Morning Problems
What a morning I have had and it isn't even 8am yet!
I have to go run errands so I went out to start the car and checked on the sheep.
Well, we have a hay feeder out for the boys and it is metal with wire squares. Well Bert (my white sheep) had his head caught in one of the squares and could not get loose! Ernie (the black sheep) in the meantime was trying to jump all over Bert..
So I ran out and tried to get him loose with no luck.. So I ran back in the house, grabbed the phone and called Michael at work. I am frantic at this point and Michael came home (poor Michael, he had to leave work and come deal with all this).
While I was waiting for Michael I went racing back out to the sheep pen to stay by Bert to a)keep him calm and b) keep Ernie from trying to pummel him..
Michael came home and he had him loose in about a min, Thank God.
All is well, Bert is fine, no problems at all. Course he has all that wool around his neck, so none of the wire was even touching his skin or anything like that. At first I was afraid the only way to get him loose was to clip down the wool around his neck so he could squeeze back out.. I am glad we didn't have to do that.. Not because I care if that wool was gone for my sake, but it would affect him with it being cold.
So my morning has been a bit crazy! I just hope the rest of my day goes better.
I have to go run errands so I went out to start the car and checked on the sheep.
Well, we have a hay feeder out for the boys and it is metal with wire squares. Well Bert (my white sheep) had his head caught in one of the squares and could not get loose! Ernie (the black sheep) in the meantime was trying to jump all over Bert..
So I ran out and tried to get him loose with no luck.. So I ran back in the house, grabbed the phone and called Michael at work. I am frantic at this point and Michael came home (poor Michael, he had to leave work and come deal with all this).
While I was waiting for Michael I went racing back out to the sheep pen to stay by Bert to a)keep him calm and b) keep Ernie from trying to pummel him..
Michael came home and he had him loose in about a min, Thank God.
All is well, Bert is fine, no problems at all. Course he has all that wool around his neck, so none of the wire was even touching his skin or anything like that. At first I was afraid the only way to get him loose was to clip down the wool around his neck so he could squeeze back out.. I am glad we didn't have to do that.. Not because I care if that wool was gone for my sake, but it would affect him with it being cold.
So my morning has been a bit crazy! I just hope the rest of my day goes better.
posted by Janna's Page | 5:36 AM
4 Comments:
Unless they are really stuck tight, if you grab a hind leg and pull slightly they will usually unstick themselves. Not sure why it works but it does. The sheep tend to work against you otherwise as you try to free them...and I'm sure Bert is fine!
Cool, that is useful to know. :)
And yes he is just fine and dandy! :)
How freaky!
My ag teacher in high school said that if you let a sheep loose in a pen the size of a football field with a piece of rope 3 feet long, the sheep would find a way to hang itself. My dad raised sheep for several years when I was a little girl..... I saw videos of it when I went home over the holidays... the sheep were so cute!! But, at the same time, annoying (they never stopped baaaing when we went near them).
Bert and Ernie aren't quite that bad.
They baa when they see me but it is cause I usually have a treat for them. :)
But even if I don't they stop after a couple of minutes.
And they are very friendly! :)
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