Interesting Facts:

1. Sheep love to eat pine leaves.
2. Pine leaves stay green even after the tree they were on has been cut down for two months.

Here’s proof — sheep eating pine leaves on branches from a tree cut down two months ago.

Sadie and Pumpernickle are still coughing off and on. We thought they were all better, and then they started again. We called the vet about it a while back, and she said it was either pneumonia or allergies. We checked their temperatures (don’t ask), and things seemed to be fine. We figured it was allergies. But, they keep coughing, and coughing is not good for sheep because if they cough too much their girlie parts and/or poopie parts can fall out. So, this morning we decided to start them on a round of antibiotics in the hopes that it will knock out whatever is causing them to cough. If it is indeed allergies, this obviously won’t help. Not sure what we’ll do then.

It’s tough to give sheep medicine. Andy lured them into the barn with grain, and then we tried to close the door. Alas, the doorway was blocked with bedding and we had to push old hay out of the way and wasted precious time. (The grain won’t last forever, you know!) Finally we got the doors shut. I stood to the side with a syringe in one hand and the lantern/flashlight in the other. Andy nonchalantly meandered up to Sadie and GRABBED her. She flung him round and round and finally he sat on her and got her still. When she realized she wasn’t going to get away, she drug Andy back over to the feeder so she could munch grain. I snuck up and jabbed the syringe in her leg, and we were done. Pumpernickle was next, and the dance was pretty much identical.

The whole time we were chasing and jabbing, the non-chased girl sheep were running around, but Sydney just kept munching. Doo-doo-doo. That’s Sydney. He’s the friendliest of the sheep by far. He’ll eat out of your hand.

And he’ll even give you a smoochie!