[Jacob-list] Re: Herding bottle lamb/smart sheep

[Melody Hale]

 Who says sheep aren't> smart ! ! !
>
> Sharon Brown


I agree--There is nothing dumb about sheep....it's just that humans are 
narrow-minded.  Sheep don't think like we do, therefore they are dumb.  I'm 
always amazed at the stunts my Jacobs come up with.  In order to get from 
one pasture to another they had to pass by the territory ruled by the geese, 
who would drive them away with flapping wings and many hissing insults while 
plucking wool from the nearest sheep hiney.  Some of the ewes and their 
lambs finally decided that they'd just stay in the "safe" pasture  but I saw 
a couple of adventurous ones learn to  trick the geese.  One ewe would lead 
her lambs to the edge of the goose zone, and stop just inside the boundary 
while the lambs bounced around her. Another ewe or two, with their lambs, 
were standing a little distance off  at an angle away from the first ewe. 
The geese would head for the intruder, who would wait until the last minute 
to dash off to one side with her lambs, and the geese would follow her 
triumphantly.  while the geese followed the decoy, the other ewes would 
quickly trot through the gate and down the lane to the "greener pasture". 
When they were safely through, the decoy ewe would run in a big loop back to 
the gate and through, while the geese were still congratulating themselves 
and strolling leisurely back to guard their property.  I thought this was a 
fluke until I saw it repeated on subsequent days.  Dumb?  I don't think so!
Melody at CritterLand
Redmond OR
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> Bottle lambs seem to take up many "odd" jobs.  Our bottle baby Zoe who 
> would
> lay on the front porch against the storm door was trained by our yard
> guardian Goldie to escort cars up and down the long driveway and then
> personally guide visitors up the steps to the porch!  Who says sheep 
> aren't
> smart ! ! !
>
> Sharon Brown
> Angel Hill Farm
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>> This was so funny, I have to share. Our little bottle lamb Southdown,
> Jacob
>> cross, Raspberry Sue has developed quite an identity crisis. We have 
>> tried
> to
>> put her with the other sheep and she quickly runs back into the house and
>> nestles on the coach. Yes, you heard it correctly. Yesterday, I saw our
> Great
>> Pyrenees, Arlis herding the small flock out back. Closely by his side was
> Raspberry
>> Sue herding the sheep. They gathered them all neatly to be bed down for
> the
>> night, and back to the house they both came. Job well done!
>> Cheryl (  :
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