Some advice should you encounter livestock protection dogs:

   - Stay quiet (don’t shout at the dog), better still ignore it (don’t make eye contact with the dog ).
   - Keep still for a moment or two to let the dog identify you then go round  the animals / leave the dog’s protection zone.
   - Cyclists dismount.

Avoid:

   - Looking the dog in the eye
   - Sudden moves
   - Shouting
   - Threatening it with a stick

If danger comes near the livestock (such as a walker of cyclist), the protection dog will react by barking loudly and growling. It must scare the intruder off by positioning itself between them and the livestock.
If the intruder persists in approaching the livestock, the dog will see this as aggressive behaviour. Accordingly, the dog «will establish physical contact» as a last resort.

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