greener pasture

From l to r foreground, then back: Good Mama, Anna, ram lambs,
Pamela, Ellie, Fiona, Ella, Jacobs, Jacobs ram, Moon, Scar, and furthest back right, Charlok.
The donkeys are the gray blobs in the middle back, hiding in the brush trying to escape the bugs.

This is the green grass heaven that all 13 sheep and 2 donkeys are living in right now. Yes, I did say all 13 sheep. Nate took the time to go and fetch Charlok from the old pen this morning. We listened to her maaaing most of the night for the rest of the flock. She had also started to headbang all of the fence panels. I'm not going to go into details on how he finally caught her solo, but the river, a fence and the infamous Briggs' 'sheep trap' all played a part.


AnnaFleece has learned how to respect the electric fence. Dodge has not. Let's call it 'wiemer ping.' I guess wiemeraners are not able to sense or see the electric fence, or bright white polytape. Kohen and I headed out to give Anna her 5 o'clock bottle. We now walk into the middle of the pen before calling her to discourage her from coming too close to the fence. Once she finished we decided to walk the rest of the pen and count sheep. Dodge came down the drive from the morton building, which now has fence strung across it. He did not stop at the fence, but started yelping when he was shocked and trudged through it. He then continued running and yelping right past Kohen and I, right into the electric fence on the other side of the pen. I was laughing so hard, I almost peed my pants. He didn't make it through the fence on the west side, but instead began running faster, and yelping louder as he headed toward the house. One final shocking jump and he had made it clear of the wire. He then sat on the deck crying. Kohen summed it all up well. "What's wrong with that dog?"