A warning for any dog owners who live near deer. I was walking Bonnie last week when a roe deer came charging toward us, headbutted the dog to the ground and then stamping on her. Every time Bonnie tried to run, the deer headed her off & repeated the attack. When she finally managed to get away & run for home, the deer turned on me. They are normally fine with us walking through the fields & the deer had a baby a couple of months ago & wasn't that aggressive then, so all we can think is that another dog must have attacked her & made her really stressed so that she went for the next dog she saw. I now take a stout walking stick with me every time I go out in the fields - beating off a mad deer with your bare hands is not funny. Fortunately Bonnie wasn't seriously injured, just battered and bruised and a bit stiff for a few days, but she could so easily have ended up dead or with broken limbs/internal injuries.