Now, regarding that BFF---at this point in time the friendship is pretty much one-sided. I like her, but she's not that crazy about me.......unless I have a bottle in my hand. Olive is one of the triplets that belong to Miss Bossy and she's been getting the short end of the milk ration. If I could catch her, she would suck a bottle down in no time. The big trick was catching her. Miss Bossy is my nut-case. She's got a beautiful fleece and produced triplets as a two year old, first time lambing. Still, she makes me crazy. She's flighty and causes disruption in the whole flock. Whenever I get near her, she tramples everyone in sight to get away from me---including her own lambs. As far as I'm concerned, she's on borrowed time! Yesterday I decided I'd had enough of the lamb rodeo and brought Olive to the house. Her current home is in a big box in the sunroom (which she managed to jump out of 5 minutes after I put her in there). I'm hoping after a few days of TLC and having a tummy full of warm milk on a regular basis, I'll be able to win her over. I've never brought a lamb this old into the house to become a full time bottle baby, so stay tuned. This could be interesting!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Olive-my new BFF
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Olive has a very sweet face - I have no doubt you'll win her over!
ReplyDeleteNancy in Iowa
Olive is so cute!
ReplyDeleteI meant to leave a comment about AUdrey on your last entry. I think you are absolutely doing the right thing - I know someone who recently adopted an adult dog from a shelter. She'd just weaned a litter of puppies and was in terrible condition. If the shelter had done what you are doing, she'd probably have ended up with a lot fewer health problems.
She'll be calling you Maaaaa in no time! Sweet little thing.
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I loved seeing Olive on your lap while you were knitting yesterday. You are a true shepherdess!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with Olive...I'm sure you will do just fine with her. You did the right thing for Audrey...giving her a chance to a happy life. Keep us posted.
ReplyDeleteYou are a good sheep momma and I've eaten your cooking. She'll come around in NO TIME ;-).
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