Re: [blackbelly] Yasha's ramming episodes persist!

[Christine]

Why do you think they are called 'rams' ???
Live with it or enjoy the freezer meat.
Get a dog. These are not pets.
Chris.
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From: "Hardika= with all my heart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 1:25 AM
Subject: [blackbelly] Yasha's ramming episodes persist!


>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I understand the attachment you must feel and do not want any harm to your
> >"friend". I feel exactly the same way. I always tell friends not to go
into
> >the
> >  pasture area where the sheep are because"Rascal" could take offense and
> >hurt
> >  someone.
> >Just be careful and ALWAYS  on your guard. He could hurt you or  someone
> >else.
>
>
> Ouestion:  What do you do to keep him from hurting you ? :O)  What about
> when he needs personal care?
> _____________________________________________________________________
>
> A Question for all:
>
> What I don't understand is....Why the rams feel threatened by us...their
> caregivers?  I am a bit discouraged cause we had an episode again
> tonight...this morning he was fine with me bringing in the corn for
everyone
> and did not cause any problems....tonight he met me at the gate and from a
> standing position, not backing up, he rammed the feed bucket and knocked
the
> grain all over the ground....then he preseded to try to ram me....I
grabbed
> him and took him to the ground and sat on him for a few minutes and let
him
> up....the little brat backed up and tried to ram me again.  I grabbed a
> narrow board and hit him on hisforehead and he backed up and kept backing
up
> then I left the pen....Alan went in a little time later and Yasha came up
to
> be petted and then backed up and was going to ram him....He took him and
put
> him on his back with both horns in the dirt and after a few more
> altercations Yasha finally backed down.....This does not look good......
:O(
>
> Jim,
>
> Since you have three bottle rams....do the other two try to ram you also?
> Or just Rascel?  Do they challenge each other?  Ramming each other?  I
> wondered because we only have a 3mo. old  wool ram besides Yasha and so
far
> there has been no incidents of them fighting.  I know you said Rascal is
the
> alpha ram so the pecking order has been established between them?
>
> We may try the shields for his eyes so he can't see frontward to be able
to
> ram....I wonder ...does that work?  Can they see to walk without running
> into stuff?
>
> I wish I had a stun gun...he does not like running into the electric
> fence...maybe a stun gun would discourage his ramming.
>
> Well I guess tomorrow is another day and we will try to deal with him the
> best we can but I don't like having an animal you can't trust to be in the
> pen with.  He may end up as freezer meat......if he keeps it up......   as
> much as I would hate that....  :O(
>
> Annette
> Ravenden, AR
>
>
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