A community resolution scheme signed by both horse and dog owner meant both were satisfied with the outcome after a rider was injured in an incident.
THE positive outcome of a dog attack on a horse has demonstrated how the law can work for all concerned.
Viv Spencer fell when a loose dog spooked her home-bred mare Toynton Zaraah at her home in Lincolnshire on 17 January. Both escaped serious injury, although Mrs Spencer’s new riding hat was “totally smashed”.
Mrs Spencer reported the incident to police, who paid the owner a visit and asked him to apologise to Viv, which he did, also giving her a cheque to cover the cost of a new hat.
“The police were amazing,” she told H&H. “Apparently, he told them he’d seen me limping off so thought I was ok. They went to see him straight after they came here and he came round that night.
“The policeman who took my statement asked me what I wanted to happen: they could do nothing, or start this community resolution, which you both sign. I said I wanted him to agree to keep the dog on a lead and maybe pay for a new hat, and they went straight round to see him. I can’t praise the police enough.”
The British Horse Society (BHS) announced last year that three riders and 18 horses had died as a result of dog attacks since 2010.
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