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High Desert Cowboy
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Truth be told the dogs are the reason we have sheep. Kya has always given herself a job if I couldn’t give her one, and I thought she might appreciate having some change of pace. As a pup I’d take her with me to feed a small herd of corriente cows we were renting for team roping and she decided to give herself the job of bringing all the cows to the feed bunk. She saved my bacon once with an escaped cow and has helped me move yearling bulls down the alley. Without the cows, she started to take it upon herself to bring the horses to their feed bin, and having been raised with those two they were pretty good natured about it for the most part. We got ducks for her to work with and she enjoyed those, but I felt sheep would be better for her, also Dixie wouldn’t work ducks(I really can’t afford cows right now.). She loves loves loves her sheep. Breeding sheep and raising lambs is just a side project to help Kya pay for her hobby haha.
I have no problem nipping at or grabbing ahold of stock when it’s really necessary, like when the ewe first tested Bella. It became a problem when she kept it up, and I worried about that ewe when on the third time Bella grabbed hold of her udder and was being dragged. Face and flanks is one thing, but the udder? Ouch! Of course Bella’s only a few months old so bite accuracy and better listening skills will come with time.
Final note Dixie has been rehomed. While I love her to death she needed a different home. She’s doing well and is well loved, and I miss her to death but it’s definitely better for her.
I have no problem nipping at or grabbing ahold of stock when it’s really necessary, like when the ewe first tested Bella. It became a problem when she kept it up, and I worried about that ewe when on the third time Bella grabbed hold of her udder and was being dragged. Face and flanks is one thing, but the udder? Ouch! Of course Bella’s only a few months old so bite accuracy and better listening skills will come with time.
Final note Dixie has been rehomed. While I love her to death she needed a different home. She’s doing well and is well loved, and I miss her to death but it’s definitely better for her.
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