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Caring Sheepdog Herds And Bottle-Feeds Baby Lambs

the daily dish More on PawNation: Awesome, Dogs, Farm Animals, Heart-Warming, Lambs, Newborns, Sheepdogs, The Dish

By Kelli Bender Sep 20, 2012

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    Jess the spaniel's baby makes a noise you wouldn't expect: bah-bah. According to The (U.K.) Daily Mirror, the caring canine has been helping her owner manage his farm any way she can, including bottle-feeding the newborn lambs. 

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    Farmer Louise Moorhead has been training 10-year-old Jess to help around the property since she was a puppy. 

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    Jess quickly picked up the tasks that Moorhead taught her. The Springer Spaniel showed a special knack for being able to fetch a variety of different objects when asked for them by name. 

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    The farm animals love the spaniel's service so much, they often offer her belly rubs in appreciation for their snacks. 

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    “I need every paw I can get. Jess picks up anything you ask her to and one day a hungry lamb clamped on to the full bottle she had in her mouth," Moorhead explained to The Mirror about how the canine got her baby-sitting duties. 

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    The farmer admits that Jess' bottle service isn't perfect. Sometimes, while running from place to place, Jess ends up getting more milk on the ground than in the lambs' mouths. 

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    But when the final product looks this cute, Moorhead doesn't really see a reason to complain. 

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Kim Heier

Smart dog! Dogs are amazing animals

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kittyloverlivia

cute

September 23 2012 at 3:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Gayle Bowlin Terry

Dogs's are such wonderful creatures. Thank you, God

September 20 2012 at 7:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Gayle Bowlin Terry

Dogs are the most wonderful creatures that God made. Thank you, God!

September 20 2012 at 7:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
maysonuk

Sheep dogs can be many breeds if they are good at herding sheep. Mostly they are Border Collies.

September 20 2012 at 6:45 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
angela

Is this a Welsh Spaniel or a Springer?

September 20 2012 at 3:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
ttm716

It's a Springer Spaniel not a sheep dog!

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playbackjack

thanks for correcting them. Great dogs.

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