[shep53]

Learned about a dog attack yesterday not to far away  , I can't do links but if any one can or wants to see and share  ' it is on FB    ( sheep worrying  inveraray ) But be warned it is horrendous  , iv'e had I think  5 dog attacks over the years BUT  nothing like this 

[Buttermilk]

Are there more dog attacks or are we just hearing about them now?

[shep53]

PROBABLY  the speed of information and the access by many

[Maysie]

That is absolutely horrific. 

I hope they find whoever is responsible. 

[NewLifeOnTheFarm]

Saw the post on my fb farming sell page, absolutely horrific, never seen anything like that. Such a small community too, so someone knows exactly what happened

[Ermingtrude]

Thats just horrific. As a vet nurse I have seen some sights, but that is just heart wrenching. I feel so bad for the owners of the sheep, and just hope that the owner of the dog steps forward and takes responsibility. It took time and intent to do that amount of damage, and much as I am a dog lover, that dog needs to be found and dealt with.

I hope the sheep owners can cope with, and move on from, this awful incident, and I send them my heartfelt best wishes.

[kanisha]

Heartbreaking 

[SallyintNorth]

I have three concerns about the recent spate of such graphic and horrific pictures on social media.

First and foremost of course the awful injuries to the sheep, taken as read.

However, this is a new level of damage and the pictures are being promulgated as never before - and I worry that this could give (or maybe already has given) rise to deliberate acts by the sort of sick people who like dog fighting and other such barbaric pastimes.

I also fret, whenever the 'please keep your dogs on a lead near sheep' lobbying takes this format, that it reinforces Joe Public's beliefs that his lovely Fido wouldn't ever do such a thing.  The fact is, most Fidos mostly don't wreak such havoc as this, and Joe and Joanna Public remain blissfully unaware of the unseen but also devastating damage caused by Fido's, to them, apparently innocent "running about a bit" in a field of sheep.  The collapses, ewe deaths, abortions and stillbirths come later, and are rarely or never reported.

[Clarebelle]

I was extremely disappointed a couple of weeks ago when I saw a post by 'country smallholding' magazine on facebook. They put up a reel of video clips and called it 'sheep just being silly'. One of the clips was of a dog off the lead chasing some sheep. It narrowed in on one of the sheep which ran and crashed into a sign and fell over in its attempt to get away. I commented on the post to point out that that wasn't really a sheep 'just being silly' but never heard anything back.