[Jacob-list] comment on "those wild Jacobs"

[spotted_sheep at bluefrog.com]

Knowing my jacobs it would have been the dog hiding in the corner...
but I do agree that jacobs are most defiantly vary "wild and crazy". 
Except the fact that I take mine to the state fair, the 4-H fair and to 
some schools where they pose (on lead, out of the pen) with 5 year olds 
for pictures. (and this morning I took a toddler out to see the lambs 
and Patrick (my ram) came up and laid his head on her knee asking to be 
scratched)
Marie

Quoting Melody <critterland at bendcable.com>:

> I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I just have to share this 
> story about the "wild and crazy Jacob sheep".  I've been told several 
> times that Jacobs are not tameable, that they are too wild, that they 
> are too hard to handle because they're flighty and so on.  Well, 
> tonight one of my wild flighty Jacobs was attacked by a dog who 
> managed to get into the pasture.  I didn't see the attack, just found 
> the results when I went out for evening feeding.  Fortunately it 
> wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.  My sweet old Butterfly 
> was hiding in a corner of the outside shelter with one hind leg, hip 
> and flank sliced and gashed.  The vet says nothing broken, and while 
> she isn't using the leg there is probably no permanent damage to 
> joint structures, just  a lot of muscle damage. But this wild and 
> flighty Jacob stood unrestrained except for my hand resting on her 
> neck and rubbing behind her ears, and leaned her head against me 
> while the vet shaved , cleaned, clipped ragged flesh, and cared for 
> the wounds.   Yep, can't tame them.  Too wild.
> Barring infection, Butterfly should recover in time.  She is due to 
> lamb in 3 1/2 weeks, the jury is still out on whether this will cause 
> her to abort, but I'm going to trust to Jacob resilience and prayer 
> on that.
> Wild and flighty Jacobs my eye!
> Melody



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