6 of us when out and were on one of the bridle ways, only about 10 mins from the yard, with me up front, and 2 long haired white german shepards appeared in the on the single file path in front of us. So I stopped. Horse stood and watched. Dogs kept coming, barking, owner not in sight hollering. Dogs still coming, horse decided enough of this, spun and took off. Took all of the other horses with me. Sister ended up taking a tree in the face (split lip, but luckily that was the only injury) and one of the other riders managed to turn back around and rode back at the dogs (who had still kept coming) who were eventually caught.
I got off and led horse back as he was genuinley very worried, owner of dogs like it was a sunday morning hello, said something along the lines of 'sorry about that, they were only playing'. No query of were we ok (given that I was on foot!) and my response was not all that polite (which isnt normally me, but was pretty shaken up at this point, the bridle way comes out on a 60mph road). Ive no idea who she is, and didnt have my hat cam on, so no proof of this. But her dogs were seriously dangerous to us and she had NO control of them at all.
Could have been so much worse and am really hoping my horses confidence hasnt been too badly damaged. We see a lot of dogs, but never had this happen before.