Re: [Blackbelly] The noble Marley

2013-10-15 Thread Ellen Brouillette
Keeping a sheep as a pet and letting them live out their life is good if that is what they want. We name some of our farm animals but do not make pets out of any of them. We really enjoy them but as we raised our family everyone understood we raised them for food, even rabbits. To consider

Re: [Blackbelly] The noble Marley

2013-10-09 Thread Cecil R Bearden
Thank you Michael. I was afraid you were going to succumb to the mighty dollar. When my first ram Blackie, was not usuable for service, I wethered him and he turned out to be a great pet and would lead the flock in to the pen or wherever I needed them. He later had an injury to his feet, he

[Blackbelly] The noble Marley

2013-10-08 Thread Erik Christy
I'm surprised and saddened the hear talk of executing this noble creature rather than continuing to admire and respect him for what he has given and the beautiful stature he presents to all who see him. Is this how we repay elegance? On 10/8/2013 3:01 PM,

Re: [Blackbelly] The noble Marley

2013-10-08 Thread Michael Smith
I was talking about when he dies. That part was not clear--now that I re-read it. He's my pet and will live his life out naturally on my ranch. -MWS Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Erik Christy echri...@peak.org wrote: I'm surprised and saddened the hear talk of executing this