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farmjournal sign up for the sheep s monthly newsletter tweet search this blog about me homestead wool gift farm stop by often to read more about our farm and the sheep that run it we do not eat breed trade or sell our sheep once they find us they are able to safely graze their little lives away view my complete profile blog archive 2014 2 january 2 free at last rescue 2013 12 december 1 november 2 october 1 august 2 july 1 june 1 may 1 april 1 february 1 january 1 2012 20 december 1 september 2 august 1 july 3 june 3 may 2 april 3 march 1 february 1 january 3 2011 28 december 4 november 4 october 2 september 2 august 1 july 2 june 2 may 2 april 1 march 4 february 3 january 1 2010 46 december 1 november 6 october 2 september 6 august 2 july 7 june 2 may 4 april 2 march 6 february 3 january 5 2009 85 december 2 november 6 october 3 september 5 august 4 july 4 june 8 may 8 april 10 march 15 february 11 january 9 2008 106 december 9 november 14 october 9 september 8 august 6 july 12 june 5 may 7 april 6 march 11 february 11 january 8 2007 103 december 8 november 5 october 9 september 7 august 7 july 6 june 10 may 12 april 12 march 13 february 7 january 7 2006 36 december 4 november 8 october 2 september 5 august 5 july 5 june 6 may 1 wednesday january 08 2014 free at last bobbi and simon wanted to know if lincoln could come out and play today today was warmer sunny and lincoln just could not contain himself so i dropped his leash when we were working in the sheep pasture here s what happened a happy game of racing around the hay bales game started by bobbi snow angels shakin things up love love love love snow tired out and ready for lunch and a nap it was so awesome to get outside and have warm enough weather to let lincoln rip i have no idea how long he was chained but i am guessing a long long time he is familiar with the pasture now and already checked out the patrol perimeter by the time i finished puttering in the barn lincoln ate all his lunch and was sleeping in his bed already we can t leave him loose unsupervised with the sheep for a while but we certainly will have a great time watching him re gain his confidence bobbi is re gaining her confidence too what a gift she s aged so quickly since we lost andrew seeing her initiate play games and look happy made my day even better these are the days i live for www homesteadwoolandgiftfarm com posted by homestead wool gift farm at 5 26 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday january 07 2014 rescue to free or deliver from confinement violence danger or evil as defined by webster s dictionary i think a lot about the definition of rescue not all of our animal friends find their way here via webster s definition of the word i would like to add a few definitions via the ryan dictionary there are so many ways to be involved in rescue here are a few things i would add to webster s dictionary about where our animal friends come from purchases you probably all know by now we lost our great pyrenees andrew in august to bone cancer we purchased andrew and his sister bobbi 11 years ago to protect our sheep we found a much bigger farm and the coyotes sounded like a big old horror film around sunset yikes bobbi and andrew were 6 months old when we brought them home andrew walked right into the flock and did his job bobbi was a wild child who loved to chase the sheep playing in pyr puppy minds they are puppies til they are almost 2 she magically stopped the chasing probably not due to our training abilities just because she chose to be done from then on they worked together and were never apart their cute fluffy selves were also happy to go for walks with us and to be hugged and hugged knock on wood we have never lost a sheep to predators they worked as partners both with big booming barks bobbi patrolled the perimeter of the pastures barking and being sure the coyotes stayed on their own side of the fence andrew always stayed back between bobbi the sheep they were amazing to watch dedicated to the flock and i have no doubt if i had any trouble myself they would be over the fence in a heart beat andrew was stoic regal and his eyes had an old wise soul looking out we are still devastated that he had to leave us re homing a friend carrying around a load of guilt after a loss seems to be my normal healing the hole in my soul after losing one of my friends takes so long they each take a little piece of me with them four days after we lost andrew odin the 6 month old great pyrenees crossed our path he had a wonderful home with a couple in downtown milwaukee they always wanted a pyr did tons of research and went to visit a farmer who had a perfect pet prospect they bought odin and brought him home to the city they taught him obedience clicker trained him and wonderful manners however many pyrs are just not cut out to be pets and keeping him occupied was tough they wanted what was best for odin as much as they loved him they knew he would be happier on a farm i never thought we would bring a dog home so soon after losing andrew but seemed to be an ironic bit of fate he was a wonderful dog and we adored him too he was wild sweet busy and loved loved snow he would have been 1 this month but we had to put him to sleep a few days after christmas he had a brain lesion tumor he was probably born with that caused uncontrollable seizures we had no choice but to let him go in all honesty he probably would have ended up as a house guard the yard pyr he loved his naps on the couch playing with his favorite squeaky toy named lamb chop and spent most of his time inside hiding his stash of toys and bones around the house when he came inside he always checked first to see if the stash was still where he left it then his 90 pound self turned into a pile of mush lap dog and took over the couch stretching even his toes to take up the entire thing just in case you wanted to sit there too he would have been 1 this month but we had to put him to sleep a few days after christmas he had a brain lesion tumor he was probably born with that caused uncontrollable seizures we had no choice but to let him go i think he was sent to us to help us get over some of our grief about andrew he kept us busy exhausted and entertained i miss my dog so much rescue once again we found ourselves with a giant gap in our lives a few weeks before christmas we got a call about a great pyrenees at a neighboring farm who was in a bad situation we got side tracked because of the sadness around christmas two days after odin left us the weather men predicted unbelievable bitter weather as we found out more of this dog s situation there was no way we could leave him there so we decided to go meet him he will be 3 in april and had been at that farm since he was 6 months old not fixed so he liked to roam which led to him being chained to a post with the sheep then the sheep were sold so he was chained in a dark barn loft all alone no food water or bedding he definitely needed a grooming and lots of food but really 2 days after losing odin there was no way we were leaving him there even before we left we knew that when they brought him out of the loft this beautiful dog who never even had a name put his paws on jim s shoulders and just looked and looked into his eyes then he tucked his head under jim s chin then the pyr did the same with me he was definitely a rescue in every sense of the webster definition his name is lincoln and the picture above is him looking out the window of his new warm safe run in our sheep barn he was eyeing up our shire horse bull he is so sweet just wants to please us and i see andrew s old soul in those eyes it will take time for the sadness and fear to disappear from his eyes but all we have to do to chase that away is hug him up and love him rescue of a soul and this is bobbi andrew s sister she was devastated by the loss of her andrew she has not been herself since he left odin brought her some activity and wild puppy happy she was leery of him because he was a clumsy guy who charged around in life just having fun and knocking over people or critters that didn t see him coming his brakes did not work very well lincoln is rescuing bobbi they get along well and i think bobbi sees andrew in him too she is 11 years old and moving a little slower had some health issues the past year but is still very much boss of the flock lincoln respects that bobbi runs around playing tag with him and so far he is very good with the sheep he s rescuing bobbi s old soul and giving her a friendship that will continue to grow destiny a power that is believed to control what happens in the future webster s dictionary so was it destiny that we were blessed with odin so soon after andrew left then lincoln so soon after odin left i m really not sure i do know that there must be a reason things happened this way otherwise i am not sure how i would carry on with this job we have many many good critter friends that give us joy every day i am lucky beyond lucky so really who is rescuing who posted by homestead wool gift farm at 6 15 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday december 20 2013 they have a barn right hmmm one would wonder right when the temps are warm enough the sheep are more comfy outside than in the warm barn this year they have twice the wool they normally would this time of year i think we re in for a cold winter when they sleep outside it just makes me cold in my bones they call me a sissy farmer i say they needs socks time for some salad for breakfast see the lunch line on the hill oopsie looks like jolly sheep just rolled out of his nice dry bed in the barn good sheep hope you are enjoying the holiday season and stay safe as you travel the ryans and the sheeps www homesteadwoolandgiftfarm com posted by homestead wool gift farm at 12 15 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday november 20 2013 a horse is a horse of course of course that is unless you are a llama named sinbad apparently he doesn t want me to tell his story oopsie sinbad doesn t know he is a llama he thinks he is a horse he grew up with several horses so that s the only life he s ever known apparently it can do weird things to a llama s perception of himself and here is the rest of the story several years ago we adopted a beautiful gigantic shire horse named bull bull s family had to re home bull and the rest of their animals i was so excited to even think of owning a draft horse we scooped him right up he settled in with our other two horses and promptly made friend with our little donkey cassper who bosses bull around terribly that big old 19 hands tall horse is last on the totem pole here and his boss is little old crooked back cassper bull is a typical draft horse gentle and kind a few weeks later we got a call from the gal who adopted sinbad we never met sinbad he had gone to his new home before we picked bull up she asked if we could take sinbad too apparently her alpacas and llamas were beating the tar out of sinbad and she could not figure out why of course we said yes we had heard how close he was to bull when sinbad arrived i went into the barn and brought bull out to the fence they snuffled noses almost like they were saying i am so glad to find you now we are home it made me cry to see them greet each other that way as if their hearts had been broken during their time apart sigh never try to tell me animals don t grieve or remember each other as we ve gotten to know sinbad we think we have the answer to why he did not fit into an alpaca farm he truly thinks he is a horse he is never far from bull even though we have 7 of our other llamas out with the horses sinbad guards bull and the other horses even cassper he really doesn t seem to worry much if the llamas are worried though he gets very upset if any of his horses are upset and will pace the fence with his ears back letting us know he does not appreciate our behavior we are usually just brushing them we were not expecting a llama horse but he and bull will be forever friends i m glad we can give that to them here watching sinbad the confused or maybe not llama go about his daily life is always a hoot specially if i am not handing out the treats fast enough i adore that silly mixed up fellow smooches til next time www homesteadwoolandgiftfarm com posted by homestead wool gift farm at 3 59 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom