Friday started a little different. Ana had an appointment with the doctor for just a check up. Which she passed. One of her parents drew love hearts on her to keep her occupied while waiting
When she arrived at grandmas she asked to have her nails done. Doesn’t she look glamorous
While watching my pet and me. One of the pets was a stick insect. They made stick insects with a stick and pipe cleaners.
I didn’t want to use a stick. For safety reasons so I sticky taped two bendy straws which I think looked better as I now had the antennas lol
Ana added the pipe cleaners. With grandma. And a new pet was born
It was too hot to go out so we played dress ups in the play room
Up until then. Friday was going well
It was too hot to go out so we played dress ups in the play room
Up until then. Friday was going well
Now the angry part. Someone’s dog got into our property and bit one of our alpacas
The second alpaca was guarding the flock. He had them in a tight little huddle.
Our neighbour was outside and heard the poor baby screaming.
The owners did knock on our door saying the dog had run to the back of our place and immediately we started to worry he had got my chickens.
He had not thankfully. But he did continue into the back neighbours paddocks. Which houses horses
With help from our lovely neighbour across the road. We caught the poor baby and tended its wounds. Our neighbour loves animals and breeds greyhounds. Have us some antiseptic spray which we applied straight away and again this morning.
I am not a happy camper right now.
Dogs should not be allowed to roam and especially not if they’re prone to attacking other animals
The alpaca seems to be doing well today. But we will keep a close eye on it. If the wound looks like it’s not healing or if he looks unwell we will call a vet.
And I’ll be personally handing that bill to the dog owners.
What a traumatic experience that was for our animals. You could see them all checking on the wounded member of their herd
Outrageous! Your poor alpaca! I hope it heals quickly and well.
ReplyDeleteI'd see about a summons as well as a bill!
ReplyDeleteTerrible. Thank goodness you were there to look after the llama. How about that dog. Did the owners get a shake up. Can they keep it under control?
ReplyDeleteTrust you can id where the perpetrator came from? Don't know about where you are but in UK farmers can be legally entitled to have dogs that attack livestock put down. You could at least be entitled to require that it is muzzled at all times when on the loose. Owners with any sense would comply if its a choice between muzzled pet or dead pet.
ReplyDeleteThank you all. The owners actually came to tell us what had happened. They were still trying to find their dog after it ran away.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately we still have to live here. So I don’t want to rock the boat. Thankfully the alpaca is doing really well.