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Title is pretty self explanatory. I was walking my lurcher pup off the lead in a field down by the river today which is a well used walk (not sure if it is a actual footpath but been used for years). Then the local 'own everything' land owner comes up and tells me to get my dog on a lead because 'she will play hell with the beast', which ill add were about 3 fields away. I explained she wouldn't bother them etc etc even if i was in the same field as them but still i was told to put her on a lead, so for the sake of sticking her on the lead till he fecked off i did so. But where exactly do i stand?

 

What pisses me off is that landowners like him should be praising responsible dog ownership (stock breaking) and maybe working on his public relations abit better! No wonder last year someone he pissed off set fire to half a dozen of his bale stacks!

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Title is pretty self explanatory. I was walking my lurcher pup off the lead in a field down by the river today which is a well used walk (not sure if it is a actual footpath but been used for years). Then the local 'own everything' land owner comes up and tells me to get my dog on a lead because 'she will play hell with the beast', which ill add were about 3 fields away. I explained she wouldn't bother them etc etc even if i was in the same field as them but still i was told to put her on a lead, so for the sake of sticking her on the lead till he fecked off i did so. But where exactly do i stand?

 

What pisses me off is that landowners like him should be praising responsible dog ownership (stock breaking) and maybe working on his public relations abit better! No wonder last year someone he pissed off set fire to half a dozen of his bale stacks!

up here its ,under reasonable control.a grey area ,as everyones perception may differ as to what is regarded reasonable ;)

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Must at all times be under control, though people like this tube should have been in the very least courteous. A bit of weather chat before a gentle reminder of the presence of stock was enough. However maybe he has his own issues with regards dog owners. Shame though as it hardly endeers you too his cause.

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Thanks for the replies. I understand his point of view. At the end of the day ALOT of people walk there dogs in these fields and i know some are absolute b*****ds for worrying the beast, i just felt it was unfair to bollock me when i was no where near his beast. I suppose i would be more understanding if he wasnt the way he was, hes got a deserved reputation for being an awkward arsehole. I guess im just pissed off because i felt like i was being tared with the same brush as all the irresponsible dog owners, but 'hey ho' i own a lurcher so i better get used to it! atb BH

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Perhaps yesterday she was told the same thing by someone else only to see it running through the stock 10 minutes later! Been on both sides of the argument bin caught places i shouldn't be and rollocked! But also had an uncle nearly trampled by a stampede while fixing some fencing!Caused by a dog that he was told was fine with stock then when the woman came over he had a go at her only to be told "keep your hair on he(the dog) was only playing with them" !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Some folk make me laugh. My friend and I were walking along a local footpath with our dogs off the lead, and we were greeted by a family of five holiday makers. As we passed them and just going out of earshot, we heard the dad mumbling to the mum about how we shouldn't have our dogs loose on a footpath....

 

 

 

.....as they all got back on their fecking mountain bikes! :blink: Cheeky hypocritical c**ts. :angry:

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Some folk make me laugh. My friend and I were walking along a local footpath with our dogs off the lead, and we were greeted by a family of five holiday makers. As we passed them and just going out of earshot, we heard the dad mumbling to the mum about how we shouldn't have our dogs loose on a footpath....

 

 

 

.....as they all got back on their fecking mountain bikes! :blink: Cheeky hypocritical c**ts. :angry:

 

 

Lol that's about right mate.

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when i lived on my uncles farm my uncle got sick ov dogs chasn sheep on them worring them police told us that if a dog not on leader that he had a right to shoot it dont know if that was right as the dog is not under controll as it could take of when it wanted

 

but that farmer didnt know if you dog was a chaser just cos you say it not he probs had other numb do gudders dogs chasing them beast and beast dont stop for anything when they are threatend iv seen it happen and when dogs get excited they dont stop either

 

so he probs been bitten once then twice shy as they say

it the do gudders townys dogs that never seen animals then they give chase so thats wy stock broken dogs get tared with the same brush a dog is a dog instinct to chase

 

and farmer doesnt want to loose money either beast or in lamb sheep getn chased about

most people start of there permission with ferrets then introduce dogs later

 

im not sitckn up for farmers cos a know some are sh--s but from there point of view its there liveing

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