Llama, Llama, DUCK

We had a nice little time at the nice, little sheep show yesterday.
It was just the right size for a less than enthusiastic husband & son.

They survived, I promise.

We saw some adorable, sheep, llamas, alpacas and a pair of baby yaks!
They were too cute.

Of course I managed to pick up some fiber, even with hubby in attendance. Got a great price on some Ashland Bay Merino/Silk top in Concord color so I couldn't pass that up. Also got some nice dark brown & white Jacob/Mohair roving. It’s white with big sections of dark chocolate brown splotched along the way. That should be fun to see what it spins into.

Got to watch a little herding demo. Now, I’ve seen some demos where the dogs seemed to be laser guided. Not the case here. Nothing wrong with that, they were still much better behaved than my lazy beasts. There were two dogs and four sheep. The sheep were rather placid, which doesn’t make for much excitement. After some moving the sheep this way and that, they ambled complacently into the pen. One dog was taken aside and tied to a fence. The younger, less experienced dog remained on the job.

Then the ducks were let out. Ducks are much more fun to chase herd.




Ducks quack. Ducks scurry around quacking with annoyance. Yes, definitely more interesting. Well…more interesting than sheep, but not more engaging than sheep poop. Our furry friend stopped to have a snack. The ducks, not being dumb ducks, took advantage of the momentary distraction and high-tailed it back to where the trailer was parked. Young dog turns around. Ducks are gone. Young dog looks left, looks right, no ducks. Looks at mom and clearly says “I knew it!!!! Alien abductions do exist!!” Really, what other explanation could there be???

Thankfully, older, wiser - and presumably better trained – dog who was still tied to the fence knew exactly where the ducks were. Younger dog was benched, older dog was unleashed and then stealthily slunk around to the front of the truck to scare the bejeazus out of the ducks. Ducks complained loudly and while muttering under their breath, they were escorted back to their crate.