I wouldn't think anyqne with a heart could break the leg of a lamb! You
could just catch it and carry it around with you all the time. It will
either take to you or not. I had a lamb break a leg and it didn't make him
any tamer. I kept him in a horse trailor front and fed him everyday for 6
weeks along with another who had been beaten at a livestock sale and I
believe broke a rib or two. Neither one ever became tame. The one with the
bad leg was only about 4 months old and the other about a year both rams.
Just my 2 cents though. Nancy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Andrus" <andruscompan...@netecin.net>
To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 22:10
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Shepherds tactics
In a discussion this morning some one told me they had heard
that a tactic used by shepherds with lambs that continuously ran off
was to
break a leg and carry the lamb so the lamb could not/would not run away
for
the period of time the leg was healing. During the healing time the
shepherd
would carry the lamb on his shoulders thus creating in the lamb a
dependence/fondness on the shepherd.
Let me be clear, I am not condoning this in the least simply interested
to
know if any one has ever heard of this tactic being used by any one
tending
sheep.
TIA,
Dave
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