The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Castle Farm on May 25, 2014, 09:02:33 am
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I totally agree with this.
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100% in agreement with what he has done. High time people stood up for their rights! This will protect his own cattle, and protect walkers from them
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I agree with it, but it is way over the top. Could have used stock fencing, or prettified it with post and rail as well. (At much lesser cost)
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this guy is a legend, i think he used big fencing incase people damaged standard fecing to get their dogs over as they had previously. it about time people realized somebody owns and cares for the land and are trying to make a living off it, not just for your dog to poop all over.
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that was the best option too him the land is wanted to make prime hay, dog poop and hay is an aweful combo...
the locals refused to acknowledge his rights to farm the land by adding the fence he protects his substantive investment...
I just wish id been closer to get the contract for it :-D
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Good idea, dog s**t is a menace. Some owners don't care.
This weekend I watched a bloke and his dog walking on the canal towpath, I was working a lock . Mr Lousy dog owner watched his pet crap right where people would walk to go work the lock and just left it and walked off.
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My neighbour is scrupulous about worming his sheepdogs regularly. He has a footpath crossing the farm. He lost two sheep in a week to leptospirosis. 'Nuff said.
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Um.. leptospirosis is caused by a bacterium in urine. Worming has no effect on it. ???
Maybe you meant neospora? But that causes abortion in cattle, and there is no wormer for it.
Confused!
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My neighbour is scrupulous about worming his sheepdogs regularly. He has a footpath crossing the farm. He lost two sheep in a week to leptospirosis. 'Nuff said.
Leptospirosis (of which there are a number of variants) is the world's most common zoonotic disease. It is carried by a wide range of animals including cattle, pigs, sheep, foxes, squirrels, deer, rats, badger, hedgehog, but I think it's fair to say the most prolific spreader of the disease is the rat and its lack of any sort of bladder control. Put simply, it urinates or dribbles continuously!
Preventative vaccine is available;
http://www.northdevonvets.co.uk/the-new-leptospirosis-vaccine-lepto-4/ (http://www.northdevonvets.co.uk/the-new-leptospirosis-vaccine-lepto-4/)
Check the NADIS link; http://www.nadis.org.uk/bulletins/leptospirosis-in-cattle.aspx (http://www.nadis.org.uk/bulletins/leptospirosis-in-cattle.aspx) for important info on Leptospira hardjo.
"Leptospira Hardjo is not carried by vermin or wildlife but sheep can carry and excrete Leptospira Hardjo therefore mixed grazing is a risk factor."
A handy downloadable information card;
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg84.htm (http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg84.htm)
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I have a problem with dogs in particular one man that regularly walks four or five dogs at a time, he allows them to foul the road and then kicks it into my field, even when confronted he refused to move it, he said "it was too difficult with so many dogs", I am at a loss as how to deal with this individual.
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I have a problem with dogs in particular one man that regularly walks four or five dogs at a time, he allows them to foul the road and then kicks it into my field, even when confronted he refused to move it, he said "it was too difficult with so many dogs", I am at a loss as how to deal with this individual.
whereabouts are you? I thought it was an offence to not pick up after your dog-maybe a chat to your local council dog warden?
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Most councils would call that an offence.
I might suggest be helpful (!) .... using gloves and a bag of course ...... help him pick it up (cos you realise it is hard with 5 dogs) and send him home with it!!
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I can't believe how many people think that putting up such an offensive looking fence is commendable just to keep a few bad eggs of my land. I really do hate the people who leave there pets crap everywhere especially dog owners but the many horse owner who let their horses crap in the street are the same. If there is a problem then surely he should have put up a fence and encourage hedge's arond his property and used the law against the offenders. Bad enough we have these types of fences in the inner cities putting it round a field in the country he must have more money than sense.
I am sure most people are like me and have a real issue with the way people think they can just dump things and I include not just the pet crap but the litter and fly tippers must have watched the wombles too much as a kid.
Rant over :innocent:
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tbh I have no idea how anyone can find horse crap offensive-its just grass and disappears after the next rain. People used to run out to shovel it up and compost it when I was a kid.
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quote "and used the law against the offenders"
didn't know there was a law that worked.
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tbh I have no idea how anyone can find horse crap offensive-its just grass and disappears after the next rain. People used to run out to shovel it up and compost it when I was a kid.
They still do in my neck of the woods! :roflanim:
quote "and used the law against the offenders"
didn't know there was a law that worked.
Especially on private land with a footpath running through it! ???
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The dog ( fouling of land ) act 1996
Is not the best and why agriculture land is highlighted as not coverd is beyond me.
If livestock and farm animals can catch certain serious bugs from the fouling which seems to be the generally acepted view, then if there was a problem you could approach the council to have your land covered by the act ( in theory ). I have only recentl got a dog and started to take it walks round the local countryside and I have to say I am appaulled at the mess other dog owners leave all over our land.
It's about time the act was changed and assuming it is causing the farming community a health issue I am suprised they have not got the law changed by now.
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It's about time the act was changed and assuming it is causing the farming community a health issue I am suprised they have not got the law changed by now.
Getting the law changed????? Probably more chance of winning the lottery - twice! :)
Even with a law change, how do you think it would then be policed in order to make the slightest difference?