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Widgeon said:
On the bright side, being a Texel, at least you were were never going to miss seeing its beautiful face in your field.
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Do they have a reputation for being aggressive? This one chased my dog about 50m across the field onto a public footpath? It was in lamb, but i was surprised by its fierce personality!
 

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Birker2020 said:
Do they have a reputation for being aggressive? This one chased my dog about 50m across the field on a public footpath? It was in lamb, but i was surprised by its fierce personality!
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Where to start… walking through sheep with dog not on a lead… I doubt the dog kept to the footpath. Ffs!
 
Having been recently forced to spend a huge amount of money creating a secure corridor for a public footpath, running across our fields, because people refused to keep their dogs on leads/under control around livestock, these photos sadden me hugely.

I hope to god the sheep didn’t lose its lamb and it would have been devastating to the OP I’m sure if her dog had been shot by the farmer. 😢.

I realise this may have been an error of judgement on this occasion but PLEASE OP, keep your dog on a lead around livestock.
 
Clodagh said:
Where to start… walking through sheep with dog not on a lead… I doubt the dog kept to the footpath. Ffs!
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FFS! It was at public footpath at the yard where I keep Lari. The dog did not need to be on a lead. There are and always have been five sheep. They have never been known to chase dogs. They ran under an electric fence separating the fields.

Don't be so rude! Yard owner has been aware we walk dog along footpath loose as does anyone else that visits their horses. Since April 23 btw!
 
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Birker2020 said:
FFS! It was at public footpath at the yard where I keep Lari. The dog did not need to be on a lead. There are and always have been five sheep. They have never been known to chase sheep. They ran under an electric fence separating the fields.

Don't be so rude!
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I think it probably did. You say the ewe chased the dog 50 metres, if your dog had been on lead a heavily pregnant ewe wouldn't have had that stress.
 
MurphysMinder said:
I think it probably did. You say the ewe chased the dog 50 metres, if your dog had been on lead a heavily pregnant ewe wouldn't have had that stress.
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The sheep chased the dog. The dog was in another field and nowhere near the sheep. The sheep came sprinting over, it's never done that before or since.

It's immaterial whether the dog was on the lead or not! The SHEEP CHASED THE DOG. Explain how having on the lead would have made any difference? It couldn't have been further away.

What the hell is wrong with some people on this forum???

Sheep in left of fence. Footpath on right of fence. Dog as far over as possible near the hedge as photos show!

I'll except your apologies.
 

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Having been recently forced to spend a huge amount of money creating a secure corridor for a public footpath, running across our fields, because people refused to keep their dogs on leads/under control around livestock, these photos sadden me hugely.

I hope to god the sheep didn’t lose its lamb and it would have been devastating to the OP I’m sure if her dog had been shot by the farmer. 😢.

I realise this may have been an error of judgement on this occasion but PLEASE OP, keep your dog on a lead around livestock.
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Please get your facts straight first. The dog was minding it's own business, the sheep sprinted under the fence to the dog. The dog being on the lead is immaterial, the sheep would still have chased the dog. And it was on our land, where I keep my horse!

I do wish people wouldn't insist on jumping on people without knowing the facts first!
 
The dog being off the lead is probably why the sheep went after it.
If it was on a lead next to you then the sheep likely wouldn’t have felt the need to chase the dog away. As it is the sheep saw the dog in the middle of the field (since the fence wasn’t doing its job to separate the path and field and meant both dog and sheep could move between the 2 easily) and wanted to get rid of the threat.

As The Mule said, a sheep is a vulnerable animal against predators and the sheep took action as it saw fit.

Just edited to add, that’s not a dig but a possible reason why. If the fence is down again I would keep my dog closer to you.
 
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Please get your facts straight first. The dog was minding it's own business, the sheep sprinted under the fence to the dog. The dog being on the lead is immaterial, the sheep would still have chased the dog. And it was on our land, where I keep my horse!

I do wish people wouldn't insist on jumping on people without knowing the facts first!
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*sigh*

OP, I was replying purely based on the information YOU provided in your post, perhaps you should explain a little better in your posts, so that you receive replies that are in line with what you want to hear.

Regardless of anything, the later photographs show the fencing between the footpath and where the sheep are, is clearly inadequate to separate dogs and livestock, so the sensible thing to do would be to keep dogs on a lead, steering yourselves as far away from the sheep as possible, or avoid the footpath when the sheep are in lamb and clearly feeling threatened by the presence of a predator nearby.

Asking people to not be rude, is quite a contradiction.
 
Oh goodness I didn't mean that to blow up the way it did! Honestly these posts laying into Birker for not having her dog on a lead seem quite excessive - the land and livestock owner was entirely happy with the situation and it sounds like the sheep actually ran UNDER a fence to get to the dog. Texels are so big that even if the dog had been on a lead, she'd have had to let go of it or get knocked or dragged over. Our dog comes into our field with pregnant ewes every day. They're used to him and it doesn't bother them at all.
 
GrassChop said:
Just saw this one before seeing your last post: https://www.nfed.co.uk/cgi-bin/clas...lay_db_button=on&db_id=185404&query=retrieval No price though and one year older than your maximum age range. Not sure how far from you either but seemed good by the description.
Hope your mum is okay.
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This is the one I have my eye on.
Mum is being discharged from hospital soon but I now have another major predicament that I'm trying to wrap my head around that's come to light over the weekend, so still doesn't seem to be the right time. I just don't seem able to catch a break.
 
Trouper said:
Once popped over the garden fence to right a Texel ram who was stuck on his back - sunbathing!?? When I got him upright again I realised why he had got stuck - back the width of a kitchen table!! He could have taken me out at the knees with no difficulty - good job he was grateful (and anxious to get back to eating).
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Talking of Texal rams... My friend was checking horses while owner was away. There was a Texal ram in the field with them and she'd been warned he was grumpy. One day while she was with the horses it started charging at her. After dodging a time or two she needed to get out of the field and next time he charged her she threw her jacket over his head and ran out of the gate. After escaping she realised her car keys were in the jacket so had to wait until he had shaken it off and gone down the field before she could retrieve it and leave.
 
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Birker2020 said:
This is the one I have my eye on.
Mum is being discharged from hospital soon but I now have another major predicament that I'm trying to wrap my head around that's come to light over the weekend, so still doesn't seem to be the right time. I just don't seem able to catch a break.
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He does sound good and looks a nice build.
I am glad to hear that your mum is coming out of hospital but sorry to hear about there being something else going on. Things will get better. X
 
Gloi said:
Talking of Texal rams... My friend was checking horses while owner was away. There was a Texal ram in the field with them and she'd been warned he was grumpy. One day while she was with the horses it started charging at her. After dodging a time or two she needed to get out of the field and next time he charged her she threw her jacket over his head and ran out of the gate. After escaping she realised her car keys were in the jacket so had to wait until he had shaken it offend gone down the field before she could retrieve it and leave.
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Our (not Texal) ram we had when I was a child doubled up as a guard dog chased many a (male) visitor but was like a lamb (literally) around us kids!
 
Birker2020 said:
This is the one I have my eye on.
Mum is being discharged from hospital soon but I now have another major predicament that I'm trying to wrap my head around that's come to light over the weekend, so still doesn't seem to be the right time. I just don't seem able to catch a break.
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He is a nice one 😊
 
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This chap looks smart..

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He is but won't leave me much in my emergency fund. Think sadly I may have to spend out a bit on Lari soon soon, and I need a contingency fund of a couple of thousand.

He is also a bit light for me.

I think I will ask them to send me a video of the other one though.
 
cauda equina said:
A smart horse but what a tight unhappy face in the 1st/last pics
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Well the 'never kicks or spooks' bit puts me off. Which horse never spooks? I've had several steady, sensible horses but even the steadiest of those could only be described as 'rarely spooks'. If the vendor is exaggerating that what else isn't quite true?
 
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