Cows bloody cows

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They went for you because you had a dog, if you'd have let it off the lead you may have diverted their attention.

Opening out your jacket to increase your visual size is the first thing i do.

Horses have lost their fear of humans because they have been domesticated, there isn't much you can do to scare a horse as a person on your own if you're acted on aggressively and the best thing to do is never to get into a situation with horses where you don't have an escape route.

(apologies, don't know why that didn't quote properly)


Yes know that they went for us because of the dog but as emmilou quite rightly pointed out we train our dogs to stay with us so they are not about to go bounding off away from us just becuase there are cows around. My dog is terrified of cows and will hide behind our legs at the sight of them (despite being a german shepherd cross).

If you read my post you will see that my husband was flapping his arms out wide and making himself bigger and shouting at them, they weren't fazed by it all.

You are speaking like someone who has never been attacked by cows, and like I said a year or two ago I would have said the same as you. But having been in that position I now know different. Hope you never have to find out first hand.

As for the comment about horse I can only assume that you don't have much to do with horses. They can be the most jumpy irrational animals, including with humans. Domesticated or not with strangers they can still be jumpy. You'd never let yourself get cornered in their box but IMO are unlikely to get into difficulties in a field becuase their instinct is to stay away from danger. I'd always keep my dog well away from them but mainly cause they are so damn jumpy I wouldn't want the dog getting hurt. Luckily he's scared of horses too and so stays well away!!