[Jacob-list] shepherds crook

[kbarrett at oregontrail.net]

I loved my shepard's crook for directing traffic,making my arms longer,  
warding off rams, and catching lambs. I have an aluminum one from Premier 
fencing, it is red and hard to lose. However I attempted to use it to catch a 
wild ewe while vaccinating, and it is now more of a shepard's wiggle...I am not 
sure if a wooden one would have broken, but the aluminum, while nice to carry 
can't handle the pressure! 
Kate Barrett
Ruby Peak Jacobs
Quoting Jacobflock at aol.com:

> In a message dated 1/26/2004 9:54:39 PM Central Standard Time, 
> stonecroft235 at juno.com writes:
> 
> > .........for me the shepherd's crook has been a means of self
> > defense.....a smack on the nose usually stops a ram with devilish
> > thoughts!  
> 
> We keep a lot of rams and usually don't give them a large (say 10) group of 
> ewes to breed until they have proven themselves over several test breedings. 
> 
> When going into the "rams' lair" (groups that number up to 13 rams) I often 
> take a squirt bottle mixed with two parts of vinegar to one water and squirt
> any 
> ram that approaches.  They don't like the "squirt" and over time some  become
> 
> sensitized to my making a "shh-shh" sound like the squirt bottle. It seems to
> 
> be effective.   Fred Horak 
>