Dog Attack kills horse

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A friend of mine lost her horse on Saturday after two dogs chased it he tried to escape but unfortunately died after falling. How can people let their dogs run riot on other peoples land and chase livestock. The owners of the dogs have not been traced and the police are involved but one horse has died, others injured and a young girl is left with a broken heart. If my pet had done this I dont think I could cope.
 
That's dreadful, so sorry to hear it.

It's very likely that the owners of the dogs don't know anything about it. If people let their dogs out to run loose, they probably have no idea this is what their pets' instincts lead them to do.
 
How awful. Some people don't deserve to have dogs. If they can't train them and keep them under control, they shouldn't have them. Those poor horses.
 
My horse kicked a dog in the head cause the dog got into the field and was chasing my horse and tried nipping my horses legs so my boy gave him a good kick.The dog belongs to the man who owns the field.He agreed the staffy is stupid and hasnt been in the field since.My section A she will kick him too.
Sad about your friends horse. Hope the dogs were caught.
 
I wouldn't be letting any horses out in those fields unsupervised until the dogs are caught. If the dogs are let loose again, they could come back.
 
How awful for poor horse and owner! I would be devastated.
I certainly don't revel the idea of shooting a dog, but if one were chasing any of my horses then I wouldn't hesitate in the slightest. Similarly if one of my horses kicked a dog that were chasing it I wouldn't be even slightly apologetic to the owner. A while ago, when hacking on the beach, a boxer dog flew after our group and tried to attack the pony I was riding. The pony kicked it in the head and the owner screamed that they would be sending me the vet bill. What an idiot. A similar situation happened to a friend, she was hacking on the beach and they were attacked by 2 dogs - she bravely/stupidly got off her horse to drag the dogs off and aimed a few choice kicks/whips in the dogs direction and they ran away. The owner at least had the good grace to apologise.
It isn't difficult to train a dog not to chase, my pup is brilliant with all livestock after we taught him from a young age to leave them alone. Its so sad when livestock get injured or killed and dogs get shot because their owner hasn't bothered to train them properly.
 
What an awful story, so sorry to hear that.

I know how it is, I must say that living next to a public footpath has been awful for us. On sunday morning our neighbour noticed a dog jump our back fence and chase the sheep, luckily between my fast thinking neighbour and my old pony, the dog was scared away, but again, jumped the back fence with ease and was gone across the fields before we could blink.
One poor sheep had tried to defend herself and was covered in blood.. reported to police but not much can be done as we didnt get a good enough look at the dog and nobody in sight with it..

On another note, also caught kids in neighbours field last week (Half term) chasing the horses around.. had enough!
 
Laura-C said:
It isn't difficult to train a dog not to chase, my pup is brilliant with all livestock after we taught him from a young age to leave them alone.
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It CAN be difficult if, like me, you get an adult rescue dog with a dodgy past. Despite training, I would never trust my dog around farm animals. Therefore, he's on a lead and muzzled anywhere there might be livestock.
 
Agreed, and apologies FionaM12, I should have said it isn't difficult to train a YOUNG dog, I understand it can be hard to break old habits in older dogs. x
 
Fiona, I wish people were more aware of their dog's limitations and behaviours and acted like you do. It's the people who don't give a crap or say 'aw, they are only playing' or 'aw, they shouldn't be cooped up and should be allowed to run free' that give the rest of us a bad name :(
Either train the dog, or if the drive to chase is beyond your capabilities (as it is, with my older dog) act responsibly!!!!

Poor girl, poor horse :(
 
Some think it is no big deal, some are being told, and more worryingly SOLD that issuing any correction to your dog is wrong and cruel. Maybe that is a different debate for a different day...
 
FionaM12 said:
It CAN be difficult if, like me, you get an adult rescue dog with a dodgy past. Despite training, I would never trust my dog around farm animals. Therefore, he's on a lead and muzzled anywhere there might be livestock.
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Firstly sincere heartfelt wishes & hugs to all concerned. I lost a sheep the same way a few weeks back & her poor lamb was only 5 weeks...I can only begin to imagine what the poor girl is going through..I still feel numb.
Wise words as ever Fiona...(thank you for your recent comments & for sticking up for me!!!) I too have a rescue dog who has high prey drive/chase instincts...and yes all he wants to do is lick & sniff & play but there is no way in the world I ever let him off lead around my or anyone elses livestock...I too have a muzzle on my boy if I'm in the field with any other stock...and on a cnni corss lead fastened round my waist so he can come with me to feed etc while i'm still hands free...and once everything is safe & secure in its own paddock, he then knows he can free run in a fully enclosed paddock and can interact through the fence, which he does calmly & gently...but relying on recall no matter how good,its simply never worth the risk...the worst part of it is, the people whos labs killed my poor Misty ewe are very proud of how they trained their gundogs themselves & how soft mouthed they are...sadly many people do not understand teeth do not have to be involved and a simple chase or game can be enough-my poor ewe died of a heart attack & broken neck.Please send my thoughts to all invoved-I will share on my facebook to try make even one more person aware..x
 
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