Age-old dance of hunter and the hunted
They darted forward in an offensive phalanx and the dog protected us with much barking and aggressive behaviour. It wouldn’t have been very significant apart from the fact that I noticed that the herd of cattle included a bull. I don’t believe in messing with bulls. They kill a surprising number of people every year. Sam and I retreated but we had considerable difficulty in persuading the dog to join in our strategic withdrawal.
Sam was cross with the dog for being disobedient. So was I, but I was also fascinated by what was going on because the patterns of behaviour in the field had a very ancient ancestry.