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Well, yet again today i got down the field to let the ponies out this morning to find a labrador in the field! This dog comes into the field quite often - whether the horses are in or out of the stables.
She belongs to a lady who lives on the road (the field we rent is behind the houses) but the dog has to go through 3 gardens to get to our field.
I have put up with it to a certian extent till now, i have told the owners of it and they dont seem to care. The problem is it has started chasing my horses and i brought them in tonight and one of them has a puncture wound, which looks like a bite on his back left fetlock, its not major, only little and not deep but its still there!
Also my little midget pony has started to chase it back and i am worried one of these days he or one of the others is going to slip and hurt themselves from either chaseing or being chased.
I have also tried to catch the dog once and take it to the local shelter as it has no collar and it roams alot anyway but it gets aggresive and then runs off.

Is there anything i can do? The only advice i had was of a local farmer who says shoot it! - one i dont think i could do it and i dont think its allowed anyway.

What can i do?
 
If the lady is taking no steps to control her dog I would contact the dog warden and have them pay a visit to 'remind' her of her responsibilities as a dog owner.
 
Call the dog warden or local rescue centre to come get him/ have a word with the owners. Make sure you tell them it is aggressive and has attacked the horses. You've asked the owners to stop him and they haven't so time to take it further.
 
Yeah good idea..we have a public footpath along the edge of our livery field and although there is a nice big sign saying keep dogs on a lead people still let them run about all over the field and if one gets kicked or hurt im sure they'l be the first ones over having a go at us! definately get in touch with someone
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definatly phone the dog warden mine is very good. i was chased for about a mile by a dog on the heath once, phoned the warden who went on one of these little 'reminder' visits and if his dog chases any1 again hes goin 2 court! na na na na na!
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We have had the same problem, but we sorted it out by going round to the owners house, telling them that their dog is upsetting our horses, and running loose, and suggest that they get this invisible fence thing that you can buy, they after some time did this and we;ve had no problems any more. but we were seriously considering shooting it with a pellet gun to get rid of it!! luckily it didn't get to that!
good luck!
 
Isnt' there some law re dogs running loose in the countryside, I know it's pretty serious if worrying sheep, are horses classed as livestock? Sure some farmer people out there would know??
 
Ditto all the suggestions re contacting the local dog warden. Our local one has been very helpful in sorting out problems of straying dogs.
 
If you catch it chasing your horses you would be within your rights to shoot it.

However, a more practical option would be to take it to the local dogs home/Police Station, say you found it wandering in the road and plead ignorance. They will either find it a proper home or the stupid owner will claim it and maybe learn a lesson. Bet you don't have to do it twice.....
 
Unfortunately, horses are not classed as livestock, so I doubt legally you would be allowed to shhot. But I am by no means certain about the shooting thing. I agree with every one else, contact the local Dog Warden. ( a little dishonest, but you may want to omit knowing who the owner is!!)
 
Horses do come under the "worrying of livestock" and is a criminal offence as is having a dog dangerously out of control.
Suggest you ring Police, owner "should" get interviewed and if deemed necessary she can be taken to court and have a control order imposed on the dog. if she then continues to allow her dog to run riot she can be prosecuted.

I would think that having a dog warden collect the dog will be only that, having collected and nothing else will get done. Each authority however may have different rules, but in Cumbria, warden would collect it, take it to a shelter and she would get it back.
 
Regardless of whether it's worrying livestock, it's a legal requirement for a dog to have a collar and tag with owners details.

Next time you see it, contact you police/dog warden, say it has no collar and is acting aggressively towards people....they'll be out pronto!
 
I sympathise; PF's foal was scared OVER the fence by a barmy spaniel and needed stitches. Their excuse? "Oh, it's not used to horses"
So why bl**dy well let it loose in my field???
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F*ckwits!
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My horses were all used to dogs but when I arrived they were all standing like startled zebras; dog had been 'playing' with them for ages, apparently!
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Hope you get it sorted!
 
I don't know about the warden round here but Cockburn's would take it if you can catch it without being bitten. Or the police are good, we've taken a couple of "strays" in there. We found an English Bull Terrier, an old one at that, and mum took him to the police. Owner came by a while later asking if we'd seen it and dad told her where it was. She went ape and had a go because, after she'd phoned them, it was going to cost her £70 to get him back. He's not been out since!

Doesn't sound like a dog bite on the horse though, there'd definitely be more than one puncture mark.
 
We get a few dickheads letting their dogs in our fields, I have seen one owner actually "sending" his dog into the field with horse in it, twat, what pisses me off is there is bloody LOADS of free space for them to let their dogs off and run around for excersise, but no, they feel the need to want our fields as well, morons.
 
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