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T - you have such a vast amount of experience and wisdom to share - thank you . I agree that police officers are entitled to draw a weapon in the case of a serious/fatal mauling ...what else can they do ?

What a great cat I am glad his way of life is helping his 'Mum' with her mental health .

Oh Dear Seems like there was an altercation between the dogs , and he reacted with a knife That poor family .... Hope the other man's dog is ok ....

Glad the truth has been found.

Poor little darling Those two should have received harsher sentencing .

Retired- home all day listening to a yapping chi .....guns everywhere - surprised it didn't happen earlier. Poor little dog

No!! She would have very short nails after running around on dirt/stones , I would think......

exactly.

May I just say "Poor Woosie" in her frantic flight!!

Poor, poor dog How horrific.

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Doing what her ancestors were bred for ......but with an Oops ! Glad she was rescued safely - what an effort!!

Wow! Survival of the fittest, I would guess - but how strong and healthy do those little ones look? That was interesting .

Very true, T it has changed so much - and dogs are more and more unused to different situations/kept from learning how to "dog" safely.

Oh I can hardly imagine the poor owner's distress...that poor little pup -

a VERY small pet!!

A tricky situation having dog packs free roaming around people is not good .

A sad state of affairs. from disappointed adopters, to vets not getting their money I feel so sorry for ethical rescues- battling to do a good thing.

What a good and useful working life he has led I am glad he is with his former handler - and has another dog , too Well Done, Sebbi.

and we will never know. It was obviously still powerful

Poor girl - I hope she pulls through. That would have been horrific for all concerned .

"before there were motorbikes and quads, there were sheepdogs"..... There are STILL sheepdogs. Motorbikes and quads are noisy, riders who do NOT understand/care for the sheep tend to go fast and stress the sheep, and accidents can be fatal. Dogs are quiet - they can read the sheep and act accordingly. With 2 dogs on a reasonable mob of sheep one can be at the lead slowing them down and leading them..and one can be at the rear/sides, keeping them together and moving . Sheepmen know that the speed of a mob is that of the slowest sheep . Sheep,en also know that there is often an old ewe who will try and break away from the mob/lead them in another direction.Dogs know this too- and can act independent of the stockman to keep the mob together and at speed. I hate seeing young folks roaring around sheep on wheels....the sheep often get confused, get away from moving as a mob, and need frequent correcting by a roaring bike/quad. Waeching good dogs handle large mobs of sheep is wonderful.

What a great initiative - for the dogs, and workers

Working dogs are a must I did hear yesterday though that there is talk of robot dogs being used in dairies and on farms !