Who would be responsible to pay the difference - if any?

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Work neighbours sheep got out today, and into work place fields/property causing chaos. Our horses spooking left right and centre, (youngsters coming in for farrier - and polo ponies who had ''never seen the woolly ones'' before!! As an employee (alongside my fellow co-worker) and all members of the family we work for, and the girl groom of the owners of the sheep (they have hunters too) and their gardener (I think) managed after a good hour to capture the run-aways. The sheep owner away - so they won't be aware of the events.
Basically this stopped us getting on with our normal work, and the work we are paid to do. Boss seriously not happy, and being curious thought I would ask, if the sheep owner should pay the hour 'owned' to our boss, or do you think, it is just one of those things that could and has happened with animals? The boss will no doubt be in a bad mood over this, and as I'm on my own tomorrow, I fear I may take a bit of stick..
 
Have no idea who should pay but I'd think your boss a miserable git if he blamed you! Hopefully if it had happened the other way around his neighbours would be understanding. If I was the neighbour I'd take round a bottle of wine and apologise and leave it at that - assume he didn't put his sheep in deliberately!! Good on you for helping.....sheep have a mind of their own!!
 
So if the horses had got out and folk kindly stopped to help would they need paying? I can understand annoyance if its a regular occurrence and the owner makes no effort to sort the fences but I don't see it as a big deal. Sounds like your boss needs to get a grip.
 
I think it comes into the category of things that are a nuisance but fine if they happen once.

If they become a habit, then compensation (reasonable) would be perfectly justified.
 
I agree with the above posters. Its just one of those things, and hopefully someone would do the same for you if your horses got out. Charging neighbours would lead to a whole load of bad feeling and future possible problems. If, however, it was happening all the time, something would need to be done.
 
Animals do sometimes escape, it is just one of those things, nothing to be done and it would certainly cause bad feelings to start charging. What happens if it was the other way round?

If it happens regularly, then the sheep owners have either very bad fencing or the sheep are hungry, or both and then you would be justified in complaining. As a one-off, just grin and bear it.
 
Echo Bravo said:
Start looking for a new job, as your boss sounds like a money tight grimp
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This, I don't know how you put up with working there it seems to be one drama after another, I know the horses are high end stock but the way they seem to treat the staff is not on, it is not your fault the sheep got out, it only took an hour to sort out hardly the end of the world.
 
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