[Jacob-list] Sheep security

[ARTHUR PARTRIDGE]

>They are all up in paddock by barn with horse now. NOT

>near the street.

> 

>It sure is a puzzle!

> 

>Joy T.

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I'm so sorry for your loss of the ewe.  Maybe she will show up.  For ten
years now I have a routine where the sheep are brought back to the barn
area at night or when we are not here.  We haven't had a loss.  Thieves and
predators would have to go through three sets of fences and past a guard
llama, plus a hundred yards or so to reach the sheep.  If a sheep escapes,
it won't go far.  Some evenings the ewes don't want to go in the barn area
and linger in the pasture awhile longer, that is when I get our dog, a blue
heeler mix, and it is amazing how fast the ewes head for the barn.  The
rams and wethers have the same routine, except they don't have a barn, just
a three-sided shelter in their paddock.  With all the large horns and some
natural aggression, it would be interesting to see a thief in there and see
if he survives.

I hope the "thief" or whatever it was doesn't come back for another.

Cathy
Moscow, Idaho