Approximately 25 miles South West of Bloomington
From Bloomington go West on Highway 45/445/54 to Bloomfield, turn Right at the first light in Bloomfield which is Highway 157, go North on Highway 157 to CR 500, go right on CR 500 to Wee Sheep Shetland Farm and It’s About Fiber Shop approx. 1.2 miles on left
GPS coordinates N 39.10128° W 86.90046°
what are you hours for your shop? Thanks!
Our hours are Saturday, 10-5 and Sunday, 1-5
Hello Pam,
I have contacted you a few times in the past about the possibility of coming out to tend your sheep with my German Shepherds, but have never really been in the right position to actually get started at a new place on my own. First, not having the knowledge to get started with an unconditioned flock, and then working with a large flock instead of a small flock.
I am doing small flock tending training with my dogs now, so it mostly involves having the sheep graze while the dog patrols a border to keep them in a certain area. To start conditioning the flock for this kind of work I would just need to set up a graze area at one end of a pasture by mowing a strip of grass or somehow creating a pathway for the dogs to work.
Then I would let them graze in that area while the dogs patrolled and begin teaching them that when they see the dogs, they are going to be fed. If there was not sufficient incentive for them to graze in the area, I would like to spread out hay or seed the area with grain to encourage the sheep to graze in that area.
Eventually, I would practice moving the sheep from one area to another to graze.
Here are a couple of videos of what my dogs were doing last weekend:
http://youtu.be/_7Mc6E73upk – Scout
http://youtu.be/2D_T4OCKSO0 – Gage
If this is something you would be open to having me do, I would love to come out and tend your sheep. I will be happy to pick up or pay you for hay and/or grain to use, as well as pay you a sheep “rental” fee. The main thing would be that I would like to work the whole flock as a group if possible because the more sheep, the better.
Please let me know if this would work and when would be a good time for me to come out.
Thanks so much!
Sarah DeLone
Education Program Director
Monroe County Humane Association
p. 812.335.9453| f. 812.349.3440
educate@bluemarble.net http://www.monroehumane.org
Leading, Advocating and Educating for Animal Welfare
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