It started as a normal morning with some dozing after eating his beet pulp but then Baasha wandered out to pasture. He wasn't expecting it, but I had the camera ready.
He says, "What the..."
"Oh! THEM!" (This is what the sheep looked like when they first arrived - heads down in a long row, manging out.)
He lay down to roll, because the sheep were not as interesting as getting muddy at that moment.
"Puh, they're just fuzzy deer. I can even scare them off just by walking toward them."He did, and they parted like the sea.
Later he cantered after a couple of them who wandered into his area and I couldn't see his ears at the time, but I bet they were tipped back. He scattered the sheep like cattle.
The shepherd put up his temporary electric sheep fence so that they stay out of Baasha's grazing stripe, but they can go everywhere else on our field.
The shephered and his wife both said how calm Baasha is, how the sheep do not upset him. My man said, "What do most horses do?" They answered that most horses are scared when they see so many sheep. In this photo you can see Baasha is ignoring the sheep completely, and some are grazing within 12 inches of his back heels.
The dogs were back, doing their jobs.
Here is the shepherd's wife and baby, and in the background the shepherd is disconnecting his jeep from his horse trailer. I'm not sure what he uses that trailer for, maybe to bring his dogs, or maybe as a shelter to watch the sheep when it rains. Sorry I still don't have a picture of the shepherd, I just don't feel right asking him for a photo.The three dogs were tied up as he set up his portable fence and I offered them water and boy did they drink! They were thirsty from all their pacing and barking. It's exciting work they do.
It's dark now and I hope the pasture will have a better winter than last year. Last year it was way too long. I'll have to inspect my fence carefully, the sheep are really hard on it, but I love having them here!
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I'm also surprised that Baasha is so laid back about the sheep. Lots of creatures moving together? And they're white, the color of all evil? Dixie would snort and stare and want to run away.
Cool stuff!
I still think it really weird about the public grazing, things are so different over there!
Baasha is so funny!
Hes funny chaseing after them, so calmly.
The sheeps look so cool when they are just all spread out on the green pastures.
The sheep add a nice touch to the already beautiful landscape; very picturesque.
Love the photos of Baasha with the sheep - it's nice that he's so calm with them.
Maybe Baasha needs a permanent sheep buddy.
Good for Baasha, knowing that the sheep were not something to panic over. Part of the reason why I have to lead my horses up the trail head before mounting is because we have to pass a pasture of sheep, which really freaks them out.
My horses don't mind sheep...or llamas, or goats.
But cows! OMG, who invented COWS?! Those things are SCARY! Eeeeeeek!
(don't I look pretty when I spook like that? Quick, take a picture because I'm so pretty.)
LOl, he knows he can scare them away. That's a bunch, flock? of sheep!
That's a lot of sheep! How long will they be there for? Max used to be absolutely terrified of them, until we went for a hack through a field of sheep once. They all parted in front of him, and he thought it was wonderful!
p.s. I thought you were going to call this post, 'Baasha's Bottom' because of the top photo!
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