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My little sanctuary for retired ewes to live out their lives peacefully.

04/01/2026

Snow days..

25/12/2025

Wishing a Merry Christmas to all our friends and supporters.
With best wishes from all of us at Daisy and Friends.

23/12/2025

Yesterday we said a sad farewell to our lovely Rosa.
Our prize willow munching warrior.
Her arthritis had reached the point where every step was a struggle, and the pain relief was no longer enough. The vet came out to us, and Rosa passed very peacefully - with her head on Tanya’s lap, eating biscuits right until she gently slipped away.
It was a hard goodbye, but a kind one. She was much loved and is now free from pain.
RIP Rosa
c.2010 – 22nd December 2025

02/12/2025

Our sweet, inquisitive and affectionate Amber sadly passed away in the early hours of the morning.
She had been fading for weeks and we knew her time was very near. Doesn’t make it any easier though.
There was a beautiful rainbow arcing over the field this morning (the vividness and position of which I’ve never seen before!). So maybe lovely little souls really do go over the bridge to a paradise of lush meadows with unlimited head scratches and biscuits 🌈 ❤️
We will miss you Amber.
March 2012 to December 2nd 2025.
Rest in peace lovely girl.

09/11/2025

Damned deer - they need to learn to pole vault.
Wall’s mended (for now) - til the next midnight demolition crew arrives. 🙄

02/11/2025

Yesterday when Tanya and I went along to feed the sheep Daisy was nowhere to be seen. This is very unusual - she’s always waiting near the gate with the others at feeding time.

I found her standing in the back corner of the byre, head down and looking thoroughly dejected. She was also refusing food, which is highly unusual for her. She looked a bit bloaty.
We thought - though unlikely, it must have been from the small amount of alfalfa she’d had the previous day. But they’d all had a little, and no one else was ill. My other concern was that she’d somehow managed to poison herself..couldn’t be rhododendron as those had all been got rid of long ago. We were puzzled.

So, we treated her with a bicarbonate of soda drench. And, to be on the safe side, knowing her tendency to eat things most sheep would (and do) avoid, we also gave her an electrolyte and activated charcoal drench. Then we went home to get supplies for a sleepover in the byre and came back.

Daisy didn’t come in overnight, but Amber slept on my sleeping bag most of the night. A mouse used my face as a springboard to get up the wall, and Annie head-butted Tanya (on poor Tanya’s head!) for more scratches..

By this morning Daisy showed some improvement - she was grazing and chewing the cud. A bit later on, just as we were about to head home for some much-needed lunch, Daisy was making a beeline down the first field. I followed her and all seemed well. She hadn’t found an errant rhody sapling to munch on.

However, she made her way up a bank and took a nibble from a scraggly bush with berries, which I then identified as cotoneaster - toxic to sheep. Substances in the leaves and berries convert to cyanide in their stomachs. I did not know this before!

This scraggly bush has been there for years in a spot I thought they rarely visited and didn’t touch. But for some reason Daisy must have decided it looked quite tempting a day or so ago, and was revisiting it today. Luckily we’d given her a further dose of activated charcoal this morning, which would deal with any lingering toxins.

The offending plant was swiftly dispatched and removed!

This afternoon Daisy seems brighter still, though not quite ready for a biscuit yet. Fingers crossed, the source of her dodgy tummy has been dealt with, and she will be back to her usual self very soon! 🤞🐑💚

23/10/2025

The vet was out recently to assess Rosa, our Zwartble cross, who has bad arthritis. Fortunately, she’s had a reprieve from euthanasia for now, as she’s still bright-eyed with a healthy appetite and will to live. She was given a steroid shot and stronger painkillers, and is currently stable and content.

The first pic is Rosa tilting her head asking for more biscuits…
Also featured are Daisy and Annie looking for more treats after their sugar beet mash.

Daisy clearly didn’t get Annie’s memo about “sticking your whole head in for an immersive experience” 😆

22/08/2025

The ‘four amigos’ behind the temporary barrier to the first field where hay is being made.
A much better summer for it than last year.

28/07/2025

Myrtle has finally realised that scratches from Tanya are a good thing! It’s only taken her nearly 4 years! 😅
The last pic is Myrtle’s wool from this year’s shearing, which Tanya is processing to make a peg loom rug from and maybe spin some too.
What beautiful caramel shades her wool is. 😍

22/07/2025

Sadly Charlotte had to be put to sleep on Saturday. Her arthritis had really got a hold and her quality of life had deteriorated steeply in recent weeks to the extent that in the last few days she was unable to stand up, and despite regular pain meds it was clear that by Saturday they just weren’t enough any more.
She was ensconced as comfortably as she could be in the byre when the vet came and had had lots of her favourite treats and treacle water.
Natasha from Conanvet couldn’t have been nicer or more compassionate, and ensured Charlotte’s passing was very gentle and peaceful.
RIP Charlotte (circa 2012 to 19th July 2025). ❤️

11/07/2025

At last all the names have been taken, the wheel has been spun - and the winner is… Annette MacKenzie , who picked Meadow. Well done Annette, your £10 and keyring will be winging their way to you soon! 😁

All proceeds from this raffle have already been spent on anti inflammatory meds for the two arthritic girls, Charlotte and Rosa.

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