A farmer was left 'baffled' after his sheepdog was reported to the RSPCA for rounding up his own flock. Tom Trueman, 42, received a complaint from the animal welfare charity after reports that his border collie had been seen 'worrying' sheep. He was sent two pamphlets alongside the complaint titled 'dog behaviour' and 'how to look after your dog'.
A waste of time and little old ladies' bequests to this wretched 'charity'...
Purplexed (sic), Mr Trueman looked further into the report and was stunned to discover that it was lodged against his own sheepdog Tilly, who had been helping him round up runaway sheep on a nearby road.
The eighth-generation farmer, from Buckfastleigh, Devon, said: 'The whole thing is laughable really! 'Usually if you see a sheep, a sheepdog and farmer you put two and two together.
And who did they send?
He said: 'The inspector was a farmer's daughter from Devon, so she understood the situation and we both had a good laugh - she even said to tear up the letter and put it in the bin.
She shouldn't have wasted her time visiting him in the first place!
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