[Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 100, Issue 32

[Kate Barrett]

Our sheep never cease to amaze me. I am sorry for your loss of such a
special ewe. I love all of mine, but we all know there are exceptional
animals, and Freedom sounds like she certainly was.
Kate
Ruby Peak Farms

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 9:15 AM, <jacob-list-request at jacobsheep.com> wrote:


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>    1. {Jacob-L}  In Memory of a very Special Jacob Ewe

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> Subject: [Jacob-list] {Jacob-L}  In Memory of a very Special Jacob Ewe

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> Hello everyone

> It is with great sadness our family mourns the loss of  BLUE EWE FREEDOM a

> few days ago. A very special sheep with tons of  character & personality

> who

> came to us in her later years.  We were  thrilled to have her, and

> seriously miss her calling to us each morning.

>

> Special thanks to Shari Staines (Never Winter Farm) for  allowing Freedom

> to join us. Everyone can be assured she thoroughly loved  her life here.

> Always interested in visitors & insisting on meeting  anyone who came to

> the

> farm.  Very Intelligent she figured out how to get  you to do what she

> wanted,

> she therefore spent her time following us  around,  preferring people

> companionship.  She usually had the run of  the area around the house and

> barns,

> often showing up in my husbands workshop to  lay on one of his cushy rubber

> mats either inside in the air conditioning  (using our Great Pyrenees doggy

> door much to his dismay) or outside this door on  a mat to sun herself.

> Being a clean & tidy sheep, she housebroke  herself, always stepping

> outside

> the door to potty, which my husband adored her  for.  We always felt she

> came

> in to listen to the music on the radio, and  monitor what was going on.

>  She

> could keep order among the rest of the  flock, simply by starring at any

> one of them.  One withering look to a ram  or a misbehaving lamb, and

> everyone

> bowed to her wishes, never questioning her  absolute "Queen" status. She

> was a wise girl, very level headed, with  a calming influence, and was a

> great

> mother.  Her most valuable  trait to me was her immune system.  It was

> second to none with super  parasite resistance that I have never seen in

> any

> other sheep of any breed. Her  pretty fleece with a deep steel blue/gray

> coloring, sweet  temperament, & lovely body type, are but a few of the

> wished  for

> traits of any shepherd/shepherdess.

>

> She seems to have made a contribution to the breed passing on  her quality

> to her offspring from what I have heard.  She had lambs with  Spahr Farm

> Sheffield, 4 Horn Farms Baa None, & Springrock Shadrach over the  years,

> all

> handsome top quality boys.  She is survived by her  offspring from these

> rams:

> Dilly, Eostre, Skye, Elizabeth, Carolyn, Merlin,  Luna, Poppy, Blazing

> Star, Ringo's Albus, Miracle. She is survived here by  her sons.  I

> apologize if

> I've missed any, I do not know much about her  younger years.

>

> Suffice it to say that we miss her greatly.  To those of  you who have

> children & grandchildren of her and had never met her, we  thought you

> would

> like to know of her passing as well as how special she was. Thank you for

> letting us share this wonderful Jacob with  you.  If anyone has anything

> to share

> on her progeny,  we'd love some cheering up about now!

>

> Sharon Lehrke

> Sovreign Farms

> FL

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Kate
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