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

[RBMuller]

There is no answering your question about being the caregiver to a hostile
sheep.
You all must remember that the Barbados Blackbellies are the closest sheep
to wild meaning they have not been domesticated like wool sheep.
I learned in my youth by experience that you can take the animal out of the
wild but you CAN NOT TAKE THE WILD OUT OF THE ANIMAL.
Please get rid of that ram before you or/and someone else gets injured.!!!!
Rhonda in TX
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From: "Hardika= with all my heart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:25 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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