Not so silly sheep
Posted: 28 Sep 2013, 14:00
Hi All,
Quick update on our experience with the lamb:
Our Daughter visited recently, she was the one who rescued lamb when it was abandonned, and she bottle fed it until it came to us, several weeks back.
Lamb evidently recognised her, and proceeded to lead our Daughter down past the house, stopping to look back to see that her intentions were understood. Lamb took her to the enclosure, waited for the door to be opened, walked to her sleeping hut, waited for that door to be opened, then laid down on the straw. She never does that with others including us. She was obviously saying, "This is where I live now, everything's fine, see?"
Prompted some you tube searching that showed one sheep playing head butts with a cow/bull/steer?, and another that was able to undo two different latches on its pen.
Yes, they follow, because they're herd animals, and feel safe in company, but they certainly ain't stupid. She likes playing ball-chase with our two dogs, too.
Quick update on our experience with the lamb:
Our Daughter visited recently, she was the one who rescued lamb when it was abandonned, and she bottle fed it until it came to us, several weeks back.
Lamb evidently recognised her, and proceeded to lead our Daughter down past the house, stopping to look back to see that her intentions were understood. Lamb took her to the enclosure, waited for the door to be opened, walked to her sleeping hut, waited for that door to be opened, then laid down on the straw. She never does that with others including us. She was obviously saying, "This is where I live now, everything's fine, see?"
Prompted some you tube searching that showed one sheep playing head butts with a cow/bull/steer?, and another that was able to undo two different latches on its pen.
Yes, they follow, because they're herd animals, and feel safe in company, but they certainly ain't stupid. She likes playing ball-chase with our two dogs, too.

