sheep me!!!

We got our sheep!  Will from Whitmore Farm came over yesterday and delivered 5 Katahdin ewes to us.  Livestock!  Were owners of some small ruminant livestock!

So...that means I have to pick up a mineral feeder and some hay in case the weather gets super snowy and the sheep get hungry.  I mean, we dont have enough GRASS in the pasture or anything.

Sheep.

Frank and I took a herding lesson from Linda Tesdahl yesterday.  Frank was fine with the sheep but was completely blowing me off outside of the paddock.  He is on the lead again for a while until he learns some respect.  Im putting Emily and Margaret and Kevin on a lead too.

Frank did fine with the sheep yesterday.  Not polished at all, and he probably needed to shake off the rust.  This morning, I took him out to our sheep for 10 minutes.  He was great.  He listened well to me and was calm.  Much better than yesterday.  The sheep were a bit flighty but didnt turn to fight or scatter.  They were understandably nervous around the Border Collie, but since it was their first introduction to a dog, they did fine.  Frank is going to save us a ton of work around here. 

Frankie say relax

Frank is our new dog.  He is a Border Collie.  We are getting sheep in a week and a half.  They are Katahdin/Dorper crossed sheep.  We are going to get 2 older ewes and 2 yearling ewes that might be pregnant.  They have been with the ram for the last few weeks.  That could mean April lambing!

Frank is cute.  He has one brown eye and one blue.  He knows his herding commands well.  But he has a mind of his own.  He only sort of listens to dad.  But he is sweet.  Dougie does not know how to handle Frank so he nips him.  Frank wants to play.  Dougie wants to be left alone.

Today Maddie threw up in our car on the way to get Frank.  Maddie is my friend.  I hope she feels better!

We will put a picture of Frank in later.  We need daylight first.  And the camera battery isnt charged.  :(

We had a great day.  

Of course we did this all in one day.  

We like pie.