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My dog was shot by a Farmer
My first German Shepherd was shot by a farmer 5 years ago for worrying his flock.

My dog had escaped from me and was bounding around in his fields. However, I was in the field behind her, shouting at the top of my voice and trying my best to catch up with her - the farmer must have heard me.

He made no attempt to catch or stop my dog, he made no attempt to allow me to catch my dog. When I arrived she was dead (shot three times) and there wasn't a sheep in sight!

He told me she had been chasing his sheep and therefore he had a right to shoot her.

I will never know whether she was worrying his livestock.

The dogs I have now, another shepherd and a collie, have been stockbroken - as I never, ever want to have to go through the heartbreak again.

All dog owners please be aware that farmers can, and will, shoot dogs they feel are a threat.

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