Soggy Sheep

It's been raining off and on for six days now.  Obviously making hay is out of the question, but we've filled the time with other tasks.  The lower barn has had a total clean out thanks to hard work by Andy, the lambs going to live in KY have been neutered by the vet and are healing, several fleeces have gone to new owners, pelts have been photographed and put on the website, shopping for the Fourth of July picnic has been finished, house cleaning has been started.

In between showers Holly and I took our afternoon walk.  The sheep are tired of the rain.

We lock them out of the barn during the day to try to keep the barn and bunk drier.  If left to their own devices they would graze until really soaked, decide to come in and shake buckets (literally) of water from their wool onto the bedding. 

This stinks.  Who do I complain to around here?

 

Let.......us.....in.......     Says the lamb with the crazy hypnotic (camera flash) eyes.

 

My black is washing off.....

 

Hey, the dog's not wet.  How come the dog's not wet too??

 

She only loves the dog.  She's going to leave us out here till we drown.

 



You just can't explain some things to a sheep but at least they have a dry place to rest at night.