(02-02-2023, 02:12 AM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: trying to determine if the dog is herding or hurting
When I had dogs and walked them on a public road, I couldn't count the number of times we encountered an unleashed "pet" that ran at us only to have the distant owner shout out "don't worry s/he's friendly!" Then after a far less than pleasant encounter they would add "s/he's never done that before!"
If I had a dead dog for every time one did something for the first time it would be quite a pile of dead dogs.
Video of incident in the original post:
https://bigislandnow.com/2023/01/31/body...e-of-them/
That's really an apples/oranges comparison. You're talking about being out on a public street. If you were walking your sheep on a leash in a public space I could possibly see how you could try to tie these completely unrelated experiences together, but only if every experience you had resulted in dead or mortally wounded sheep, with nobody calling after their dogs or financially compensating you for your loss. I have a pile of dead sheep and left one dog mildly and temporarily inconvenienced by pepper spray.
Try again?