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Well, I gave Snoopy penicillin and a very small amount of Baytril twice. His nasal discharge has lessened and he is obviously feeling better. That's a relief and hope the improvement continues. Thanks, for the info above. I had always wondered when you know to do the placement and none of my...

Thank you for your response. I guess I'm battling the C course rules and always thought why should the dog move constantly if she doesn't need to expend the energy. It's not logical and a waste of energy to move constantly. Nevertheless my instructors, 2 of the better known on the east coast...

I'll have to look into this. Any web sites you'd recommend, or books? In addition to your site? I looked online and in AKC but couldn't find much of anything. The thing is Skye does keep the sheep in the graze and in fact we take the sheep out into an unfenced pasture because that area needs...

How do you mean that it is "way better"? I haven't seen it and have had some difficulty keeping my shepherd going around the graze so I have only trialed in started one time. She does everything else well. But she is a rescue from another sheep farm and I don't know if her moving around the...

Re sheep age - My 15 year old wether has a buddy who is 14. And he is doing very well. And a friend of mine had a sheep live to 17!

The runny nose discharge is clear, no lethargy, I hadn't thought of Benadryl didn't know you could give that. What dose? Was thinking about an intramuscular penicillin injection...

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I'm in Ohio. I haven't tried the French course mainly because I've got enough to do. Although if its like C course i guess I could. All of those are far and few between! Glad to know someone else who has done this type of herding!

I have 2 Border Leicesters - what cool wool. So sorry to read about your Jenny. You valiantly tried helping her though. It seems like when sheep go down that's usually it. I wish they could tell us well in advance so we could save them. So since you've been a long time sheep farmer do you...

Beautiful coloring!!

Hi everyone! I have a small hobby farm with 10 sheep of various breeds, a German Shepherd who herds them training for C & D course trials, and a resident long haired cat. I wanted to join so I would have some place to go to for questions/issues/answers/ experiences with my sheep. So the...