Dogs In Rural Areas Running Lose

I recently had a run in with a young Lady ( I am using the term loosely ). She was trespassing in my field next to the road, where her and the dog she was with had decided to take a look at some calves in the field.

I yelled at her and told her to get the heck out of the field. She went back toward the fence, but her darling rover continued towards the calves. The calf that was closest to the dog seen it as a possible four legged danger and called for mom at the top of its lungs, while running towards mom. The dog, thinking this was the greatest game in the world, continued to chase the calf. Right about then 20 cows weighing a combined weight of about 15 tons arrived with the intent to kill first and ask what was really happening later.

The dog realized that it was no longer a game. The young lady started to call rover worrying about her baby, then realized she was going to be slower than rover reaching the fence. She took off like an Olympic sprinter, reached the fence and threw herself over it. She had to find the sunglasses that fell off her head and the things that had dropped out of pockets. Rover was now hiding behind her as the cows glared at him and went back to check their calves.

The young Lady proceeded to give me a piece of her mind about my dangerous animals running at large. When she slowed down to take a breath I told her she was trespassing and that under the livestock act her dog could have been shot. The sad thing is the dog was just being a dog. It was the owner that had broken the rules. I am asking everyone who takes rover for a walk in the country to keep your dog safe on a leash, and to stay off of private property. The fence is there to keep our livestock safe and you out.

Please use your common sense and keep yourself and your dog safe.

Sandy Gravel
Rocky Meadow Farm
Side Hill Ontario