70 sheep getting a cut
Yesterday it was me who went to the spa to take sauna and snow bathe, and today its the sheep who gets a manicure- pedicure and a haircut! :) We "shave" the sheep twize a year for animal welfare reasons, spring and fall.
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It's completely harmless for them and can be compared to when a man gets a shave. Same with trimming the claws.
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Kristoffer trimming the claws since they are standing on soft grounds in the winter they don't get shred off naturally as they do in the summer in nature.
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We hire a guy named Kristian that's really good with this, and has about 4000 sheep yearly on his "hairdo list". He cuts the wool of on a sheep on about 2 minutes per sheep.
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Shaving off wool.
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Check out his cool shoes! :)
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I´m responsible for collecting the wool and sorting it in bags and keeping the area clean.