[Jacob-list] {Jacob-L} In Memory of a very Special Jacob Ewe

[Linda]

So sorry to hear about Freedom's passing. Her contributions to the breed 
will be long remembered.

Linda
On 8/18/2012 12:14 AM, SovreignFarms at aol.com wrote:

> Hello everyone

> It is with great sadness our family mourns the loss of BLUE EWE 

> FREEDOM a few days ago. A very special sheep with tons of character & 

> personality who came to us in her later years.  We were thrilled to 

> have her, and seriously miss her calling to us each morning.

> Special thanks to Shari Staines (Never Winter Farm) for allowing 

> Freedom to join us. Everyone can be assured she thoroughly loved her 

> life here.  Always interested in visitors & insisting on meeting 

> anyone who came to the farm.  Very Intelligent she figured out how to 

> get you to do what she wanted, she therefore spent her time following 

> us around,  preferring people companionship.  She usually had the run 

> of the area around the house and barns, often showing up in my 

> husbands workshop to lay on one of his cushy rubber mats either inside 

> in the air conditioning (using our Great Pyrenees doggy door much to 

> his dismay) or outside this door on a mat to sun herself.  Being a 

> clean & tidy sheep, she housebroke herself, always stepping outside 

> the door to potty, which my husband adored her for. We always felt she 

> came in to listen to the music on the radio, and monitor what was 

> going on.  She could keep order among the rest of the flock, simply by 

> starring at any one of them.  One withering look to a ram or a 

> misbehaving lamb, and everyone bowed to her wishes, never questioning 

> her absolute "Queen" status. She was a wise girl, very level headed, 

> with a calming influence, and was a great mother.  Her most valuable 

> trait to me was her immune system.  It was second to none with super 

> parasite resistance that I have never seen in any other sheep of any 

> breed. Her pretty fleece with a deep steel blue/gray coloring, sweet 

> temperament, & lovely body type, are but a few of the wished for 

> traits of any shepherd/shepherdess.

> She seems to have made a contribution to the breed passing on her 

> quality to her offspring from what I have heard.  She had lambs with 

> Spahr Farm Sheffield, 4 Horn Farms Baa None, & Springrock Shadrach 

> over the years, all handsome top quality boys.  She is survived by her 

> offspring from these rams: Dilly, Eostre, Skye, Elizabeth, Carolyn, 

> Merlin, Luna, Poppy, Blazing Star, Ringo's Albus, Miracle. She is 

> survived here by her sons.  I apologize if I've missed any, I do not 

> know much about her younger years.

> Suffice it to say that we miss her greatly. To those of you who have 

> children & grandchildren of her and had never met her, we thought you 

> would like to know of her passing as well as how special she was. 

> Thank you for letting us share this wonderful Jacob with you. If 

> anyone has anything to share on her progeny, we'd love some cheering 

> up about now!

> Sharon Lehrke

> Sovreign Farms

> FL

>

>

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