PennywithHenry
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This may be nothing, or may be nothing....we're not sure, but hubby said to let you all know, so bear with me as it might take a bit of explaining!
Last night, just after midnight, I heard the dogs kicking up a fuss, my hubby has a rottie who lives out and my dog was with him. I peered out of the kitchen window and the security light had come on.....
Hubby went out with the torch, and got the rottie on a line, he was really upset and had his heckles up etc. He's a pretty laid back dog and doesn't get worked up over nothing. Hubby couldn't find anything amiss and came back in. Almost as soon as he'd closed the door we heard a vehicle pull up. Hubby ran upstairs to look out of the window to see if he could see anything, but it had gone, so he can't even hazard a guess on the size of the vehicle etc from the lights...
This morning when out with the dogs I discovered that my electric fencing was down in an exposed spot. it's pulled into the paddock. What hubby thinks is that someone came into the paddock through the field behind the paddocks, there is flattened corn in a track in places, stepped over the sheepwire but didn't realise that the electric is there, set a few feet away from the fence. They ran into it, made some sort of noise and alerted the dogs, then ran straight down the entrance when the house lights came on, setting off the motion sensor lights......
From their point of entrance they were next to both the barn and my husbands workshop/garage....so could have been after the car/hubbys tools/trailer or the tackroom.....
Or it could have all been a huge coincidence....but I don't think so....
So....I just thought I'd make you aware....I don't have a horse here at this time so they weren't horse-napping, but I half wish I did have, as the electric's on the mains and knocks you on your back lol-ask hubby!
Last night, just after midnight, I heard the dogs kicking up a fuss, my hubby has a rottie who lives out and my dog was with him. I peered out of the kitchen window and the security light had come on.....
Hubby went out with the torch, and got the rottie on a line, he was really upset and had his heckles up etc. He's a pretty laid back dog and doesn't get worked up over nothing. Hubby couldn't find anything amiss and came back in. Almost as soon as he'd closed the door we heard a vehicle pull up. Hubby ran upstairs to look out of the window to see if he could see anything, but it had gone, so he can't even hazard a guess on the size of the vehicle etc from the lights...
This morning when out with the dogs I discovered that my electric fencing was down in an exposed spot. it's pulled into the paddock. What hubby thinks is that someone came into the paddock through the field behind the paddocks, there is flattened corn in a track in places, stepped over the sheepwire but didn't realise that the electric is there, set a few feet away from the fence. They ran into it, made some sort of noise and alerted the dogs, then ran straight down the entrance when the house lights came on, setting off the motion sensor lights......
From their point of entrance they were next to both the barn and my husbands workshop/garage....so could have been after the car/hubbys tools/trailer or the tackroom.....
Or it could have all been a huge coincidence....but I don't think so....
So....I just thought I'd make you aware....I don't have a horse here at this time so they weren't horse-napping, but I half wish I did have, as the electric's on the mains and knocks you on your back lol-ask hubby!
