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shape of the horns, the time of year, the
temperature, how many ewes are in heat, if you have given the "darlings"
enough attention yadda, yadda, yadda, it will make
a difference on how hard they ram the said structure.  One thing that I used
to help protect the house though is to "put up a
diversion", one diversion to protect flowers was a second fence, to protect
a gate area was a semi-circle of "muck tubs", with
grass planted in them, kinda like they were at a drive through for lunch.  I
would not give up having them where you can see
them, but we have had to be creative.  Like cinder blocks wired to bottom of
wire fence, squirt bottles or guns when we are
working near fence, they try to climb over, look like kittens.  I never go
into a pen without a escape route planned and stratigically places poles or
fence panels to duck behind just in case they take that " tell tale two step
back."   I would not change a thing, I love my Jacobs, they are the most
intellegent of any sheep I have been around, and I swear I see a grin when I
get a ram back in, and he tries to outrun me to get to the spot he found to
get out of.

Lou Anne
Thompson's Faerie(where the wee folk dwell)


----- Original Message -----
From: Wolfhoundwoods <wolfhoundwoods at starpower.net>
To: Jacobsheep <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 9:24 AM
Subject: [Jacob-list] EEK! Will they RAM the house??


> YIkes! My husband and I are still discussing the pros and cons of getting
a
> few (3) jacob sheep. We were talking about fencing and suddenly he said,
> "Will they RAM THE HOUSE?"....
>
> Now the way we had it planned until he came up with this rather important
> question was that some of the area they will be "mowing" is adjacent to
the
> house....(and some windows that are head/horn height)
>
> So the question is - will they ram the house and/or the barn? Will they
look
> in the windows and try to ram the "other sheep" there like the current
> suicidal cardinal who has been ramming the glass for a month non-stop...
>
> Keep in mind that they will have tons of rocks and trees to ram to their
> hearts content - they won't just be in a treeless open pasture but rather
in
> a wooded lot with lots of grass and trees and rocks and weeds and
blackberry
> bushes and grapevines and all that scrubby stuff.
>
> Do they tend to be perverse and choose the garage doors or the windows if
> available or would they tend to avoid the house?
>
> Can they fitted with invisible fence collars like dogs?
>
> ALso, do they eat the bark off trees like deer? Or just ram it off....
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any input on this rather important question. I would
> rather have considered this stuff and fenced in advance than end up with a
> damaged sheep or house....
>
> (the house is brick but the garage doors are metal)
>
> Frances
>
>
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