Totally my fault, just have to get this off my chest somewhere as I am mortified with embarrassment!
We were invited around to a new friend's yesterday for children's tea. My 9.5 month old dog was having a lovely time chasing around the garden with their lurcher – I went to check where he was and he didn't recall, which is unusual. What I hadn't realised was that there were chickens in the garden...
We found him trotting around the side of the house with the lurcher, both covered in feathers, and then found one dead chicken with a bald patch. My new friend cried. It was awful. Her dog is around the chickens all the time and has never previously touched them, and I have seen ours attempt to flush a pheasant (he's a mix of retrieving breeds), so I can only assume he was the ringleader/actual killer. He has never seen chickens before and I hadn't twigged they were loose in the garden or I wouldn't have let him out without very close supervision.
I am so ashamed! Offered to replace chicken etc etc. I have only just met this nice lady, she invites us around, and then this.
The worst of it is I don't think I even asked if it was OK to bring the dog with me! I didn't let him out without her knowing – she went to shut the gate when we arrived to make sure he couldn't get up to the road, but normally I would have made a point of asking whether he was invited too or just left him at home for a couple of hours!
I am SUCH AN IDIOT.
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calamityjane1 · 12/03/2014 11:50
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