Pictures

Had Arie out with the sheep today but, on a long line so that she didn't have full access to them.




Over the past week we've had some pretty severe weather with snow storms and below zero temps. And today was the first chance I've had to do some more work with Arie and the sheep.

In the above picture you can see Arie peaking over a 4 foot, 8 inch fence. The top board is 4', 8". The top of the post is 5 feet. So, as you can see she now stands over 5 feet tall on her hind legs!

Here Arie is chewing on the remnants of some Italian cabbage we grew last summer.

Here's a nice profile shot.

This one too.

What might she be saying here? Actually, Arie was chewing on a stick in this picture.

Last week I had some good sessions with Arie and the sheep. She finally had more interest in other things like hunting cats than she was of the sheep. The interest I'm referring to that she has of the sheep is the drive to play with them, which I am working on getting her not to do.

But, two different evenings last week she spent considerable time doing other things rather than wanting to molest the sheep. I don't want her hunting our cats either but, at this point I'd rather her do anything else besides what she normally wants to do, which is to chase, jump on and chew on the sheep. Arie didn't hunt for cats the whole time either, she found some rodent hideouts too and was feverishly trying to dig them out. I guess we have a whole food chain thing going on here. Give her some cats to chew on instead of sheep, then give her some mice to eat instead of cats! I think this might work! :)