Sheep

[carolyorkie2010]

Out of curiosity, can anyone tell me what breed of sheep the one on the left is please? And the other two if you can. Thanks in advance.

[saasher2012]

Not so cute after the first few hundred Rose! lol

[rose2008-2008]

Haaaaaa i thought you were going to say they had big nashers too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...... Awwwwwww Sam,,, do you actually employ helpers??. I was just being nosey out of interest thats all. I dont know how big your place is?. Bless you hun. 

[petitecalicocat]

You must have a lot of sheep Sam lol , btw were you at the country show at Thoresby this weekend  we wanted to go but didnt manage to fit it in 🙂

[saasher2012]

Sorry Rose only just seen this! Most of the people that help us are SEmployed. Shepherds who have flocks themselves & just come at the busy times!.

[saasher2012]

Hi , not as many as we used to have I think we are only lambing 800 of our own, but we always used to lamb upwards of about 2500 .
No I didn't go to the Show but if you do get a chance it's well worth it! Sam.

[petitecalicocat]

Wanted to go , didnt make it as hubby had to be elsewhere would have loved to see the sheep dogs though they are brilliant 🙂

I love to see working dogs many years ago we used to have connections with Epperstone so were able  to see the police dogs & horeses in training 🙂

[rose2008-2008]

If i was near you i would come and help you.. No i dont mean for any pay,,i would just want to do it as i would love it . I genuinly love animals and should have been what i said i always wanted to be. A VET. My niece is a vet bless her. I dont care about muck or S**T its what animals do is it not.

[saasher2012]

Oh that's a shame you didn't make it! Epperstone no longer exists as either a mounted or dog section any longer I'm afraid, that's just down the road to me, now if you get the chance go to a local farmers show where actual Working Shepherds are running true working dogs it is hilarious !. lol. In fact most of our dogs think they are called " you little black Bar Steward! Get in behind!!"

[saasher2012]

Indeed yes Rose That is what animals do in vast quantities ! lol.

[captainbovine]

oh I love lambs, they're so cute....I'll come and help too Sam, now I'm mobile.

my friend in USA is lamb mad, I have to go out in the fields and take photo's for her, I've had my head stuck in a hedge a few times!!!!

[ed_blackadder_1]

Last spring, I was quite often found scooping up lambs and putting them back in the field, the first time I did it it was so scary I thought I might hurt it but after about the 5th time it was easy, the chap whose lambs they were was grateful I was doing it and offered me a job, we do know him, which was lucky because if anyone saw me they might have thought I was pinching them.  They are little devils and if they can find a gap they will.

[captainbovine]

I love seeing them when they must be about teenage and they go round in little gangs, jumping all over the place and finding hills or rocks to stand on....they're bonkers!!!

[rhubarbcity]

When i was little we used to keep orphaned lambs warm in the fireside oven, i have been chased over enough dikes in my time by a tup, they used to go for the back of your knees, thank goodness i never fell in.

[carolyorkie2010]

Me too, Rose. I love animals. Not sure I would have wanted to be a vet though, but some other job working with animals. We had a smallholding when I was a kid,  so I sort of grew up with hens and pigs etc. I used to love going into the hen coops when I was about 4 and collecting the eggs, until one morning the fox had got in; I'll spare you the details, but the scene was enough to make me scream and not go in there again.

[petitecalicocat]

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@saasher2012 wrote:
Oh that's a shame you didn't make it! Epperstone no longer exists as either a mounted or dog section any longer I'm afraid, that's just down the road to me, now if you get the chance go to a local farmers show where actual Working Shepherds are running true working dogs it is hilarious !. lol. In fact most of our dogs think they are called " you little black Bar Steward! Get in behind!!"

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I would love to see working dogs at shows ,  are they usually advertised for the public or is it just farmers that get to know about them ?

[saasher2012]

Most agricultural shows are advertised, but if they are trialling they very often aren't farm working sheepdogs, a proper working collie has no time for finesse he will bite to move on a stubborn sheep that continues to stand up to him( it's a fault in trials) very often he is bringing in hundreds of sheep by himself or with other dogs. & very often is working out of sight & range of whistle & voice commands.

[petitecalicocat]

Nice pic ,  they certainly have to work hard to keep that lot in order LOL

Border collies are beautiful highly inteligent dogs , a friends dad always had one & they were all named Flossie LOL

[ed_blackadder_1]

Both our dogs are border collie crosses, so both really bright and don't they know it.

[carolyorkie2010]

Collected my Library book today, "One Girl and Her Dogs" the true story of a Shepherd and her taking over an isolated Northumberland farm; should be a good book.

[saasher2012]

It ya find any good tips let me know, a good one would be ow do ya stop yon dog nicking yer lunch?. lol. Sam.