😧 It was scary there for a moment, they suddenly appeared out of nowhere and ran over excited and curious, wanting to check-out these dogs and possibly chase them, but finally they lost interest…………..so the lambs moved on 😄
But seriously.. teaching your dogs to ignore any livestock is very important. Making them understand being around livestock means they need to increase their focus on you, their owner. This should be done in a safe manner however.
Whenever it is possible to walk your dogs avoiding livestock entirely, take that option.
Sometimes having your dog on a lead is not enough. The vast majority of attacks on livestock happen when the owner is not present. This means the dog has either escaped from their garden or more likely was off-lead and caught a scent of livestock at a distance away and left their owner behind.