Dog in my field!!

My horses are all used to my own dogs, however strange dogs WILL be chased by every herd here. It's natural for horses to chase strange dogs so that's what I would guess has happened. I'm sure your horses are just fine now.
 
Gosh Moomin, if your mare has had watery eyes for two days straight, you may well need to call the vet! Hope she pulls through okay <hugz> I guess this is why you are so off at the moment, you poor thing! Why didn't you say sooner? Can I send you anything? Chocolate, tea, wine, billy goat or three?

And that is how we do sarcasm properly! :D
 
Spring Feather said:
My horses are all used to my own dogs, however strange dogs WILL be chased by every herd here. It's natural for horses to chase strange dogs so that's what I would guess has happened. I'm sure your horses are just fine now.
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That was my thought too. Far from your horses being scared, the dog was probably the scared one. I'm sure your horses are fine and may well have enjoyed the hooley round the field.

It isn't usually a big deal for horses but as it worried you, why not put some small holed stock fencing or strong netting on the gate ?
 
Arizahn said:
Gosh Moomin, if your mare has had watery eyes for two days straight, you may well need to call the vet! Hope she pulls through okay <hugz> I guess this is why you are so off at the moment, you poor thing! Why didn't you say sooner? Can I send you anything? Chocolate, tea, wine, billy goat or three?

And that is how we do sarcasm properly! :D
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Fantastic!! :-D
 
horserider said:
That was my thought too. Far from your horses being scared, the dog was probably the scared one. I'm sure your horses are fine and may well have enjoyed the hooley round the field.

It isn't usually a big deal for horses but as it worried you, why not put some small holed stock fencing or strong netting on the gate ?
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Heck, you are brave. Don't dare insinuate OP is *worrying excessively* :-O
 
Moomin, you think your mare is bad...my lad is still cowering in his stable due to a bird. It got in his field, and even tore up the ground, bloodhungry for a worm (savage it was)...I was going to take pictures, but i did not have a magnifying glass. I am thinking of lowering the fences but now im paranoid of dogs in wolves clothing....i settled on bubblewrapping him with fifteen rugs on top (we have ground frost)....anyways i will post again when we have wo&#324; badmington.x
 
pennyturner said:
It's not uncommon to meet loose dogs out hacking, so for your own safety, I think you need to desensitise your horses to dogs. They shouldn't go tearing around like that just because there's a dog in the field.
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I have 4 horses, all good with dogs out hacking and with me.
Youve obviously never seen horses worried by loose dogs in their field.
I had 2 dogs in my field barking and running at my horses one of my horse s is 30yo , the horses were bolting all over, i knew whose dogs they were and phoned them to get them caught and out of my field and warned any injuries to my horses would be billed to them. I called the police to log the incident .It happened again, and again i called the owner, but this time warned her there wouldnt be a 3rd time as the dogs would be shot, ive not seen the dogs since.
 
Mine are fine with friendly loose dogs. However those that come in snarling, barking and chasing them do scare and worry them, although they will defend themselves as well as run away. Horses are prey animals, it is natural for them to run away from threatening situations/potential predators. And if a snarling dog snapping at their heels isn't classed as a predator, I don't know what is.
 
Unfortunately I've had dogs get in my fields....and it's peed me off!....What I've noticed, when I've been there at the time, is the dogs often come in after a rabbit, squirrel or a cat, they run in barking and chasing round after the small furry, this winds up the horses who then get snorty and start to do their showy trots, the dog...who has lost small furry...then transfers their attention to horses who then start to charge around, the dog then chases until called off by owner or getting a boot up the backside from me...figuratively speaking!....or horse.;)

I think it's normal when something happens involving our horses when we're not there to be annoyed and wonder what if. It's nothing to be slated for it just shows your concern for your horse!

Chan I'm glad Ned and Cookie are both none the worse for whatever happened. :)
 
Glad no one was hurt, Its good to be concerned, be vigilant and do everything you can to try and prevent it happening again,

I am another who has a horse who was perfectly fine with dogs would and still does stand happily out on a hack when a rouge dog fancies chasing the local ponies whilst the owner attempts to round them up, she then was chased (along with all the horses in her field) by 2 JRT she nearly ran through the fencing, I hit the roof and did a lot of shouting, nearly ended up in a fight over it (why would I back down when my horse was the victim) and then another time, my horse got bit on the nose by a dog, well, now... she will chase any dog to go near her in her field, chases foxes badgers you name it, she remembers!

It would be different if the dog was hurt, you'd probably have someone standing waiting for you, but then, on the flip side, the horses may have been having a funny 5 minutes, and the dog noticed and joined in on the fun?

Moomin1 its not uncommon for fireworks to travel distances, being they fly up in the air.... :D
 
Others have suggested not to worry, but no one has said it in such a narky way as you and then continued being ridiculous.
I'm not bothering with you anymore, I have better things to be doing
 
Arizahn said:
Gosh Moomin, if your mare has had watery eyes for two days straight, you may well need to call the vet! Hope she pulls through okay <hugz> I guess this is why you are so off at the moment, you poor thing! Why didn't you say sooner? Can I send you anything? Chocolate, tea, wine, billy goat or three?

And that is how we do sarcasm properly! :D
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Spat my tea out hahaha
 
Chan said:
Others have suggested not to worry, but no one has said it in such a narky way as you and then continued being ridiculous.
I'm not bothering with you anymore, I have better things to be doing
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Wise words, you see to be victim of today, don't worry, it'll be someone else in an hour or so, you have done nothing a normal caring horse owner would do
 
Zero00000 said:
It would be different if the dog was hurt, you'd probably have someone standing waiting for you, but then, on the flip side, the horses may have been having a funny 5 minutes, and the dog noticed and joined in on the fun?
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Quite possibly! I notice dogs seem to be very interested in Cookie, but less so in Ned. I guess it's because Cookie is more "their level".
Cookie will not have put up with it. I actually forgot (until I told my friend who used to have him and she reminded me) that Cookie was chased almost daily by some dogs, who were let in by some woman who thought it was a fabulous idea to exercise her dogs.
He was a baby then, so it terrified him! However, now he is rising 4 and a stallion, he doesn't take it anymore.
Perhaps that's why there was such a commotion at the gate?

Either way, I don't want anyone or anything to get hurt, my horses or someone elses dog! So believe me when I say I'm not just concerned about the horses.
 
Zero00000 said:
Moomin1 its not uncommon for fireworks to travel distances, being they fly up in the air.... :D
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Ooh yes I know. Terribly worrying. I can't believe anyone would be so stupid as to consider setting them off in the first place though. Particularly when they may well land in a field with horses.
 
It's far more likely that the horses were chasing the dog and having a grand old time. Roo's favorite pass time is chasing any dogs who comes his way. We have a council-made notice on the gate saying any loose dogs WILL be chased and possibly killed. But because some fools made such a fuss about no longer being able to exercise their dog in the hay field, it also says they're welcome to try, but they have been warned!

Don't stress it. If it happens again you'll need to think about sorting fencing to keep the dogs out.
 
Hi Chan

you seem like a kind, caring owner & i know that your not a million miles from me :-) I've also had dogs chasing my horses, it's not nice & it's natural to worry about 'what might have happened'. Luckily they seem.

I really wanted to ask why Cookie is a stallion? I've not followed all of your threads & maybe there is a good reason. To me, it seems that in this day & age we all owe it to the horse population to reduce the chance of unplanned foals as much as possible. I don't have any experience with stallions but understand that they all have to have a licence once they turn three?
I think that it is asking for trouble to keep a stallion un-necessarily. You might find that if he were to harm a dog, you'd have serious questions asked.

Hope i haven't offended you? Best wishes.
 
Chan said:
Cookie will not have put up with it. I actually forgot (until I told my friend who used to have him and she reminded me) that Cookie was chased almost daily by some dogs, who were let in by some woman who thought it was a fabulous idea to exercise her dogs.
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That is shocking! I'd have given said woman a b*llocking!!
We rescued a little mini shetland out of a back garden and the owner used to let her dogs 'play' with him, i.e. chase him around ragged biting and jumping over him poor little thing.
Glad your boys are OK now. :)
 
HazyXmas said:
Hi Chan

you seem like a kind, caring owner & i know that your not a million miles from me :-) I've also had dogs chasing my horses, it's not nice & it's natural to worry about 'what might have happened'. Luckily they seem.

I really wanted to ask why Cookie is a stallion? I've not followed all of your threads & maybe there is a good reason. To me, it seems that in this day & age we all owe it to the horse population to reduce the chance of unplanned foals as much as possible. I don't have any experience with stallions but understand that they all have to have a licence once they turn three?
I think that it is asking for trouble to keep a stallion un-necessarily. You might find that if he were to harm a dog, you'd have serious questions asked.

Hope i haven't offended you? Best wishes.
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Hi there!

Oh, I didn't realise they have to have a licence? :O I'll look into that when I get home.
To be honest, it's just because he's never been on a yard and only ever been kept with geldings, with no access at all to mares.

Another reason is because I don't have anywhere for him to recover, I literally have a field and no shelter apart from trees.

He's also a good boy, apart from with dogs, he's not at all aggressive and super cuddly. I mentioned when I first got him, that if he starts to act out at all, he'll be cut.

So I will be totally honest - at the moment it's simply down to it's another expense that I don't need and since he's not going to be near any mares any time soon, I don't see that there's a pressing need.

Though don't me wrong, he is constantly on a knife edge. If I have to take him anywhere or he starts to get OTT, they'll be gone!
 
Hi Chan

i appreciate that it's a big expense, & your honesty :-) It's just something that i do feel very strongly about & i would also hate for you to get into any sort of trouble because of him. What might happen if he were to get out one night?

It also limits his life in lots of ways, if he were cut he would be able to possibly show or maybe do PC at some point. I know that's not very likely right now :-) but you would be safe-guarding his future & making sure that he'd never add to the horse population crisis!

With regard to facilities that you might need, maybe ask a question on the Breeding page or phone your vet for advice.

Is there anything you could do as a fundraiser? I'd happily sponsor you or support a tack sale or something similar. Put your thinking cap on :-)
 
lula said:
are you not getting any at the moment moomin>?
i suggest you try to rectify that as you really are becoming very miserable.
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hahaha thank you Lula that just made me snort my tea!!

Chan , i can understand why you were worried, i would be too. It's the not knowing what has happened and if it was a deliberate act that plays on the mind.
 
HazyXmas said:
Hi Chan

i appreciate that it's a big expense, & your honesty :-) It's just something that i do feel very strongly about & i would also hate for you to get into any sort of trouble because of him. What might happen if he were to get out one night?

It also limits his life in lots of ways, if he were cut he would be able to possibly show or maybe do PC at some point. I know that's not very likely right now :-) but you would be safe-guarding his future & making sure that he'd never add to the horse population crisis!

With regard to facilities that you might need, maybe ask a question on the Breeding page or phone your vet for advice.

Is there anything you could do as a fundraiser? I'd happily sponsor you or support a tack sale or something similar. Put your thinking cap on :-)
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Thanks so much :D I'll give you a PM when I get back from work :) I would love him to show and I would probably take him to a few local ones! At the moment I don't have transport, but I can hack Ned to at least 2, so that means Cookie would be left behind (which he is surprisingly good about!)
I really can't stand this over-breeding crisis we have at the moment either - Ned and his friends were a result of stallions being in a field with mares. He was lucky, I don't think the others were. So many wasted lives :(

Anyway, thanks! Given me stuff to think about :)
 
Oh dear, that is a bit worrying. No harm done this time thank goodness.

I have to say if a dog got in with my big cob the dog would definately come off worse! ;)

If the horses don't have access to the field gate could you possibly nail some stock proof fencing on to it to stop any dogs getting through?
 
Oh dear, i appear to really be showing my age :-( I grew up in Newmarket & the stallions there had to be licensed, but i've just done a quick google search & it's seems that it's no longer necessary (which i have to say is blinkin ridiculous & probably part of the current problem)

This was the quote i found on some Shetland message board " The Shetland pony society in their wisdom, did away with the stallion licensing and inspection. Something to do with the EU regulations. All any stallion owner needs to do is have the colt pass a vet inspection, then apply to have the colt moved to the stallion register."

I'm sorry if i caused you any worry Chan :-)
 
That ignore feature really does make threads a lot more relaxing, doesn't it?

Hope you've not had any further problems with wolveses, Chan :D And for the record, that's the most reasonable, honest and sensible excuse for having a stallion I've seen.
 
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