Not funny!

I've done that many times yelling

"Siegfried!"

"Blitzen!"

and now

"Donder!"

As a new puppy or dog discovers the joy of chasing my fenced fallow deer. Alas no red stags. Or elephants, T-Rex, ostriches, or other critters.

When the young fellow gets in, Donder last time was free in the empty deer paddock next door, found a way in under the fence and FUN !!! Chase the panicked deer herd at 1 AM (or 11 PM or whatever time at night). Panicked deer can knick down fences, jump over seven or eight foot fences, kill themselves knocking into things. But it is such great fun !!!

Meanwhile I'm running after the dog yelling at the top of my voice, using a whistle. Ignired. The dog might come belting along pasted me in glee. I'm ignored. I throw sticks, logs, whatever at the dog .... Ignired ... The sheer joy on his face.

Eventually puppy realises he must stop, comes contrite to me, eyes and ears down, cringing .... I say bad dog and we go home .... No, he gets a belting.

Interest in deer is great, pointing them but not chasing. The have to learn. Chasing fenced deer could be serious. But luck, so far not a fatality and no escaped deer.

In England the private countryside is riddled with public, historic right of ways, wZlking paths etc, whatever they're called. The public has a right to enter and walk on private property along a path. One big complaint of landowners is dogs chasing sheep, cows, deer, elephants, T-Rex etc. Gentoo should be on a lead!

Funny video I can relate to.