This weekend was a special one for our Ocean Delight/The Doctor’s House family – we are now one sheep bigger. Thanks to The Berry who found her, we welcomed Eweness, our first sheep ever, to the menagerie.
Eweness is sweet and pretty, and may be pregnant – so we might have more sheep soon! She comes to us from Denise Critch, who rescued her from the meat-truck last Monday. Denise already has a barn-full of animals, and since we have extra room we were more than happy to take this little sheep.
We picked Eweness up on Saturday, and she was nervous and skittish, as you’d expect. We were actually a little anxious about how introducing her to Mrs. Roosevelt the Goat. Eweness had been scorned by the goats at her previous home, so we wanted it all to go smoothly. We prepared a special place in the barn so we could introduce her to Rosie gradually.
Turns out we had nothing to worry about. When Perry put her in the pen with Rosie, they acted like reunited sisters. We had felt that Rosie needed a buddy for a while – that became clear when we saw them together. Eweness started to think she was a goat and tried jumping all over like Rosies does. Rosie thought she was a sheep and kissed her several times.
The ponies also seemed to welcome Eweness. When Denise and Jasmine, her previous owners, came to check on her, they were delighted to see how quickly she was accepted by her peers and how truly happy she seems to be here.
Apparently, we need to leave her inside for a couple of days so that it sinks in that this is her new home. Once she adjusts to the new smells and animals, she’ll be attached to her new family. We’re learning lots. Two years we had no animals. Now we have a whole menagerie – 4 ponies, a goat, geese, chickens, ducks, two golden retrievers, a Devon Rex and now, happily, a new lamb! And we’re happy that she’s here in time to help us celebrate Valentine’s!
If you’re like to see more photos of Eweness, you’ll find them on our Facebook page. And if you’d like to hear more about our Valentine’s special, please do so here.