Hi all
Just had a dog attack. First time anything like this has happened.
A husky "escaped" from their owner and got into our field. I got home from work to see it in with them, dropped everything and tried to catch the dog. People on the foot path the other side of the hedge just watched and even video'd it. The dog was grabbing at the hind quarters of my sheep (fortunately very woolly, but then went for the lambs. At that point the mum started lunging at it and the dog grabbed her muzzle. At that point a bystander came to help me get the dog off (as it refused to let go) and I dragged it into a lockable stable.
Phoned the police (been 3 hours now and still nothing back), phoned the vet (who turned up quite quickly) and the dog owners turned up. They didn't have any money to pay the vet bill and wanted the dog back as it has had puppies recently (they can afford them though....sorry, ranting
[size=78%]). [/size]Sheep has an inch gash through the side of its face and a couple of other puncher wounds. Weeks antibiotics and three days anti-inflammatories.
Too stressed to eat. Worrying that the other sheep are going to either lamb early or miscarry due to it all. The ewe with twins is going to be a right pain to keep in so I can inject her (as she hated it just after she lambed early).
At least she is up and being noisy!