I walked with a group on Sunday and was dubious when I saw that a Labrador dog was to accompany us.
However, she trotted happily alongside her owner, and negotiated stiles with just a little help.
When we came to a field containing livestock, she was told to "stay" just after the stile, whilst 8 of us walked the full width of the field. At this point on the owner's command, she came bounding across the field to join us, ignoring any livestock in the field.
Her owner will never be trampled by cattle. ;-) -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply
On 26 Oct, 22:38, Gordon H <Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> I walked with a group on Sunday and was dubious when I saw that a > Labrador dog was to accompany us.
> However, she trotted happily alongside her owner, and negotiated stiles > with just a little help.
> When we came to a field containing livestock, she was told to "stay" > just after the stile, whilst 8 of us walked the full width of the field. > At this point on the owner's command, she came bounding across the field > to join us, ignoring any livestock in the field.
> Her owner will never be trampled by cattle. ;-)
Might have given the farmer some anxious minutes seeing a dog lose in the field with his stock.
>In article <4YwbgJBTTi5KF...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>, Gordon H ><Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes >>I walked with a group on Sunday and was dubious when I saw that a >>Labrador dog was to accompany us.
>>However, she trotted happily alongside her owner, and negotiated stiles >>with just a little help.
>>When we came to a field containing livestock, she was told to "stay" >>just after the stile, whilst 8 of us walked the full width of the field. >>At this point on the owner's command, she came bounding across the >>field to join us, ignoring any livestock in the field.
>>Her owner will never be trampled by cattle. ;-)
>OK, sounds good and it worked on that occasion, but another scenario >could have been that, while you were walking the width of the field, the >cattle spotted the dog at the edge of the field and decided to mob it - >standing round it in a close circle as cattle can do - and even >attacking it.
Things to note this is no ordinary mutt. It is well trained to stay and come on command.
So the owner is nowhere near the dog and so does not get involved in a "walker trampled by cows" incedent.
If things get tricky for the dog it can look after itself, usually by legging it. -- Phil Cook, last hill: Cadair Idris in the mist. http://www.therewaslight.co.uk
>In article <4YwbgJBTTi5KF...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>, Gordon H ><Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes >>I walked with a group on Sunday and was dubious when I saw that a >>Labrador dog was to accompany us.
>>However, she trotted happily alongside her owner, and negotiated >>stiles with just a little help.
>>When we came to a field containing livestock, she was told to "stay" >>just after the stile, whilst 8 of us walked the full width of the field. >>At this point on the owner's command, she came bounding across the >>field to join us, ignoring any livestock in the field.
>>Her owner will never be trampled by cattle. ;-)
>OK, sounds good and it worked on that occasion, but another scenario >could have been that, while you were walking the width of the field, >the cattle spotted the dog at the edge of the field and decided to mob >it - standing round it in a close circle as cattle can do - and even >attacking it.
To be fair, the fields were not *full* of cattle, but in one field there were cows and calves. They watched us all the way cross the field, from a distance, but the dog covered the ground so fast that they could never have caught her. There were sheep in another field and they moved well out of our way before the dog came racing through. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply
In message <rbkqe5dte4q1bl4r0qlsbgsbv2tp00c...@4ax.com>, Phil Cook <p...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>Malcolm wrote:
>>OK, sounds good and it worked on that occasion, but another scenario >>could have been that, while you were walking the width of the field, the >>cattle spotted the dog at the edge of the field and decided to mob it - >>standing round it in a close circle as cattle can do - and even >>attacking it.
>Things to note this is no ordinary mutt. It is well trained to stay >and come on command.
Even when the lady owner was out of sight before calling her, on a couple of occasions. I asked if she had been taken to obedience training, but the owner had trained her. Significantly, she ignored commands from anyone else in the party.
>So the owner is nowhere near the dog and so does not get involved in a >"walker trampled by cows" incedent.
>If things get tricky for the dog it can look after itself, usually by >legging it.
> If things get tricky for the dog it can look after itself, usually by > legging it. > -- > Phil Cook, last hill: Cadair Idris in the mist. > http://www.therewaslight.co.uk
When I was about 10, so this is over 40 years ago I was with my parents walking somewhere and the dog was off the lead and it ran up to a cow and barked, so the cow went for it. The dog had never run as fast in its life. It found a gap in a hedge that had no gaps. I reckon if the field had been about 6 feet wider, the dog would have been a gonner.
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