I have been a sheep caretaker for like two days and already I'm like. Wow. I get it.
I get why these were some of the earliest mammals to ever be domesticated. They look up to humans with this sort of dumb but all at once innocent and pure and trusting expression. They're happy to see you. They follow you around. They like to be rubbed under their chins. Maybe its just some latent Scottish highland shepherd DNA I still have in me but I look at my sheep charges and suddenly I see why the love of God for humanity is so often described as a shepherd and his sheep. I'd fight a wolf for these guys. I'd go way the Hell out of my way for them. I'd carry their young for miles on my own back.
nearly 80k reblogs and how many of you eat lamb
The ancient shepherds I'm referencing also ate lamb lol
My dad is saying "this post is wrong to say 'the sheep' because it's the ewes who love you—the rams will headbutt you to death for fun"
I concur with the ewes v rams statement.
Ewes look at you like they are waiting for the next thought.
Rams look at you as though they are calculating impact velocity and damage statistics.
Also, lambs look at you as if wondering how they can slip past you to get lost, trapped or improbably summon Cthulu in a silage pit.
Shepherds aren't worried about wolves because they are the simple part of the day.
























