Out of Control Dog Attacks Police Horse in the UK.

[Deeds]

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/shocking-moment-outofcontrol-dog-attacks-cop-horse-for-five-minutes/news-story/ea3b5e89c55804632f3af268c2f3440d. See video contained in the report.  

 

The horse is recovering .  The dog owner had no control or recall with his dog.  When the attack was over he said"Just take the dog".

 

 

[persephone]

Poor Horse  That will take some getting over  I hope the  dog's owner gets at least fined.

[Mairead]

If the owner was correctly quoted as saying he was scared the horse would kick [and kill] him, then we have another problem of people believing that movies represent reality.

[tdierikx]

That video is quite distressing... but highlights exactly why legislation says that dogs in public need to be "under effective control". If the dog's owner had been paying proper attention, he should have noticed the moment his dog first started showing interest in the horse, and called it back and leashed it.

 

Kudos to the rider of the horse for staying calm and staying seated while the attack was in progress... their calm definitely played a huge role in keeping the horse calm and having the attack escalate further than it did.

 

T.

[Selkie]

On 25/03/2023 at 9:08 AM, Mairead said:

If the owner was correctly quoted as saying he was scared the horse would kick [and kill] him, then we have another problem of people believing that movies represent reality.

 

The owner sounds like an oik, but with most horses, he would have been very correct. That horse was under a great deal of stress, and was not able to run - many horses in this situation will resort to kicking, and when they do this, they can reach far further and far higher than people expect. Being killed by a kick to the head or chest is a definite possibility. NEVER approach a horse that you don't know from the rear; allow at leat two horse lengths.

 

There are many horses that dislike dogs. They will deliberately chase a dog that gets into their paddock, and strike with their front legs. They are quite capable of killing a dog this way.

 

The obedience and training of that poor horse is just astounding.