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To clarify things. I certainly do not advocate ever going near livestock without putting my dogs on a lead. The point I am trying convey is that the myth that farmers can either threaten or actually shoot your dog without having first tried a number of measures. Clearly if your dog is out of...

Thank you for the replies. I appreciate that every potential issue between farmers, sheep and dogs has to be judged individually. In my case I think the response was disproportionate to what happened. As I said my dogs both work and encounter sheep many times throughout the year. I appreciate...

Hello Josie. It was posted on a site called WorkingHPRs.com. It was from a chap whose dog had been shot by a farmer. His dog had run off and had been found several hours later shot dead in a field. It transpired that although it had run after some livstock it had left the scene. The man in...

Hello. I have just joined the forum. My name is Alexander and I own two Spaniels, one is a Cocker and the other a Springer, they are both working gun dogs. The other day I was walking them along a public road when one of them got close to a fence and startled some sheep that I had not seen. I...