Michelleva Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) My sheltie is acting very strangely over a bag of alpaca fleece I bought home today.. she's been sniffing it constantly and whining at it.. I'm convinced she thinks I bought an alpaca home.. Edited March 8, 2012 by Michelleva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirty Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Haha silly girl! It must smell very interesting. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelleva Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 I think she's trying to find the animal it belongs to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I used to have a store dummy in my lounge room that I'd dress up. My dog at the time was very wary of it because it looked like a human but did not smell like one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr_inoz Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 wonder what Rommy would do if I got the sheep fleece out of the shed and brought it and the spinning wheel inside?? Its that herding instinct :laugh: .... Georgia must be wondering where the rest of the flock is and why can't she chase it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emgem Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 My Wheaten loves fleece. A couple of Christmases ago he very kindly made me a snow scene in the living room out of some Corriedale top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply Grand Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I have some bags of sheep fleece on the spare room that I'm storing for mum, whenever I go in there the dogs come in and sniff around VERY interested! I can only imagine the the scene if they got in there without me, wool all over the house in 2 minutes flat I reckon! And I'm sure the Sheltie and the Aussie Shepherd would be very proud of themselves for sorting out those sheepies (eye roll) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelleva Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) Now the cats are onto the fleece and are also having a good sniff. I've put it in the garage for now, we don't need any farm animals in the house. LOL I was going to have a go at spinning it.. that should be an interesting excercise with all my pets hovering over it. :laugh: And I agree its definitely the herding instinct.. she's probably confused why the smell isn't moving.. ETA - I officially an in love with alpaca's. The ones I met were so friendly and one was very dog like. She would come when called and got right up to my face, was happy to be patted. I also met a 5 day old baby, he was running around the yard like a little kid, just amazing animals. Edited March 8, 2012 by Michelleva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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