This is summer at The Fat Ewe Farm. It is tranquil though we are only 750 feet from two highways. The traffic noise is audible, especially when the wind comes from the west where the highways are, but the farm is recessed in a beautiful valley surrounded by tall poplar and spruce trees, very tall for this area, and rolling hills. The trickling creek is just behind the fence down at the bottom of the valley and there the grass is lush and green. The sheep have been freed from their pens because they ate all the grass and no fencers can be found. Rather than let them starve, they have been unleashed.
But the greatest blessing is not the tranquil valley, the gentle willows or even the lush greenery - it is the large white fuzzy creature with the sheep. Mike is a livestock guardian dog, bred for centuries to bond with his charges and stay with them, guarding them with his life. Mike is only a year old and is staying with his sheep more and more and that is so comforting to me. In this valley there are foxes, coyotes, bears, wolves, cougars and owls that love to prey on sheep and lambs, but with that dog there, even his presence, because he is huge, the sheep are very safe.
And that is the greatest blessing on this farm today, Mike the dog! Bless you Mikey. I love you.
But the greatest blessing is not the tranquil valley, the gentle willows or even the lush greenery - it is the large white fuzzy creature with the sheep. Mike is a livestock guardian dog, bred for centuries to bond with his charges and stay with them, guarding them with his life. Mike is only a year old and is staying with his sheep more and more and that is so comforting to me. In this valley there are foxes, coyotes, bears, wolves, cougars and owls that love to prey on sheep and lambs, but with that dog there, even his presence, because he is huge, the sheep are very safe.
And that is the greatest blessing on this farm today, Mike the dog! Bless you Mikey. I love you.
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