{"id":262357,"date":"2025-05-29T09:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/dahlia-and-gussie-update-my-shetland\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:50:08","slug":"dahlia-and-gussie-update-my-shetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=262357","title":{"rendered":"Dahlia and Gussie Update | My Shetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-78153\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Dahlia and Gussie are doing well.\u00a0 I am trying hard to integrate them into the herd but with limited success.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78160\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While they eat separately from everyone, and I don\u2019t blame them, it can be a rugby scrum of interchangeable bowls when the others are involved.<\/p>\n<p>So after breakfast, Dahlia and Gussie join everyone else for the day in a field of someone\u2019s choice (usually Lambie\u2019s).\u00a0 They spend the day together perfectly amicably generally staying with \u2018Ster who stays around while the others go under the fence to find better grazing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78162\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8902.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And then, when I come outside in the afternoon having finished my sheep-making, I feed the ducks\/hens and then let D+G out \u2013 they ask to be put back into their big field with the horses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78161\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>They are happy with this routine.\u00a0 Their days are spent with the other sheep while nights are with the old horses\/ponies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78159\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8906.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>So sort of integration but not quite.\u00a0 Their situation is better than it was and no one is having a go anymore.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78158\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dahlia has made friends with Maggie, which is good \u2013 they were both hill sheep so they have that in common.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78157\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And Gussie\u2019s chosen friend is Barrel (son of Maggie) \u2013 they gently argue and wind each other up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78156\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8914.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Of course I blame Gussie. He likes a good joke and food, he definitely likes food.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78155\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8915.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-47143706-78153-68382dd040fbb\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=47143706&amp;post_id=78153&amp;origin=myshetland.co.uk&amp;obj_id=47143706-78153-68382dd040fbb\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-47143706-78153-68382dd040fbb\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\tThis entry was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/category\/myshetland\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MyShetland<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/dahlia-and-gussie-update\/\" title=\"5:37 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2025-05-28T17:37:05+01:00\">May 28, 2025<\/time><\/a><span class=\"by-author\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/author\/francestaylor\/\" title=\"View all posts by Frances\" rel=\"author\">Frances<\/a><\/span><\/span>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=249643311490&version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dahlia and Gussie are doing well.\u00a0 I am trying hard to integrate them into the herd but with limited success. 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