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Lamb Chop has a wash and brush up!

4/18/2012

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Poor Lamb Chop, have you ever heard of a sheep who is allergic to grass ? We’ve got one ! Throughout the Winter our boy has been happily cohabiting with the flock of ewes who though not overly welcoming have allowed the ugliest lamb on earth to share their patch. The Spring grass has arrived and daily the voracious formation eating team and their equally voracious offspring led by matriarch ewes Gimpy and Bandit head out to the pasture. Daily, Lamb Chop with his mucky butt, asymmetrical horns and on his skinny little uncoordinated legs hops after them, in no particular hurry, the grass will still be there and he has grown immune to Bran the Border Collie’s “persuasive” harrying. Just recently the poor boy has been carrying  a little extra weight… on his butt. We fully understand, what goes in must come out but in poor Lamb Chop’s case what is coming out is way more than he put in and it is time for an executive decision. Lamb Chop is not too impressed at being removed from the harem but being in solitary means more carrot morsels and lots of people attention so for his uncomplicated brain it isn’t too bad a trade off. His bath isn’t going to be much fun…for him or us but medicating him is easy, if it’s going in his mouth, it’s all good. Poor Lamb Chop, it is a good job the scruffy ugly uncoordinated incontinent lamb has a really cute personality ..and I’ve got his back!!!!

Lamb Chop update ( and no photographs !!). The potential patient watched his erstwhile pasture pals desert him this morning, not a ewe spared a back glance as Greg retained him in the pen. Lamb Chop was due a wash and brush up followed by a good haircut and a hefty dose of probiotics. Half a ton of carrot morsel blackmail later and the scruffy lamb is looking nearly as good as new which was possibly more than could be said for Carla and Greg who were working on the rear end and Alyson who was trying to keep eating machine occupied. 

Big brother John and his daughter Alyson (my niece) arrived back from their expedition to Oregon. Judging by the number of bags they left with and the number of bags that returned with them, more time was spent exploring the outlet malls than the Oregon coastline!  So John is getting retrained by daughter Alyson in the intricacies and technique required to meet mucking out spec on Gentle Giant Meadows ranch. Clearly, getting up close and personal to what comes very naturally to six cows Rodney the Ram and “ever ready” buck Macho doesn’t find itself at the top of John’s “100 things to do before I die” list but British stiff upper lip has prevailed and alongside daughter Alyson big brother John has scooped the poop like a pro although it has been reported that muttering under the breath and a few hefty curses were heard.

Happy birthday to Hannah and thanks to Natalie for the yummie cup cakes !

Well, time I got this posted, I believe that I’m well overdue.

 Take care, keep safe, M
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Quatre
4/19/2012 07:26:40 am

I hope Roman was a good boy!

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Camie
4/19/2012 05:46:13 pm

Poor Lamb-Chop ! He's not very fat !

What a happiness to follow the blog, I feel like a little with you.
I miss you all.

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