"That sheep of yours..."

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So began the farmer's wife, owner of said sheep, when we went to ask for hay a couple of days ago. "She think she's a horse, doesn't she?" For obvious reasons, we agreed, with images of Sheepie head butting our knees for attention, lying down to sleep with Flower, and being groomed by Six springing to mind.

Slightly worried that Sheepie's days as a member of our motley crew were numbered, we asked whether there were any plans to retrieve her. "Oh, we've tried," answered the farmer's wife, "but the silly animal rams the dogs, makes a run for your horses, and hides underneath them. They won't let them near her."

In the spirit of being good liveries, we asked whether she'd like us to let her through into the field next door, where there are other sheep grazing. "No, just leave her to it," she said, as we breathed audible sighs of relief. "That ewe's got too much character by half."

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She might just have a point :D

Please excuse the mud, all - they have plenty of drier places to stand, but where the hay feeder is, you unerringly find the horses!
 
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How did Sheepie end up in with them in the first place?
I love her too though. <3 Sooooo cuuuuute. Need a photo of her being groomed by Sixpence!
 
I’ve been waiting for an update, am so pleased and relieved that Sheepie is now officially part of the Crew and everyone, including the farmer’s wife, is happy. Love your pics, they really make my day:D
 
JJS said:
So began the farmer's wife, owner of said sheep, when we went to ask for hay a couple of days ago. "She think she's a horse, doesn't she?" For obvious reasons, we agreed, with images of Sheepie head butting our knees for attention, lying down to sleep with Flower, and being groomed by Six springing to mind.

Slightly worried that Sheepie's days as a member of our motley crew were numbered, we asked whether there were any plans to retrieve her. "Oh, we've tried," answered the farmer's wife, "but the silly animal rams the dogs, makes a run for your horses, and hides underneath them. They won't let them near her."

In the spirit of being good liveries, we asked whether she'd like us to let her through into the field next door, where there are other sheep grazing. "No, just leave her to it," she said, as we breathed audible sighs of relief. "That ewe's got too much character by half."

aTiZA0o.jpg


She might just have a point :D

Please excuse the mud, all - they have plenty of drier places to stand, but where the hay feeder is, you unerringly find the horses!
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LOVE this!! What a fabulous sheep.
 
Snuffles said:
I think a new name is called, for - Sheepie, really ? (Not that I can think of one ) :D
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In a previous thread they have given her a name.

"We've taken to calling her Dandelion, because she has far too much personality to just refer to her as 'the sheep'. We keep them on a working farm, so there are plenty of others around, but I'm still not sure how she let herself into my fields or why she decided to stay - she certainly didn't follow the flock in this instance!"
 
Hilarious:)

When Arabi was still entire he had his own field next door to the cattle field and one of the calves used to get into his field on a daily basis they used to graze really close to one another quite sweet really.
 
As someone suggested in one of your earlier threads... this has to be turned into a children's book. Hope you take plenty of pictures! :D
 
My parents had a small flock of Swaledales who were taken to a neighbouring farm to visit the ram until one year when my Dad got a call to collect them pronto - it seems they had not only faced down the sheep dog they'd taught the other sheep to do it and the whole lot of them were out of control (and the dog was probably in therapy). My parents had a Labrador which liked to frolic with the sheep and they saw as an equal - dogs held no fear to them.
 
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