On the other hand, having sheep will give you the opportunity to have several other dependent animals on your hands.

You get a sheep dog to herd the sheep and then...shuuder...you get a Newfie to guard not only the sheep but the sheep dogs as well,

I shudder in awe of the Newfie...a singular breed of which I have only once in me life met a representative of...and they are LARGE. (Silly woman friend of my wife's got divorced and got herself a Newfie...and lived in an apartment in Chicago...how the dog dealt with it and stayed sane, I'll never know.)

A veterinarian friend of mine confirmed the info that I had heard that a Newfie never goes to the vet...the vet goes to the Newfie. This is because the dogs are SO territorial and SO into keeping an eye on the sheep that the only way to get the dog to go to the vet would be to bring the entire herd with it. I do not want to be the guy that gets to clean out the waiting room at that veterinarian's office...

I jest and I have heard that the big guys are one of the most excellent dogs that a body can have...remember that Lewis and Clark took a Newfie named Seaman wif' 'em on the Great Northwestern Expedition...so they had that going for them...which musta been nice.

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AA