The photograph of David Mullin’s dog, which seems to be a Labrador (my favourite breed) shows a very bad injury and I am not at all surprised that he is upset. That said I hunted for many years never saw or even heard of hounds attacking or chasing dogs. All hound puppies spend time with puppy walkers, hunt supporters who look after than at their homes and socialise them with humans & other dogs before they enter kennels . At Meets hounds are unfailingly friendly to foot followers and mostly ignore other dogs so this incident is very unusual and with conflicting accounts from the huntsman & Mr Mulliner I am not surprised that the police decided to take no further action. In my experience the main risk to dogs in the country is from horse not hounds.
The photograph of David Mullin’s dog, which seems to be a Labrador (my favourite breed) shows a very bad injury and I am not at all surprised that he is upset. That said I hunted for many years never saw or even heard of hounds attacking or chasing dogs. All hound puppies spend time with puppy walkers, hunt supporters who look after than at their homes and socialise them with humans & other dogs before they enter kennels . At Meets hounds are unfailingly friendly to foot followers and mostly ignore other dogs so this incident is very unusual and with conflicting accounts from the huntsman & Mr Mulliner I am not surprised that the police decided to take no further action. In my experience the main risk to dogs in the country is from horse not hounds.
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