This morning was hoof trimming day. All the sheep and the goats. Forty four little feet in all!! It's never very difficult and as time goes by they all get better and better at having them done. They don't love it.....................................but they tolerate it.
Most of them Geoff does while they are standing up. We wedge them into the corner with a collar around their necks and they stand there quite happily..........most of the time.
Except Louise..... Every time we put a rope around this ewes neck she throws herself down on the ground and dies........
Completely.......
Even when the job is done and we walk away she still plays dead. We virtually have to push her up to get her to stand again
Omar thinks it quite bizarre, (He is the most impeccably mannered of the whole lot bless him as he really is quite enormous!!)
Treek doesn't get it either... she would rather they ran around so she can at least pretend to be a sheep dog,
Oh and then there is Little Girl...................same things.................dies............
Totally....................Collar off....... Walk away........dead sheep...................She also happens to be Louise's lamb from about three years ago.......................is there a pattern here???.....
And then we jump to THIS generation...........this is Little Girl's lamb from last year........Louise's grandson...............He didn't quite die............ He just sat................................
And sat............................................like a little dog at a Crufts Show......................................
Is it in the genes do you think?????
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