Greyhound vs 3 stallions!

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I had to laugh today when we had a 'pack' of ramblers wandering through the fields. I heard this almighty yelp and rushed to see what it was, one of the walkers had a greyhound off the lead, it had rushed to chase the stallions and met the electric fence. The owner was really upset and all teary as she tried to calm the (young) dog down after it's fright, she looked at me and said 'it's not a very strong shock is it?' LOL, you should have seen her face when I said, deadpan, 'ah well, it is really, it is on the mains and 10000v because it has to keep the stallions in', she went green and checked the dog over as if she thought it would have huge burns or something. I felt really sorry for the poor dog because it was visibly upset but was sure that she would rather it got a painful shock than got trampled by 3 pi**ed off boys if it had got in with them. I don't think she was very happy as she stormed off to catch up her friends.
 
Do ramblers know about these things called leads? They attach to collars, you hold it in your hand and will keep their dogs safe from livestock.
 
those lead things will never catch on!
you are taking away a dogs right to chase all livestock, as they do in nature, its suvival of the fittest!
ps £5.00 on the stallions winning this one. lol
 
We've got a public footpath running through our fields. A couple of months back, a couple of walkers were coming through with a couple of westies off the lead - my horse went into alert mode, cantered up quickly to them, right up to them in a "what the hell are you doing in my field??" way - the guy was so alarmed he was slipping and sliding and nearly falling over. It was actually quite funny - I think it was the dogs that alerted my horse as they were running all over the place.
 
A yard I was at a few years ago had a footpath thru my horses field. He is very friendly a bit like a big dog. He saw them, galloped over to say hello and they ran back thru the kissing gate. He then stood right infront of the gate wanting a pat and they were shouting at him to go away and flapping their arms at him. He wouldn't move and they gave up and went back the way they had come.
 
We have it all the time because there are several footpaths through the fields. They play ball and sticks chasing with dogs in the fields with the horses, cut through other fields because they are scared of the horses, introduce new regular routes and cut the fences if you try to stop them. I just thought that perhaps this owner will be more careful next time especially when I pointed out the stallions, or any of the horses for that matter, could do an awful lot more damage.
 
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