I was home from work early to day and decided to walk the dog.Five minutes into the walk and off came my clothes, I stashed them in a tree that I have used before and set off for a hour long walk.
On returning to the tree that contained my clothes I was confronted by about 30 long horn cows and about 50 + black sheep all of which had encircled my tree.
This would not have been to much of an issue apart from I had my dog with me and her lead was in my shorts in the tree.
There I was bent over almost to the floor holding the dogs collar (she's a small dog) while trying to negotiate the beasts, without spooking them. I had to walk about 400 yards like this till I reached the tree. Then I had to try and reach my clothes in the tree while still holding the dog.
I then walked further before dressing and all the beasts followed me for ever. I had to restrain the dog while recovering the lead encircled by these beasts.
I did look around a few times thinking if anyone could see me they would have been in hysterics. I was seen earlier by a twitcher that had his binoculars trained on me as I exited the tree line, glad he wasn't there with the cows and sheep.
Was a chilly 8 degrees but pleasant.
Forget being seen by anyone - you had me in hysterics just picturing it! ;D
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Just be very careful out there. We have longhorn at work and while mostly docile, never really being anything to be scared of, I did see them in full stampede mode last week when a dog got away from its owner. There's not a lot of negotiating you can do in those situations. They nearly barged on straight through a barb-wire fence.
Brilliant. That could be a sketch for a comedy :laugh: :laugh:
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Me and my dog were charged by a dozen or so longhorns and calves earlier this year. Scary.
TribalBrit, do you think the animals could have been attracted to the tree by the scent of your clothes? I've never heard of them having great sense of smell in that way, but they are descended from prey species which would need to scent predators. Send your story to Autumnwatch this week? Chris & Michaela would have a chuckle.
Well, they were clean on, for ten minutes tops so not much scent on them.
I'm glad I'd put them above arms way. (mouth)
Pleased your all finding it funny but it was not to funny at the time.
Who am I kidding I was laughing my head off. 🙂
I always take the dog lead with me on walks - our dog is docile but in the country it is expected dogs are under control especially around live stock - some farmers will shot first and ask questions later!
Re cows - I know several farmers with cows who state they are nice and docile animals - but at the same time state one or two can be aggressive and one farmer next to me got charged by one of his beasts and now walks with a cane after being in hospital for some time for them to save his leg.
Cows general don't like dogs (wolves) and there have been many instances where dog owners have been hurt by cows whilst protecting their dogs - normal advice is let the dog go - they can normally run faster than a cow.
Cows general don't like dogs (wolves) and there have been many instances where dog owners have been hurt by cows whilst protecting their dogs - normal advice is let the dog go - they can normally run faster than a cow.
This is very good advice - most people seem to think the dog should be put on the lead when cows 'turn nasty', but that is definitely not the way to react.
G&J
Cows don’t have to turn nasty - a ton of beef on the hoof being friendly can make a nasty dent on the average fragile human frame.
1 Never get between a mother and it’s calf
2 Other than 1 cows aren’t usually interested, but a field of frisky bullocks always take a lot of interest
3 If approached by 2 stretch your arms out and make yourself as wide as possible, and tell them to clear off. This usually works, I find
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"I always take the dog lead with me on walks - our dog is docile but in the country it is expected dogs are under control especially around live stock - some farmers will shot first and ask questions later!"
I am well aware of the country code, having lived in the country all my life.
I would never walk across private farm land without my dog under control.
I was however, in Sherwood Forest, Budby Common to be precise, there were none of the usual notices up warning cattle were on the common and none were in site when I started my walk.
I purely posted because I thought it was funny at the time and could have been very embarrassing if others had been present.
It’s called topic creep, happens all the time here. Usually by the end of the first page we’ve lost sight of the first post and gone somewhere else.
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