limestonelil
Well-Known Member
The ones that have me absolutely seething are the owners who think that as a field has a footpath through it, they are entitled to go anywhere they like in that field. I see them flinging balls, having picnics and on one occasion there appeared to be a small dog training group taking place. There are now notices on the gates to that field saying dogs on leads and keep to footpath.
I am sure farming is hard enough without morons trampling all over your land.
Thanks so much for this reminder Smitty. We recently decided we had to let people know our fields (with footpaths) are not doggy exercise areas as there's been a huge increase in the number of dog walkers with multiple badly behaved pooches using them as such. Most people are astonished the dog should also remain on the footpath. The rudest owners will insist it doesn't matter the dogs are hoolying about because 'there's no sheep in here' lf I can be bothered I'll point out I fed them all 20 minutes previously and the dogs have caused them to run down/up out of sight, and the next people's dogs who come in at a different place cause them to run up/down in the opposite direction. Not good for heavily inlamb sheep.
OH (knackered old farmer) was less than impressed with a 'woke' vegan villager who attempted the currently fashionable argument that dogs chasing livestock doesn't matter in the slightest because the livestock is only killed for farmers' financial gain.