No the wolves probably didn't eat Port's leg. It was likely damaged enough to be amputated. Animal doctors exist, they're called vets.
They probably do have safety precautions in place to keep this kind of thing from happening but I don't know a single person that has %100 control of when something goes wrong. Things happen.
It's a farm, yes, but that doesn't mean they kill sheep. There are other reasons to farm sheep, and meat just happens to be one of them.
This dog defended his territory, his person's territory, and those sheep. Wolf attacks on a farm can get out of hand, and if you're not fast enough, getting to stop things like this is very hard. However, that doesn't mean that they did anything wrong. It just happens.
Op gave a pretty brief backstory to the image, and many of you just ran with it, likely in the wrong direction. Port is a good dog, and deserves all the praise.
We have chickens. Not a lot, 25-30 that we use for eggs. My dog(buddy) Who's a Shep/lab, protects the hell out of them. He is not our work/gaurd dog in any way. He's my buddy, hence his name. But try to tell that to him. We have a fox problem in the area. 6 months ago, a family of them took out all but 3 of my chickens. I should say here that they were freerange, but are now penned in. Since then Buddy is always around the coop. Hes chased off quite a few foxes at this point.
Like I said though, we never taught him to do that, nor do we incourage that behaviour. But do it he is, and he does a dam fine job of it. As far as he's concerned those are HIS chickens. This is HIS property.
That being said, he was surrounded one day. Foxes are usually loners, But we had a family living around us. A mama and 5-6 cubs. They would try and raid our coop at all times of the day and night. One day the Wife and I were sitting in the front having a beer after the days work. The wife went inside to grab us another round, and Buddy went with her. Just before she went inside he trotted of to the backyard. A minute later the Wife come running out screeming about the dog. We go running out back and buddy is squaring off against 4 foxes. Man let me tell you, that was a side of my dog I have never seen before. He scared the shit outta me. Never did I ever think my dog could look and be that scary. Like Buddy is a big furry goofy ball of friendlyness. Loves people. We've always said that if we were being murdered he'd be asking the murderer to throw the ball. But this was just...scary. Once the foxes say us they all bolted. But I have no doute that Buddy could have easly takin them all on, and kicked ass. Since then we only ever see a fox from a distance.
Because of this, he get all the pets he wants, and only his Favorite treats. Best dog I've ever had.
That big, goofy, ball of love would absolutely save you from a man trying to harm his people. He may not quite understand why it's a good thing, not the way you do, but he understands that foxes, wolves, and other predators are not welcome. What a good dog.
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u/LadyDeath1138 Aug 12 '21
To everyone being a jerk:
No the wolves probably didn't eat Port's leg. It was likely damaged enough to be amputated. Animal doctors exist, they're called vets.
They probably do have safety precautions in place to keep this kind of thing from happening but I don't know a single person that has %100 control of when something goes wrong. Things happen.
It's a farm, yes, but that doesn't mean they kill sheep. There are other reasons to farm sheep, and meat just happens to be one of them.
This dog defended his territory, his person's territory, and those sheep. Wolf attacks on a farm can get out of hand, and if you're not fast enough, getting to stop things like this is very hard. However, that doesn't mean that they did anything wrong. It just happens.
Op gave a pretty brief backstory to the image, and many of you just ran with it, likely in the wrong direction. Port is a good dog, and deserves all the praise.