[Jullienne]

I would say fat lamb price, £60 is reasonable, that is what you would get at mart depending where you live.  I am surprised they offered compensation, they sound like nice folks to me, shame that none of my neighbours are like that. I have a feeling that this will be a one off, I dont think it will happen again by the sound of them. I am so sorry that you lost the lamb though, as a living lamb is better than merely a fee.

[Bywaters]

The compensation should be the value if it had lived, not as a scraggy 5 day old. Shearling tup or gimmer price is what I would be asking.
But not taking the mick

[Coximus]

Cost of replacement is where the law will fall.
Future lost income is not fair or proportionate - as if the lamb was worth £60 at weaning, buy a replacement of same bread / type at weaning, and then your back where you were and can breed from that, so asking for £500 for 6 crops is not fair, as you can still get those lambs.
Its also too early to ever hypothesize whether the lamb would of made the grade as a breeder,

Simply put - they should make good the loss, and put you back to where you would be had the lamb not died - so cost of buying a replacement live animal of the same type at weaning, if she was for breeding, or market value for a fat lamb of the type when its at slaughter weight, + the Knackermans costs.

[Marches Farmer]

Cost of replacement is where the law will fall.
Future lost income is not fair or proportionate - as if the lamb was worth £60 at weaning, buy a replacement of same bread / type at weaning, and then your back where you were and can breed from that, so asking for £500 for 6 crops is not fair, as you can still get those lambs.

I have a pedigree flock with detailed records of every lamb born, its' breeding, longevity, lambing, health and mothering ability.  I have culled out problems without mercy over twelve years and on that basis every ewe lamb now entering the flock is, in effect, irreplaceable, and every ram lamb can be reasonably expected to become a breeding quality animal to be sold or hired out before slaughter. In a similar situation I would be looking for way, way, more than £20.  If you're a member of a breed society you could ask the club secretary for his/her view.  I, too, would be looking at fencing (at their cost, if appropriate), educating the dog and printing off the current law on keeping your dog under control so that they're under no illusion about having broken the law.

[Davea321]

Way more than £20 for sure. The animal would have earned you more than that in its lifetime, had it not been killed as a lamb, but as importantly £20 per death by dog is no deterrent. Prob cheaper than getting fence fixed

[BenBhoy]

And I'd let them know next time you'll shoot the dog. I've got signs up saying that. Makes me no friends but never see dog off lead anymore.

[Coximus]

A pic of a dead lamb, next to a pic of a dead dog on the gate works wonder. no words, pictures do the job. And a picture of a lead. People get the message, some rip them down, but footpath usage goes through the floor quickly.