Re: [Blackbelly] Shepherds tactics
I wouldn't think anyqne with a heart could break the leg of a lamb! You could just catch it and carry it around with you all the time. It will either take to you or not. I had a lamb break a leg and it didn't make him any tamer. I kept him in a horse trailor front and fed him everyday for 6 weeks along with another who had been beaten at a livestock sale and I believe broke a rib or two. Neither one ever became tame. The one with the bad leg was only about 4 months old and the other about a year both rams. Just my 2 cents though. Nancy - Original Message - From: Dave Andrus andruscompan...@netecin.net To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 22:10 Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Shepherds tactics In a discussion this morning some one told me they had heard that a tactic used by shepherds with lambs that continuously ran off was to break a leg and carry the lamb so the lamb could not/would not run away for the period of time the leg was healing. During the healing time the shepherd would carry the lamb on his shoulders thus creating in the lamb a dependence/fondness on the shepherd. Let me be clear, I am not condoning this in the least simply interested to know if any one has ever heard of this tactic being used by any one tending sheep. TIA, Dave ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Shepherds tactics
I believe this shepherd tactic is fiction. I have had several lambs with a broken leg. First those little three leggers can be very difficult to catch. Second, not all of them had happy endings with healed legs. And third, many of those lambs had no fondness of the shepherd that continually doctored their painful injury. Mark Wintermute In a discussion this morning some one told me they had heard that a tactic used by shepherds with lambs that continuously ran off was to break a leg and carry the lamb so the lamb could not/would not run away for the period of time the leg was healing. During the healing time the shepherd would carry the lamb on his shoulders thus creating in the lamb a dependence/fondness on the shepherd. Let me be clear, I am not condoning this in the least simply interested to know if any one has ever heard of this tactic being used by any one tending sheep. TIA, Dave ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Shepherds tactics
plus, how would it eat, defecate, urinate? or heal with a straight leg, since a lamb with a splint can run like a bullet, so it would have to be carried at all times, if the leg was not splinted and the shepherd carried it pretty much always... -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:54 PM, The Wintermutes winterm...@earthlink.net wrote: I believe this shepherd tactic is fiction. I have had several lambs with a broken leg. First those little three leggers can be very difficult to catch. Second, not all of them had happy endings with healed legs. And third, many of those lambs had no fondness of the shepherd that continually doctored their painful injury. Mark Wintermute In a discussion this morning some one told me they had heard that a tactic used by shepherds with lambs that continuously ran off was to break a leg and carry the lamb so the lamb could not/would not run away for the period of time the leg was healing. During the healing time the shepherd would carry the lamb on his shoulders thus creating in the lamb a dependence/fondness on the shepherd. Let me be clear, I am not condoning this in the least simply interested to know if any one has ever heard of this tactic being used by any one tending sheep. TIA, Dave ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Shepherds tactics
That story has to be false. On the first account, a true shepherd would not do harm to anyone in his flock!! I also notice I said anyone, not an animal. I believe a real shepherd treats his flock as part of his family. Go ahead and tell me that I hang around my sheep too much!I have worked with sheep and I have worked in an environment where I had to work closely with people. I prefer sheep!! Cecil in OKla - Original Message - From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Shepherds tactics plus, how would it eat, defecate, urinate? or heal with a straight leg, since a lamb with a splint can run like a bullet, so it would have to be carried at all times, if the leg was not splinted and the shepherd carried it pretty much always... -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:54 PM, The Wintermutes winterm...@earthlink.net wrote: I believe this shepherd tactic is fiction. I have had several lambs with a broken leg. First those little three leggers can be very difficult to catch. Second, not all of them had happy endings with healed legs. And third, many of those lambs had no fondness of the shepherd that continually doctored their painful injury. Mark Wintermute In a discussion this morning some one told me they had heard that a tactic used by shepherds with lambs that continuously ran off was to break a leg and carry the lamb so the lamb could not/would not run away for the period of time the leg was healing. During the healing time the shepherd would carry the lamb on his shoulders thus creating in the lamb a dependence/fondness on the shepherd. Let me be clear, I am not condoning this in the least simply interested to know if any one has ever heard of this tactic being used by any one tending sheep. TIA, Dave ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Shepherds tactics
In a discussion this morning some one told me they had heard that a tactic used by shepherds with lambs that continuously ran off was to break a leg and carry the lamb so the lamb could not/would not run away for the period of time the leg was healing. During the healing time the shepherd would carry the lamb on his shoulders thus creating in the lamb a dependence/fondness on the shepherd. Let me be clear, I am not condoning this in the least simply interested to know if any one has ever heard of this tactic being used by any one tending sheep. TIA, Dave ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
