Dog attack to horse

[meleeka]

Anyone else see this

‘So many people find animals dead’: owner of horses attacked by dog calls for action - Horse & Hound

The owner of two horses who were chased and attacked in their own field says “something needs to be done” to ensure owners are accountable for their dogs’ actions. Julie Mann contacted H&H in response to a report of two dog attacks on ridden horses within a week last month. Her horses Rubio and...

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I wonder how often this happens and isn’t noticed. There’s a footpath alongside my field, over a ditch. I’ve had two horse that were frightened of being in that section of the field and I’m pretty sure that’s why. Getting a mini shetland was a wise move on my part and I’ve seen him chase at least two dogs out of the field. I’m not sure how he’d fare with a large dog though and it doesn’t bear thinking about. Those poor horses must be traumatised.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

It's awful to think that it could happen and be none the wiser that your horse has been chased, a few years back the shoot were along my boundary hedge and one of the dogs got in my field Louis went berserk and chased it out he meant it and would have hurt it given the chance.

Unfortunately though alot horses will run and that often causes the dog to give chase

 

[rabatsa]

Over 50 years ago a friend lost her horse when it was chased in its field by dogs. The field was alongside a cemetary and the horse tried to jump the ditch and cemetary railings. It tore all its belly open on the spiked top of the rails. A person visiting a grave said that she thought the horse was coming to her for protection.

 

[Peglo]

I would be furious. And there is nothing the woman can do legally? Unbelievable. Poor horses.

years ago I found Peggy Sue with a massive chunk of her muzzle torn. Everyone said she could've done it on the fence as it was barbed wire. But I’ve been thrown into a barbed wire fence and scratched myself many times and it always give a scratch, never a chunk of skin. Peggy was used to a collie trying to herd the horses at her old home and she would turn and pull a face at the dog. The collie never bit the ponies but a different dog would quite easily grab at a muzzle being pointed at them and I’m sure that’s the only thing that could’ve done that damage. It was horrific to see at the time but healed very well.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

We used to have a WelshDxTB who was frightened of dogs. I watched her team up with another livery's gelding to chase a Red Setter out if their field. Tbh, the dog was lucky to get to the field wall before they did.
One day there was very yappy little dog in the field with our sheep. Our horses were in another field and the gate between them, shut but the horses were going frantic to get into the field to protect their sheep.
Dog owners really should be more aware of danger from and to their dogs.

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

Keep a donkey or two with your herd. They will attack and if quick enough stamp and kick a strange dog, fox or whatever until it is dead or runs off. Our donkeys have always been very protective and I had to scream at one local to get his collie under control pretty damn fast and away from the donkey that was rapidly bearing down on it. He scruffed his dog and dragged it under the electric fencing, the donkey stamped and snorted and kicked out in absolute fury at the intruder. The farmer was pretty impressed though and has since got two of his own donkeys he keeps with his cattle!

They are often kept with sheep, goats and other herds in foreign countries to protect from them wild dogs etc. The mighty little warriors are instinctively territorial and protective of their own herds. They have always been grand with our own dogs, but no so much the two labs we have now as they came to us as adults not pups, so the donkeys just tolerate them at a distance. We have to be mindful as the labs don't appear aware that they are in any imminent serious danger if they wander near them.

 

[MissTyc]

Down the road from me, a dachshund was killed by a mare in her own field. Apparently the owner regularly let the dog slip under the fence and "run with the horses". On this day, the little dog caught a kick at the wrong angle and was instantly killed. The dog owner did not react well and attempted all sorts, including suing, social media hate campaign, pinning laminated posters with MURDERER on the mare's field

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

I took my dog with me to catch in once. Never again. The herd gathered in around me, my horse tried to stamp on him. It was terrifying. I let the dog go, praying he would be ok. He scarpered and the herd dispersed.

Another time, we watched as the herd chased a dog Walker who shouldn’t have been in their field, there are no footpaths in it. The bloke threw his dog over the fence and followed it quick! The bloke must have been terrified.

 

[JackFrost]

The worst instance I've seen was hunt hounds that were off course and got into fields to run amok among horses and sheep, which were all demented with fright. The hounds werent caught till the following day, by which time they'd moved on to do damage elsewhere.
When complaints were made to the hunt, they really didn't seem bothered. Do the laws about control of dogs not apply to them?

 

[Clodagh]

That’s really frightening to watch, it’s so prolonged. Poor horses.

 

[fidleyspromise]

I've got a footpath at the top of my field and went up to find someone had hoiked the fence up and the top wire was resting on the fence posts so suspect a dog has gone in and that's how they got it out.
My Highland will chase dogs out of her field but she shouldn't have to.

 

[Poppy+MrDarcy]

I had a bad experience about ten years ago now, a fairly big dog (it looked like a husky type) went for me and my freshly backed 3 y/o, the dog was having a right nash at her poor back legs, I ended up getting off and, weather or not you think this is right or not, walloped the dog in the face with side of my boot, it carried on and the owners showed up, they just stood there telling it to come to them. Such an aggressive dog, poor mare ended up with stitches, I've no idea weather the dog was put down or not, but in my opinion it should have been.

 

[Hanno Verian]

I hope that everyone who has had experience of this has reported this to both police and council (dog wardens). I do not believe that "nothing can be done" that's the easy answer that people in authority give when its out of their knowledge comfort zone or they are too bone idle.
I would urge people to report incidents, publicise it to raise awareness and take legal advice where there has been harm as a result of it rather than just accept that it is one of those things, shrug our collective shoulders and wait for the next incident.

 

[tristar]

i am just glad we have 12 foot deep ditches that are 20 foot wide with deep flowing water, and thick prickly whitethorn on the inside and laurel on the road side, electric on the other side of ditches, and several horses that just love chasing dogs, just to give a hint to dogs,[and people] they are not welcome

and two lots of wrought iron gates 9 ft high with spikes on top, locked at all times

its the only way sadly

 

[Xmasha]

The neighbours dog went in the field with ours a few years ago. One of the mares had a foal at foot, i was frantic as the dog was barking very aggressively and was targeting the foal., trying to bite his legs. the other mares surrounded the foal and one of them ran at the dog and chased it off. I will never forget the way the herd protected that foal.
As for foxes, they dont seem to cause any trouble, we have had a family of them live in the field, ive only ever seen the geldings chase the dog fox off, and to be fair to the dog fox he was no where near the horses.

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

i am just glad we have 12 foot deep ditches that are 20 foot wide with deep flowing water, and thick prickly whitethorn on the inside and laurel on the road side, electric on the other side of ditches, and several horses that just love chasing dogs, just to give a hint to dogs,[and people] they are not welcome

and two lots of wrought iron gates 9 ft high with spikes on top, locked at all times

its the only way sadly

Blimey! Sounds more like Alcatraz! Or do you live in a heavily fortified ancient castle?

 

[Birker2020]

Yes the police take a very strong view point on this type of thing. When a staffie attacked my horse during a prolonged attack on common land years ago and my horse eventually kicked the dog the owner was threatening to sue me - dog knocked out and jaw/teeth presumably broken. I went to the police and gave a statement and they said if I saw the dog again I was to call 999 and they would be out very quickly.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Anyone else see this

‘So many people find animals dead’: owner of horses attacked by dog calls for action - Horse & Hound

The owner of two horses who were chased and attacked in their own field says “something needs to be done” to ensure owners are accountable for their dogs’ actions. Julie Mann contacted H&H in response to a report of two dog attacks on ridden horses within a week last month. Her horses Rubio and...

www.horseandhound.co.uk

I wonder how often this happens and isn’t noticed. There’s a footpath alongside my field, over a ditch. I’ve had two horse that were frightened of being in that section of the field and I’m pretty sure that’s why. Getting a mini shetland was a wise move on my part and I’ve seen him chase at least two dogs out of the field. I’m not sure how he’d fare with a large dog though and it doesn’t bear thinking about. Those poor horses must be traumatised.

OmG, would serve the owner if the dog had died. I would be mad and posting the video on local facebook group to weasel out the dogs owner. Looks like a pitbull type dog glad dogs mouth bleeding, and it was lucking not to loose all its teeth.

 

[SadKen]

I’d like to see enforced liability for attacks by dogs on livestock, horses, and people. If your dog attacks my animal or me, I sue you. And take your stuff. All of it. If some throbber was going to lose his ps5, phone and telly because his dog had attacked, he might think a bit more about being in control. I know it’s a pipe dream for various reasons including legal, but I’m confident this would reduce dog problems dramatically.

 

[MurphysMinder]

There is a footpath running through the field our horse and pony are in . I’ve not seen any incidents but recently the 34 year old pony, who has lived with dogs all her life , has become very on edge round my dogs , and has actually struck out at them with a foreleg on a couple of occasions. I am
beginning to think she has had a run in with dogs in the field

 

[4Hoofed]

Honestly I was walking my dogs down the road from my horse the other day and looked over and watched a dog running into a yard down the roads fields. I shouted to the owner who hadn’t noticed his dog having a go at the horses

he got his dog back but he must have thought I’d moved along and LET his dog back in??? As it was obedient enough to come away when called. He was just watching it!! I filmed for as I alerted him to get his effin dog under control and sure enough when I shouted the farmer was on the way with the gun he was soon gone!! I don’t even know a farmer with a gun lol but it’s not the point. I’m just glad there’s no foot path near my field (though my horse has shown my dogs he won’t tolerate any nonsense..)

What I hope dog owners know is a lot of insurance policies don’t cover any injuries, or liability claims causes by a dog worrying livestock so they could be on the receiving end of a big bill for damages.

 

[cauda equina]

How do you trace the dog owner though?
Unless you trail them all the way home they'll probably recover the dog and clear off and you've no idea who they are
They are unlikely to hand over accurate contact details even if you could get close enough to ask them

 

[Poppy+MrDarcy]

I hope that everyone who has had experience of this has reported this to both police and council (dog wardens). I do not believe that "nothing can be done" that's the easy answer that people in authority give when its out of their knowledge comfort zone or they are too bone idle.
I would urge people to report incidents, publicise it to raise awareness and take legal advice where there has been harm as a result of it rather than just accept that it is one of those things, shrug our collective shoulders and wait for the next incident.

I regret not reporting the incident now, but I was convinced otherwise by the owners, I can't believe I was so gullible to believe them, but I guess 18 year old me wouldn't argue back!

 

[Hanno Verian]

I regret not reporting the incident now, but I was convinced otherwise by the owners, I can't believe I was so gullible to believe them, but I guess 18 year old me wouldn't argue back!

Dont beat yourself up about it...you cant change it and your right as our younger selves less likely to stand up for ourselves, plus you were most likely in shock and denial. I wouldnt have known who to report it to!

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

Kia would have any dog that was in his field. And I mean to the death. Nearly killed the farmers dog once, I warned him that he didn’t do well with dogs in his field.

Faran used to be fine and not really bother but since the last yards collie kept going into his field he now chases dogs out of his field as well. He is great inhand and under saddle with them but if he’s in his field he’s very territorial.

 

[ponyparty]

My friend was out hacking yesterday and a couple’s off lead dog came running at her horse barking it’s head off. It was only tiny and although her horse is fine with dogs, she was worried he might injure the dog if it got under his feet. So she got off, to stand in between dog and horse. Owners eventually got dog back and passed her… upon which she noticed the dog still wasn’t on the lead. So she suggested it might be a good idea to put it back on the lead, on a well used bridleway, upon which the woman told her “perhaps if you could ride, you wouldn’t have had to get off” I won’t repeat how the rest of the conversation went…

I just think people have no idea of what their dogs are capable of or what could happen as a result of them being out of control.

Same friend sent me this today with the caption “I suppose this happened because he couldn’t ride his bike” funny but actually terrifying! Wouldn’t fancy coming across this lot on horseback either tbf

 

[SEL]

Keep a donkey or two with your herd. They will attack and if quick enough stamp and kick a strange dog, fox or whatever until it is dead or runs off. Our donkeys have always been very protective and I had to scream at one local to get his collie under control pretty damn fast and away from the donkey that was rapidly bearing down on it. He scruffed his dog and dragged it under the electric fencing, the donkey stamped and snorted and kicked out in absolute fury at the intruder. The farmer was pretty impressed though and has since got two of his own donkeys he keeps with his cattle!

They are often kept with sheep, goats and other herds in foreign countries to protect from them wild dogs etc. The mighty little warriors are instinctively territorial and protective of their own herds. They have always been grand with our own dogs, but no so much the two labs we have now as they came to us as adults not pups, so the donkeys just tolerate them at a distance. We have to be mindful as the labs don't appear aware that they are in any imminent serious danger if they wander near them.

We've got donkeys next door and my enormous feral yard cat gives them a very wide berth - apparently he's been chased out of their field before. My big mare loves cats and can't understand why this one won't talk to her. He probably thinks she just a bigger, fatter donkey.

Field next door now has sheep in it. There is a sign on the footpath at both ends asking people to keep to the footpath and dogs on leads. Regularly ignored.

 

[Ratface]

Years ago, my Arab and I were at a yard where one of the fields bordered on a lane favoured by dog walkers. 97% had them on leads and more or less under control. The herd had an elderly retired Section A gelding there, that my horse decided need "protection" (think East End gangster type!) was attacked by a random loose dog. Arab appeared sharpish, picked dog up by it's scruff with his big yellow teeth, swung it around a bit, shook it hard and chucked it back over the fence at the feet of the owners. They started to scream abuse/threats of calling the police etc. The yard owner appeared with his (legally held) shotgun under his arm. Dog owners screamed more abuse at him. He suggested that they moved along. They refused. He told them that he would be quite within the law to shoot their dog as it was harassing his livestock. He started moving the placement of his shotgun. They left. We never saw them again and peace restored.
One night, the old gelding quietly passed away. My horse was still standing guard over him in the morning.

 

[Pegasus5531]

A friend of mines Labrador was recently attacked by an XL bully, scary as it was on a lead and dragged the man walking it over to get to the lab. He had zero control over it. Seems too many people these days have silly breeds of dogs they can't handle. But I suppose any dog can be a menace in the wrong hands so maybe the issue is that people who aren't "animal people" are getting dogs now more since lockdown and not bothering to teach them manners or handle them properly!

 

[Titchy Reindeer]

My friend was out hacking yesterday and a couple’s off lead dog came running at her horse barking it’s head off. It was only tiny and although her horse is fine with dogs, she was worried he might injure the dog if it got under his feet. So she got off, to stand in between dog and horse. Owners eventually got dog back and passed her… upon which she noticed the dog still wasn’t on the lead. So she suggested it might be a good idea to put it back on the lead, on a well used bridleway, upon which the woman told her “perhaps if you could ride, you wouldn’t have had to get off” I won’t repeat how the rest of the conversation went…

I just think people have no idea of what their dogs are capable of or what could happen as a result of them being out of control.

Same friend sent me this today with the caption “I suppose this happened because he couldn’t ride his bike” funny but actually terrifying! Wouldn’t fancy coming across this lot on horseback either tbf

That video is scary. I'm really impressed with the biker, he remained so calm and what I would consider very polite in those circumstances!

I hacked my pony out on Friday and quite literally met the whole village and his dog. I took three adults to stop a very large black lab from investigating my pony too closely, the boxer cross had one kid on the floor (he had been hanging on to the lead) and the second kid had 'rugby tackled' the dog to stop him chasing after us and the big brave GSD behind his gate decided that discretion was the best part of valour when the gate was actually open and stayed safely in his garden away from the large strange animal with a person on its back. For now it all just makes me laugh, I just hope I never have cause to stop laughing about it.*
In the case of the lab, I do wonder of the wisdom of getting a dog no one in the household can hold / control.

*PS I can laugh about it on my pony, it does NOT make me laugh when I'm walking my reactive "are you looking at me!" dog