Seems to be that time of year - turning over the upside down heavily pregnant ewe. Was thinking today has anyone actually seen a fellow sheep give her friend a push back upright. Thought a lighthearted question might brighten up a particularly murky wet day in Dorset!
Cast sheep
- Thread starter Mutch
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Punch
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- Location
- Warwickshire
Had to laugh at this.
Surely there not that bright!
Surely there not that bright!
Rod Dumbreck
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Maybe brighter than we think, after all if you tip one back on its feet, it never says thank you, just farts and runs off childishly
exmoor dave
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- Location
- exmoor, uk
No.....but I once watched a bunch of hoggs chase a herd of red deer out out the field!
Who needs the estate stalker when you've got hooligan hoggs
- Location
- N.Lincs
Not a snowball's chance in hell - I've seen the miserable beggars grazing all round a farwelted one and setting it up is the last thing on their minds
...................Although, apparently, my great grandfather had a dog that would do it
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I concur, as far as any ewe is concerned if the badger is eating the udder off her mate it's not bothering her. And as no farmer has ever dropped the ewe ration by half a pound when he's sent one ewe off to the knackery it's one more mouthful for her. They are smarter (and more devious) than we give credit for.
The Devonshire Bloke!
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Never seen it myself but my grandad likes to tell me about the time he saw one ewe actually right one back up again wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen it!
reverand
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- Location
- East lancs hills
What a good idea. If you had a dog that could run around the ewes every day, training it to drag a ewe over would be relatively easy.Not a snowball's chance in hell - I've seen the miserable beggars grazing all round a farwelted one and setting it up is the last thing on their minds
.............Although, apparently, my great grandfather had a dog that would do it
- Location
- Devon
My grandad had a dog that would do it too - would travel a couple of fields of its own accord if it spotted one on its back.Not a snowball's chance in hell - I've seen the miserable beggars grazing all round a farwelted one and setting it up is the last thing on their minds
.............Although, apparently, my great grandfather had a dog that would do it
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Problem with a lot of dogs nowadays is that, even if you could train them to right the sheep, they'd expect a run over on the quad so you might as well right her yourself!
- Location
- Huntingdon
Our spaniel will spot a cast one at about 300mtrs and run and jump around them, half the time that is enough to scare them back over!