Advice for Farmers

What to do if your sheep are worried by dogs Once you’ve checked your fencing, thought carefully about which land to graze at different times of year and put up hardwearing signs asking dog owners to keep their pets on leads, you can’t do much more to prevent sheep worrying happening. But what… Read More

Legal advice for farmers It can be difficult to know where you stand with the law on sheep worrying, but these excerpts from the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 and The Animals Act 1971 are specific to dog attacks. Also below is information about destroying dogs… Read More

Destroying Dogs that Attack NSA recommends that farmers only shoot dogs as a last resort, as the legality of a shooting depends on whether a farmer had a lawful excuse for shooting the dog in that individual circumstance. If it is necessary to shoot an attacking dog, please… Read More

Tagging recommendations for sheep with bitten ears Dealing with the aftermath of a dog attack on sheep clearly presents all manner of problems; alongside the financial and often emotional hardship sits the practicality of identifying an animal which may have suffered with the loss of one or both… Read More

Worming Farm Dogs Encouraging dog walkers to regularly worm their dogs is vital - but so to is having a strict routine for farm dogs. Farm dogs can be at higher risk of contracting tape worms due to their increased access (compared to non-farm dogs) to infected sheep… Read More

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