No one ever said sheep were smart...in fact, along with common perception, I have always thought they are eating machines with a mob mentality and very little sense. Dotty the big Oxford ewe blew even that definition yesterday....Dotty is clearly in a class of her own..STUPID !!. Two days ago we found Dotty, the proud and possessive mom of a little gangly legged, knocked kneed little ewe lamb. All was well until yesterday when the doting Dotty apparently suffered maternal amnesia and ran around the sheep pen calling out for her lamb. Said little waif was following mom around bleating for attention and access to the milky bar whilst Dotty checked out every other unrelated lamb in the pen. This morning, after witnessing Dotty push the lamb away we have assumed parental control..Dotty has re assumed her very close relationship with food and forgotten she is a mom. Meet Scruffy...the little lamb who just wanted to be loved (oh, and fed) All in a days work..you never know what each day is going to bring..AND I escaped house arrest today. Take care, keep safe, M
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