Lovely hack....Turned into disaster!!!

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As im sure your all aware, yesterday was a lovely afternoon so me and a friend decided to go for a hack upto and around our local golf course. (bridle way for around 3 miles around the course).

We know there is always dogs up there and walkers so we take extra care when coming up to the blind corners. Well this time we were greated by two dogs both off of leads, standing in a stance and staring at us. The next thing they start barking and growling at us. One of the dogs stayed back and just shouted alot but the other actually started to attack my friends horse. Jumping up, biting at her chest and under her belly. Poor Emma (said horse) was not trying to hurt the dog but she started rearing and striking out to get the dog away. Well my friend came off and the owners finally got their dogs under control. Im just dissapointed that the dog didnt go for Jed (my horse) as he would have made sure that dog didnt go near a horse or dog again.

The owner didnt as much as shout at her dogs for being so bad and later told us, after we checked over the horses, that her dog normally had a mussle on because she has been known to be aggressive to other dogs and has caused £300 worth of vet fees for a black lab in the past.
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The dog is only a year old and IMHO she will only get worse being the breed she is.

Luckily both horses and riders are ok, and unfortunatly the dog got away un-injured. The lady later came to the yard to appologise to us. Im just so mad that the owner knew that it was a public place and knew her dog was aggressive, she should have had the mussle on. I just dread to think what would have happened if that would have been me on foot walking my dogs!
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Cookies and cream for getting this far!!!
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Pickles first hack involved a dog attacking his leg, some silly chavs just laughed at us and said how such a big thing shouldnt be scared of a little dog was horrible.
 
So awful when these things happen - but at least the owner came to the yard to apologise, many wouldn't.

Hope that the horse was ok.
 
I'd be fuming. Daisy is fine with dogs but something like that can really traumatise a horse. I'm sure there are people that you can report dogs like that to under the dangerous dogs act. People like that need a warning before anything really serious happens
 
We actually had to walk away briefly so one of us didnt smack her.

The stupid woman didnt have a clue how to handle the dog and it looked like she was to scared to go near it. Now if that was one of mine, not that they would ever do a thing like that, i would do everything in my power to get the dog away and then give it a bladdy good telling off!
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We made her assure us that she would keep the dog on a lead with a mussle on in the future then we would not report it. I know we probably should and i would feel orful if i heard the dog attacked another horse, but i believe everyone deserves a second chance, even animals.
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Brings back memories. Had a dog attack a ride, and some ponies did not bother (think it was to much like hard work to move), but this dog started biting and growling and backing, not only at the ponies, but at people that had fallen off. It than diceded (sp) to chase the horses at least two miles, before it gave up. One horse was so badly bitten and clawed, that it had to have a year off to recover, and hates dogs that are not on lead. the owners where so drunk that the didn't do anything, not even to help people on the floor or say sorry. We got the police involved and they sayed at the time the dog was not there and now can't be found - guility or what!!! One person that fell off broke her back (but is 95% better), and tryed to get lost of earning back from them, but she never except it from us, as she said it was notr our fault, and that I did everthing I could to try and stop it, even to the point of putting the horse I was in between her and dog. Must say the horse was excellent and he was only 4 and only been ridden for a week
 
Please please please report it...I know you said to her you wouldn't but it is irresponsible IMO if you don't report it.
 
My 17 hand warmblood dressage horse had a rottweiler hang off his back legs while we were out hacking a few years ago. It has only taken me 4 years to get him over his phobia of dogs. I personally would reprot them - even if they only have a policeman having a firm word with them it might prevent other horses coming off worse than your friends horse in the future.
 
I would personally report her as what if a child had come across the dogs? If she KNEW the dog was dangerous and is meant to be muzzled is she not breaking a law?

My 1st horse used to be bomb proof and could handle most things - except dogs. One really went for her heels one day and she cow kicked it and got it a good one right in the shoulder - dog limped away, and I really couldn't be bothered going after it as it really went for her.
 
actually I think its pretty harsh to say shame the dog got away uninjured! It's not its fault it has not been trained properly.
At least the owner came and apologised..
 
It's never a dogs fault it is the owner.

I really think you should report her. If she didn't learn after the last time it attacked something she never will.
It doesn't need a muzzel she needs trained herself, stupid fool. It needs logged somewhere officially so she can't get away with it if it happens again.
 
The only thing is she wasnt going to come to our yard and she didnt take a phone number off of either of us to see how the horses were. It wasnt until our scary YO went and tracked her down that she decided to come and say sorry. I think it was more because she didnt want us to report her and the dog. But like you said most wouldnt!
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Thats terrible, I hack out with my GSD who LURVES(stalks ) my horse, she is very well trained but I don't know what she would do if another dog attacked Finn.
 
I was hacking along a road past a farm a few years ago and two dogs came running out and attacked my horse and eventually she slipped over and they started biting her. I just whacked the dogs with my schooling whip and got them off my horse. I checked my horse who was badly shacken and then followed the dogs retreat in to the farm where the farmer could note care less and was quite abusive.

I reported the matter to both the police and the dog warden both of which went visit the farmer concerned and warned him of the consequences if his dogs ever got out again and attacked anything.

I later found out that the dogs had a bad reputatuion in the village but no one had dared to do anything about them.

There is no doubt that the dogs where vicious and had been so for many years.

My horse was off work for about 4 weeks but did come right.

My advice is report the dogs because if they attack someone else then it will be on your conscionce
 
That could have been a tragedy. I am glad everything turned out ok in the end and I hope the horse isnt now scared of dogs.

I was on the beach on my horse on satruday and this dog kept running up to him and getting really close to his back end. The man (who was with his wife and 2 kids) half hartely called it back and added that perhaps his dog needed a kick to teach him a lesson. A kick from my horse could have killed the dog, then how bad would I have felt? Luckily there are a few dogs on our yard so Baron doesnt flich at them.

A mare I used to loan though kicked a dog on a hack after I had told the owner twice to put in on a lead. The dog was in a bad way and kept yelping in pain, he just put it on a lead and led it away. If only it was on a lead in the first place - after all it was on a bridlepath, not a public footpath.
 
sorry but i would report her and the dog ,it could be a kiddy time not a horse i would want compensation aswell the woman needs to be taught a lesson she acted totally neglegent when she let the dog off lead and without muzzle knowing what it is capable of .
 
I have had a couple of dog attacks in the last few years.... the silliest being a group of 9/10 year old girls with a full grown Rhodesian Ridgeback!!!! It jumped all over merlin and was looking very aggressive.... he did stand still but after the third attempt for them to get and keep it on a lead, I am afraid that I just cantered off. Dont know how far the dog lolloped along with us
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but it was quite a way.

Same thing happened with an alsatian/Wolf!!!! Owner said she would not put it on a lead and was cross that it was following us...... I gave her one last chance to get it before I again, cantered off into the distance, taking said dog with me for a good long way. This dog was a barker but not a biter though.

And after reading about all the horrible experiences on here, I got very tense today when a staffy decided to be aggressive.... again no contact, but owner did try to get it but couldnt. Today we just carried on walking with the dog barking behind us.

I think that dogs should not be let off the lead unless the come to call... Best of it is, I am the one who has to have £10million insurance to allow me to get a permit and they need nothing!!!
 
Horrible experience for you but glad everyone ok. I would report the woman. She needs to have someone explain the bloomin' obvious to her since she is evidently a bit thick.

I personally don't see the fun in having a badly trained dog. They are unhappy animals and I would be unhapy too if I owned one that was out of control or which scared me. My dog has been trained since puppyhood to come back to me. She has never shown the slightest interest in my horse or any other horse but I always put her on a lead immediately I see someone riding nearby because it is reassuring for them to know that they are not in danger of being attacked.
 
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