What a sight it must have been........

With help from some wonderful Volunteer Shepherds, we moved the herd to their new location at the Frontier Culture Museum on the hill behind the pond.  What a sight it must have been seeing the herd literally running down the boulevard. (great for their hooves)  

I was leading them with the guard dog, NOT herding dog!  This breed of dog is good for protecting, but definitely not herding.  I had to almost drag her to run that far.  The Boer Bok were running behind me followed by 3 Volunteer Shepherds.  Unfortunately, Clay has the camera with him in Indonesia, so I could not get pictures of the event.  

After we got them moved I was awarded a custom handmade Shepherd's staff by my helpers.  It was quite a day of taking down and setting up fence and moving the herd.  Normally Clay and I do it by ourselves.  I will have to say it works much better with 4 people!  Thank you to my volunteers!

The Boer Bok are in a much better location for viewing from the Boulevard.  By the evening of the day we moved them you could already see through the Autumn Olive Bushes.  One of the Volunteer Shepherds went with me yesterday evening and could not believe what they had done in just a few days.  He said it looked like a brush hog had been through there.  It was a brush hog alright...a whole herd of them.


If you go by the museum, be sure to walk down the path beside the blue bird trail.  You will see the devastation to the Autumn Olive, Honeysuckle, Multi- Flora Rose and Blackberry.  Some one told me it looks like a war zone.  Total devastation!   The front of the first site is not as  impressive due to the fact they don't care too much for the Pear Trees.  They are stiff and it is hard for them to "walk down" to eat.  I could have left them in there and forced them to eat it, but did not want to do that to my pregnant does.