kimberleigh
Well-Known Member
I think everyone agrees that accidents do happen - but an accident means you do everything possible to apologise and ensure it doesnt happen again!!
Sounds as if one owner was downright rude and the other too enbarassed to do anything other than bugger off...they should've been straight to landowner begging not to be reported.
Any dog off lead in a public place can be deemed dangerously out of control, and therefore subject to the risk of being confiscated and put to sleep (worst case scenario).
All my dogs are allowed free roam of my private land because they cannot get out - and are stock broken in any case, but if they did somehow get onto anyone elses land and go after a rabbit/deer/bird etc througha flock of sheep then the landowner would be well within their rights to shoot the dog!! It would be my fault for putting the dog in that situation where they were able to be "out of control"!
I only walk a few of mine in public off lead and thats because they are the ones which I know I can rely on not to be disobedient to commands even in the unexpected scenarios - but even those rock steady ones are put on lead around any livestock!
Sounds as if one owner was downright rude and the other too enbarassed to do anything other than bugger off...they should've been straight to landowner begging not to be reported.
Any dog off lead in a public place can be deemed dangerously out of control, and therefore subject to the risk of being confiscated and put to sleep (worst case scenario).
All my dogs are allowed free roam of my private land because they cannot get out - and are stock broken in any case, but if they did somehow get onto anyone elses land and go after a rabbit/deer/bird etc througha flock of sheep then the landowner would be well within their rights to shoot the dog!! It would be my fault for putting the dog in that situation where they were able to be "out of control"!
I only walk a few of mine in public off lead and thats because they are the ones which I know I can rely on not to be disobedient to commands even in the unexpected scenarios - but even those rock steady ones are put on lead around any livestock!