ON Monday of this week I saw another sheep lying dead by the river at Corbridge, seemingly from a dog attack.

I walk my dog regularly along the riverbank but no longer, not whilst sheep are grazing.

What should be a joy has become something shaming to all dog owners.

I am ashamed for the dog owners who allow their animals to chase sheep.

I am ashamed for the dog owners who deliberately leave the gates wide open, presumably to scatter the sheep.

And I am ashamed for the dog owners who rip down from fenceposts messages from the farmer pleading for dog walkers to be responsible.

Too many people take a selfish, careless attitude to dog ownership, from allowing dogs to foul the area to the crime of sheep worrying. It’s a sad state of affairs.

The guilty know who they are, but do they not feel shame?

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