Jesstickle
Well-Known Member
Afternoon wise dog people.
I have recently returned from a rather 'interesting' ride/chase loose horses round the village and I wondered, for future reference, how the hell to deal with loose dogs attacking/chasing horses.
Today a loose staffie came running up to us and started biting horse number 1's heels. Horse 1 freaked obviously, kicked the dog, stepped on it and eventually lost the rider and beggared off. Both of us shouted at it but it ignored us. I chased it down on horse 2 with the dog chasing me initially but then we out ran it, got off and had hold of both of them from the floor when the stupid dog reappeared and starting going at the horse's legs again. I cracked it with my schooling whip (sorry, no idea what else to do so it seemed sensible at the time) but it made naff all difference and eventually the horses both got away from me and took off again. The dog ran after them but eventually they out ran it and it must have got bored/been injured whatever as we got them back in the end.
Anyway, my question is really how should I have dealt with the situation? Is there a good or bad way of dealing with these situations or was it always going to end this way?
I have recently returned from a rather 'interesting' ride/chase loose horses round the village and I wondered, for future reference, how the hell to deal with loose dogs attacking/chasing horses.
Today a loose staffie came running up to us and started biting horse number 1's heels. Horse 1 freaked obviously, kicked the dog, stepped on it and eventually lost the rider and beggared off. Both of us shouted at it but it ignored us. I chased it down on horse 2 with the dog chasing me initially but then we out ran it, got off and had hold of both of them from the floor when the stupid dog reappeared and starting going at the horse's legs again. I cracked it with my schooling whip (sorry, no idea what else to do so it seemed sensible at the time) but it made naff all difference and eventually the horses both got away from me and took off again. The dog ran after them but eventually they out ran it and it must have got bored/been injured whatever as we got them back in the end.
Anyway, my question is really how should I have dealt with the situation? Is there a good or bad way of dealing with these situations or was it always going to end this way?