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My Sheep Know My Voice - er - Chain Saw...

Posted in 2006-July
When the farmer calls for our sheep, they respond, usually with "baa's" and a few will meander over to him. But what brings them running, and I mean RUNNING, is when he rev's up his chain saw. Seriously. He rev's that loud thing up and no matter where they are, no matter how far out in the pasture they are, no matter how hot it is, they come running toward him.

Why? You ask. Well, they know he is cutting down some trees in the lot next to the barn for them. They love to eat the leaves. Even while he's still buzzin' away, they are right there starting to munch on the leaves. It usually takes them less than an hour to devour them.

Whenever we need to check the sheep for anything and we don't have much time, Good Farmer John gets the chain saw out. Not sure what we're going to do when we run out of trees...

The Farmer's Wife

10:58 - 2006-Jul-26 - post comment


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That is too cute. I would love to see it. My chickens come a running when the back door opens, thats the best I got. LOL
Kitty

Kitty - 11:25 - 2006-Jul-26


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I love the story about your dog. that is the kind of dog I want for my homestead. how did you train her to know and respect the property boundries? that is my biggest fear about letting a dog run "wild" on our land... that she will leave and wreck havic on someone else's property.
what a great dog. protector, helper, friend... I miss her!

morningsunshine - 12:24 - 2006-Jul-26


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That's really neat that they come running to the chain saw!

BuzyMumof3sons - 12:33 - 2006-Jul-26


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It's sort of like the cats running to the kitchen when they hear a can open, or the kids when they hear a cellophane bag! LOL

Have a great day.

Patti

Pattisea - 02:52 - 2006-Jul-26


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