Re: [Blackbelly] Peter's winter report (fwd)

2010-11-29 Thread Michael Smith
same for me, I work at Apple Inc. in California. I work in the design and engineering center for iPods and iPads and iPhones and such. The young city-slickers (of which I was one only 5 years ago) are fascinated by sheep and goat stories and send me links about fainting goats, dancing Barbado

Re: [Blackbelly] Peter's winter report

2010-11-28 Thread Michael Smith
the dog factor, I find, is a result of them being raised from lambs on the ranch with the dog safely behind an adjoining fence. The can get as close as they like, and the dog can't hurt them. Then once, I decided to try to introduce them and this is what happened.

Re: [Blackbelly] Peter's winter report (fwd)

2010-11-28 Thread The Wintermutes
Only real problem is now if I talk about sheep with friends or co-workers their eyes glaze over... I wish I had your problem at times. We have weekly (if not daily) sheep updates where I work. Since I am in IT and close to Kansas City, most of them have never seen or heard of life on a

Re: [Blackbelly] Peter's winter report

2010-11-27 Thread Michael Smith
Yup, Peter. It sounds like Blondie was definitely in heat. I have one not-so friendly bottle girl who when in heat follows me around and wags her tail when I pet her on the head or shoulders. Normally she will barely let me pet her when i hand feed her. Blondie will have her crush on you again