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Baymule
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It IS a flop and roll!!
Sheba-A Marvelous Gift RIP 2-18-26
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Mike CHS
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That's like Mel. All you have to do is look at his belly and he is on his back.
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Baymule
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I use blue half barrels for feeders. This morning there was a mouse in one of them.
Sheba, world famous for her mouse hunting skills, got the mouse. She tossed it in the air, caught it—sometimes. Buford wanted to play too! Sheba snarled at him, plainly telling him it was HER mouse. Sheba tossed it around, when it didn’t move, she batted with her paw to make it run again. It ran between her legs, it ran under Buford, it ran trying to get away. But a mouse is too good of a toy to let it get away.
Finally it didn’t run anymore. Sheba finally let Buford have it. Just like a bossy child, the toy is broken now, you can have it.
Sheba, world famous for her mouse hunting skills, got the mouse. She tossed it in the air, caught it—sometimes. Buford wanted to play too! Sheba snarled at him, plainly telling him it was HER mouse. Sheba tossed it around, when it didn’t move, she batted with her paw to make it run again. It ran between her legs, it ran under Buford, it ran trying to get away. But a mouse is too good of a toy to let it get away.
Finally it didn’t run anymore. Sheba finally let Buford have it. Just like a bossy child, the toy is broken now, you can have it.
SageHill
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Snack size
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Baymule
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Baymule
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It’s been a hot summer as usual. Sheba and Buford have been working, staying in the shade as much as possible. Each night I put them in a pen with 3 ewes and 3 lambs in it. This evening Sheba laid at the gate by the driveway and refused to come when I called her to “go home”. Ummmm…… Nope.
Listen to your dogs! Don’t scold and force them when they are clearly telling you something.
Obviously Sheba wanted in the front field across the driveway. Why? I have no idea. Little Ringo and his girls are in the front field, I close them up in a spacious night pen. So I put her in there with them. Tomorrow morning I’ll take Buford to join her and they can play in that field.
Listen to your dogs! Don’t scold and force them when they are clearly telling you something.
Obviously Sheba wanted in the front field across the driveway. Why? I have no idea. Little Ringo and his girls are in the front field, I close them up in a spacious night pen. So I put her in there with them. Tomorrow morning I’ll take Buford to join her and they can play in that field.
Ridgetop
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Always listen to your dog.
Why keep a LGD if you are not able to rely on their instinct to know when they need to be in another field where the predators are? Good girl Sheba!
Why keep a LGD if you are not able to rely on their instinct to know when they need to be in another field where the predators are? Good girl Sheba!
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Baymule
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Queen Sheba on her throne delegating chores to her loyal subject, Buford.
Sheba’s queenly behavior extends to people too. Middle granddaughter is the obedient subject that Sheba targets for tummy rubs.
Sheba’s queenly behavior extends to people too. Middle granddaughter is the obedient subject that Sheba targets for tummy rubs.
Mini Horses
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The grands are so grown now. Beautiful. Just so different to see young ladies, not the little munchkins 
. We've watched them grow & change.
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Baymule
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I heard a commotion last night coming from the front field night pen. Because I have 30 sheep in there plus @Margali ’s 10 ewes in their pen, I’ve been putting Sheba over there at night, leaving Buford to guard the middle field.
It was storming and pouring down rain. I think I was asleep or maybe almost asleep, in a dull stupor, but my brain said GET UP NOW! I ran out on the front porch wearing a flashlight, to discover there were no predators attacking. Nope. Miss High and Mighty Queen Sheba had a problem sharing the shelter with the peons. The shelter is 4 cow panels long, even has a new tarp over it. Room for all, maybe a little squeezed, but it’s storming out there! Sheba was barking, running the ewes out of HER Cow Panel Palace. Every. Single. One.
Sigh….. go back to bed.
I put Sheba back in the middle field this morning, she and Buford took off to go run the field. Meanwhile back at Field #1, the ewes were getting up.
I let them out on the field. They were wet, muttering bad things about Sheba, softly so she wouldn’t hear them and come back to show them who is the Queen. It dang sure ain’t them!
Back over in Field #2, Sheba and Buford were convinced that “SOMETHING” trespassed on or around the downed tree. Or maybe Miss Twinkle Toes just didn’t want her feet getting wet.
Sheba rules. Don’t believe me? Come hang out on my front porch on a stormy night. I recommend wearing more than a flashlight.
It was storming and pouring down rain. I think I was asleep or maybe almost asleep, in a dull stupor, but my brain said GET UP NOW! I ran out on the front porch wearing a flashlight, to discover there were no predators attacking. Nope. Miss High and Mighty Queen Sheba had a problem sharing the shelter with the peons. The shelter is 4 cow panels long, even has a new tarp over it. Room for all, maybe a little squeezed, but it’s storming out there! Sheba was barking, running the ewes out of HER Cow Panel Palace. Every. Single. One.
Sigh….. go back to bed.
I put Sheba back in the middle field this morning, she and Buford took off to go run the field. Meanwhile back at Field #1, the ewes were getting up.
I let them out on the field. They were wet, muttering bad things about Sheba, softly so she wouldn’t hear them and come back to show them who is the Queen. It dang sure ain’t them!
Back over in Field #2, Sheba and Buford were convinced that “SOMETHING” trespassed on or around the downed tree. Or maybe Miss Twinkle Toes just didn’t want her feet getting wet.
Sheba rules. Don’t believe me? Come hang out on my front porch on a stormy night. I recommend wearing more than a flashlight.
