Thoughts ?

Just come back from a forest romp . When we pulled up , there was a transit van and another smaller van parked , and a lady standing by the larger vehicle from which much barking was heard . She went on to tell us that two of her greyhounds had legged it so her partner had gone to search for them . She said that this often happens , and no point worrying , they would come back when they were tired ! The noise from both vans was incredible when I got our two out , and she then said that they owned, wait for it ............... 6 Labradors , 4 Whippets , 3 Greyhounds and 2 Staffies ! 15 flippin dogs in total , she said it was chaos on the beach , I bet ! So I went off on my walk , I heard her partner calling the errant dogs from deep in the forest , and when I got back to the car an hour later , he had just returned with the runnaways on a piece of rope . To my amazement , he opened the door of the transit and just put them into the open space where about 10 other dogs were , so they were all lose in there , no restraints whatsoever . It seemed that the dogs in the smaller van were also lose in the back . They were both actually laughing and saying that some of their pack often took themselves off, but usually found their way back to the vehicles . It was the amount of dogs lose in the backs that worried me , no dog guards to stop them flying forward , can you imagine ?
 

Jacqui-S

Moderator
Location
Fife, Scotland
Doesn't seem quite.....normal?
Who really has that many dogs?
My friend Elaine has 5 labs. She is on her own, never take a them all out at once unless (maybe?) It's around the field by her home)
 

Naya

Moderator
Location
Bristol, UK
That is absolutely mad! 15 dogs! Sad that none of them are restrained though.......that could end in disaster 😢. Were any of the windows open? They must of been so hot locked in that van for that long 😢
 
This is what worried me , totally unrestrained dog , lots of them , rolling around in the back of a van / I guess its choice to have 15 dogs , as long as they are well cared for x
 
In our town is a woman on a bike with I think 20ish dogs. All sorts and brands. She has a bike with a front where normally children are supposed to sit. She has 7 or more little dogs in there. There are 7 dogs around the front. Behind her there are 8 dogs walking/ running while she rides her bike. Sometimes she has 2 children with her, one on his/her little bike and the other one sitting behind her.....
When I see/hear in the distance that she is approaching I will turn around with Finn and walk the other way.
Yes there are some lunatics on this world.....
 

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Wow, that's a lot of dogs. My vet in Germany says she has that many and I believe her because they all come to work with her. I don't know how you'd do it, really. I guess I could see it if you lived in the country and they had plenty of room in a safe outdoor area, but I can't imagine loading them all up in a van and heading out. I used to have a hard enough time keeping an eye on three!
 
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