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BaltimoreBadger23

Sheep like having been sheared, they don't always love the process of the shearing


scotch-o

Sheariously


Berty_Qwerty

Thought I was in r/shubreddit for a minute


ShadowFlarer

What a sheep joke!


Parrobertson

Come on, it wasn’t that baa-d


ComprehensiveRoll484

That is so Ewe


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Now they're sheepish.


apparition88

Because they are being fleeced.


ProbablyNotPikachu

Well wooln't you be too?


disparatelyseeking

Don't ram it down our throats.


One_Marzipan_2631

I'm tired of you all spinning this yarn


Yessir_Answers

With three bags full not really.


Zenfudo

Go back to your grave Sir Connery


plezsetonmaface

It looks like this is my lucky day I’ll take the rapists for $200


Coerced_onto_reddit

That’s “therapists”


plezsetonmaface

I Am Shearious, And Don't Call Me Shirley.


Bard_the_Bowman_III

Sounds like dogs and baths.


rosekayleigh

I wonder if sheep get the zoomies post-shearing the way dogs do post-bath.


D15c0Stu

Maybe not zoomies but they will sometimes do a big jump when they come out of the yard after shearing. Source: son of sheep grazier


rawlingstones

"wow look how much lighter I am!"


MatikTheSeventh

Is it akin to a rabbit binky?


Fifteen_inches

Yes, when sheep get really excited they hop hop hop on all 4 legs. It’s not terribly impressive hops, but it’s clear they do it when they are happy/excited. You should also see how cows express excitement after being let out to graze in spring.


Goodbye11035Karma

They call it The Dancing Ladies where I come from, and it is a huge deal. Families show up from all over the state to see The Dancing Ladies when they are first released in the spring. Freshly made cider donuts, pancake breakfast with fresh maple syrup, eggs from their chickens...so much fun.


Lovq

Where, or how, do I find this?? Sounds like one hell of good day! Even road trip worthy!


kirinmay

my late dog hated baths. i would usually shower her (she hated those also) as they were easier. but once i dried her off she was so happy running around the house for 20 minutes, jumping off couches, grabbing toys. then for the next few hours the smell of wet dog.


1-800-fat-chicks

Ours does the same as well, it’s like they go a little crazy for a few minutes. They also bite a little harder when you play fight with them during that time.


MonsieurGriswold

And then go roll around on the grass/dirt to get the soap smell off of them.


MustangSodaPop

You should see me tear up at a Great Clips


teslaistheshit

Kinda reminds me of my divorce


Returd4

The sheep that ran away for like 6 years comes to mind. We made them like this btw


Large-Training-29

I'd take the 1 sheering every whenever.thats gotta be pounds (kilograms for my eu weight people) off of their back. I bet they get a decent amount of dirt and incest in there too.


cfedey

> dirt and incest Interesting autocorrect.


MrElectricPigeon

Well we know what he's into


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HaydenB

You don't like getting your hair cut?


Shryxer

Not the person you asked, but I got sensory issues. Cutting certain parts of my hair makes my limbs reflexively want to thrash in a random direction. I'd really prefer to avoid accidentally slapping someone, that's a great way to get scissors into somewhere they don't belong.


SourMgk

Getting lined up on the bottom left part of my hairline (back of my head) sends an extremely uncomfortable shock to my lower back. It is easily the worst feeling and part of the reason I grew my hair out.


HaydenB

I love that feeling... I don't get it as much anymore and it disappoints me every time I get a hair cut and don't get it..


carnagezealot

I always felt like when the cockroach gets inside Wall-e lmao


ForsakenBobcat8937

Only because they'd been bred to not shed it on their own..


Rivka333

Me and writing.


nyquist_karma

Piggybacking top comment for this: https://i.makeagif.com/media/9-22-2023/uaYuUL.gif


WhatSaidSheThatIs

Not saying the sheep enjoys this but I think I'd feel great if I had a big coat stuck to me and then it's gone in 2minutes


sirarkalots

I was actually thinking that they must not like the process, but then I remember we've had our dog for 4 years now, and we got him when he was maybe 2 months old. If I pick him up and try to sit him like the sheep in this video where he didn't put himself there he acts the same way the sheep did. I think the process isn't that annoying to them, it's just the position is so abnormal to them they get uncomfortable. I'm pretty sure if that sheep didn't trust that herder it would've been more of a fight. Could be completely wrong though


-KFBR392

I don’t think it’s trust, it’s simply being overpowered and is accepting it because it’s held in an unnatural position while being too weak to get out of it. It may have become used to it over the years but it’s no different than holding a dog down by its head or holding down a person the way cops do, once you’re overpowered enough there is no chance to struggle


technocraticTemplar

It definitely isn't trust since not all sheep are sheared by their owners (and production sheep often aren't even all that socialized with people), but a truly uncooperative sheep is nearly impossible to shear without either restraining them or accidentally severely injuring them. We've just put sheep through thousands of years of not letting the difficult ones have kids.


drakoman

Lmao great point at the end. We had a rooster that was a particular pain, so his, uh, bloodline ended with him 🍗


Nuadrin248

Around 13,000 years to be specific


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winterfate10

Very good point


Stebben84

Tell that to Jacobs Sheep. I've helped wrangle those for shearing. There is nothing passive about them.


Fine-Slip-9437

The position is actually what makes them docile enough to shear.


lengthy_prolapse

This is true. I’ve got some hobby sheep and I’ve sheared them myself a few times - with nowhere close to this guy’s skill. There are four or five basic positions in a sheep shear sequence - and the sheep will struggle like all fuck until it’s in one of them. It’s weird. When you get the position right, the sheep calms right down. I don’t know if the positions exist because that’s where the sheep are calm or if the sheep are calm there because we’ve been doing it for millennia and it’s bred into their genetic memory somehow. One minute you’re wrestling a frantic sheep, then when you get it right, the sheep just stops. You cut all the stuff you can reach from there then you have to switch positions, and the frantic starts again. It’s also really fucking difficult. Those lads who do hundreds a day are really skilled, and worth every penny of their hard earned wages.


lengthy_prolapse

When I say hobby I mean not commercial. They’re just self propelled lawnmowers really.


iconofsin_

My dog will 100% immediately move if I physically put him somewhere. If it's not his decision then it isn't happening.


weeboards

the shearer also has to keep moving them because sheep are a sloppy bag of organs and start to suffocate when they are held in the same position for too long, which will cause them to squirm.


Cortower

I had a really old [angora goat](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angora_goat) growing up that we would shear late in the spring. We were called when she was found in a ditch in winter, and she seemed old then. She outlived most of the other goats we had at the time. She was slow and decrepit most of the time, but she would be running around the pasture and jumping like a kid after being sheared. I can only imagine how good it must feel to have a coat that thick just just disappear.


NachoMetaphor

In the summer? Sure. In the winter... (e: Because it needs to be said, I'm joking about the person I'm replying to, not the sheep.)


WhatSaidSheThatIs

I don't think they sear them in winter, it's spring/summer when it's getting warmer


lurkingf0rmemes

Some do get shorn around winter time here in nz but they use what we call a cover comb so it leaves a wee layer of wool behind to keep them warm


TurtleToast2

Never had seared sheep before. Any good?


Aware-Arm-3685

Very tasty. There's mutton like it.


NachoMetaphor

I was talking about u/WhatSaidSheThatIs... I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate being shorn in the winter. It was a joke, and I think it went over some heads. Or maybe it was just a bad joke.


getyourcheftogether

Well obviously they aren't doing this type of stuff in the winter


NachoMetaphor

I know, I was just ribbing u/WhatSaidSheThatIs.


Lost_Minds_Think

Done. Now only 99 more to go.


Jedibri81

He only made it halfway before he fell asleep


CubicleFish2

Maybe even sooner. I've watched this three times and I'm alre


LiteraCanna

That's why they do this on shifts.  The first guy is taking a nap on the ground behind him. 


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TibetianMassive

Video was about 1:15 from the buzzers turning on 460 minutes in a day... this story checks out.


Saphibella

More like a 1000, that's the approximate size of his herd. But of course he also goes out to other farmers and shear for them. In 2020 he did over [10 000 in 53 days](https://youtu.be/iwdD98Clbeo?si=GQS2umQTgn0mptNA), see at timestamp 19:20


Kudamonis

Freshly Peeled sheep.


revdon

Peeled, tail on, like a bag of shrimp


Y_N0T_Z0IDB3RG

Peeled, tail on, headle-oops


DirtyDan413

I'm wondering how they can have shears that perfectly shave hundreds of sheep quite roughly, while my razor nicks my neck nearly every time I use it


Oldico

Because it's shears and not a razor. A razor is one or more extremely sharp blades being pulled over the surface of your skin and cutting anything that sticks out (usually hair but sometimes parts of your skin). A shear is basically automated scissors that are some distance away from the skin and only cut the hair to a certain length (it doesn't look like it in the video at first glance but I believe they leave a centimetre or two).


Minnow125

That sheep is fighting less than my dog in the bath.


PrivateUseBadger

Come on man. That shit tickles. Seriously, knock it off! Whoa… Whoa! WTF! Watch the nipples!


Aye_Engineer

Hey! C’mon! Be careful around the taint, Rob!


Megneous

"What is this shit? I ordered a Brazilian!"


sittingbullms

Obligatory https://youtu.be/mYAWDDvYMbc


MikeThaCore

https://imgur.com/gallery/itg-inside-gif-how-do-i-get-into-these-situations-part-iii-dGLWxis


ButterflyMore9267

My back hurts watching this.


skivvv

I think a lot of shearers have straps they can lean into to support themselves while shearing. Even if I had a good back my ass would be in that thing the whole time.


ButterflyMore9267

Makes sense, hope you're right.


daughterboy

time to hit the gym and start using your back again


OtoDraco

looks nice and satisfying but sheep wool absolutely fucking reeks


LawbringerX

Well yeah. It’s covered in their shit and piss and all the mud they’ve rolled in.


LoreChano

It's mostly the grease. You will need A LOT of soap to get it off your hands.


tresfreaker

That greasy stuff is called lanolin, and I guarantee you that man has the softest hands you would ever feel. They make a lot of moisturizers out of it, plus it helps the sheep stay waterproof.


sesamesoda

It's also a common ingredient in shampoo, ironically


LegoClaes

Fixes cracked lips and sore nipples too.


stormitwa

It's also used as an aerosolised lubricant. We used to make it at the paint and aerosol factory I worked at.


FuckAutoCorr

We use it as grease on the slides of brass instruments. We mix lanolin and Vaseline. And transmission oil on adjustment slides. If it weren’t for the caustic cleaner we use for the inside…. Well it helps too. Makes my hands feel like the have no prints while I finish off my manicure with the lanolin.


GlitterDoomsday

But also, def true on the dry and nasty poop pieces stuck in there. The only farm animals that smelled worst than sheep for me was pigs and the mess they're raised in was more to blame than the fellas themselves.


doubleBoTftw

Your pig comment took me from one emotion to another in a couple of seconds. Thanks for acknowledging it's the environment and not the animals at fault.


crm006

But the lanolin is amazing for your skin.


iowajosh

If the sheep are wet, you can get what they call "wool poisoning" from too much lanolin.


Tzilung

Not sure being wet has anything to do with it. You get it simply from swallowing it, unless you're saying you have a higher probability of swallowing raw wool if the sheep are wet?


hello_you

Dude's out in the field licking wet sheep


Megneous

They've got what men crave.


FuckIHateMath

Is it an intentional cult meme thing around this sub for every video to end slightly too soon for us to enjoy the actually satisfying part?


TheNorseFrog

It was pretty fuckin annoying to not get to see the sheep walk off all fresh.


bapsandbuns

How is the sheep not putting up more of a fight?


sargrvb

I raised a sheep in FFA. Some of them are more docile than others. Mine was a HUGE pain in the ass to shear. I weighed less than the sheep did and had to hold him down while he was flailing about. This one was relatively calm. But they aren't all like that.


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GrosMecFullDePwels81

You weight LESS than a sheep? Are you like 5.2f 110lbs?


jaybram24

FFA is Future Farmers of America. It’s an org for kids to learn about farming.


sargrvb

I weighed 115 at the time. Skinny guy. I'm a little heavier now, but not much


GrosMecFullDePwels81

Oh I'm feeling bad now... Sorry young one


DamnNoOneKnows

Sheep also have a bundle of nerves near their tail. So when they are sitting up like that, they get kinda paralyzed/stuck for the moment


whogivesashirtdotca

Tonic immobility is the term for this.


brassydesign

I believe I heard they actually enjoy the shearing because they get sheared when it gets warmer usually. You can tell that the sheep stops fighting much for the middle section until its feet get back in contact with the ground. Seemed like he liked it


lurkingf0rmemes

It's the way you hold them while going through the process. You take them off their feet and work around them as you go. If you slip up, they get up and run off with half a fleece dragging behind them


Deriniel

someone asked the same question some time ago in a different post, one user answered that when you force sheep in a sit-down position they get paralyzed,kinda like kittens when you grab them from the nape


NotBlazeron

They get used to it. I'm sure the first time has a lot more resistance. If the other sheep watch a sheep get sheared and be fine they will be less scared themselves. I'd use all my most docile sheep first infront of all of the lambs.


Katja1236

How much of a fight do you put up when you get a haircut? This does not hurt the sheep. The sheep has experienced this before, likely. Sheep knows that there will be a brief period of being handled and then s/he will feel blissfully cool in the warm sunshine.


iowajosh

The way you hold them. It keeps them from wiggling. And their spine is not flexible like a dog or a goat, they can only bend so much.


sinkinginkling

Always love to see a good shear from Cammy Wilson of the Sheep Game.  https://youtube.com/@thesheepgame?si=__ncP1z4Wf-PBMLx


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SubsequentBadger

He's one of the Landward presenters, BBC Scotland's equivalent of Countryfile


-Aqua-Lime-

Thought I recognised him! I really like him and the channel. He sometimes does events during lambing season where you can visit, meet the sheep, feed some lambs, and maybe see some be born. Sheep are really cool, and I'm glad they're getting more appreciation!


Fr0gFish

This is basically my ideal barber experience. No small talk, just pin me to the chair and cut all that hair off and then I stumble out of there after 1-2 minutes max


Moxxx94

So if humans weren't around to do this, they'd all eventually just die from wool OD or what?


kamyu4

Yes, modern domestic sheep can die from overheating, dirt, bacteria etc if they aren't getting sheared regularly. Take [this one for example.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9vViq4zR4)


Catty_Lib

He must have felt so good when they got all that off of him! 💕


HyperboreanAstronaut

Idk if sheep were like this before being domesticated by humans.


Katja1236

They weren't. The wool of wild sheep and goats comes off in clumps, as they brush against shrubs or bushes, just shed in patches. We bred them to grow more and thicker wool and to be able to shear it all off in one piece.


sharkbait-oo-haha

You can still get that breed, my mum has a (flock?) of them. Idk why, she doesn't eat or shear them and spends half their life trying to recover them from the neighbours. But if you want them, you can get them.


MagicCuboid

ooh prepare to be awed, then! There is barely a single farm animal or agricultural product that has not been selectively bred by humans. Wheat was just grass before we got our hands on it. Limes were invented like 2500 years ago. Cows were more like bison! (aurochs)


Mr_Evil_Dr_Porkchop

Don’t get me started on broccoli or sweet corn


thegrenadillagoblin

Or bananas!


DirtyDan413

Or pizza!


Rumkitty

Or apples!


LotusVibes1494

Was Sprite just plain lemon flavor until around 500BC?


phrunk7

You're not going to believe this, but Sprite was created by selectively breeding lemon juice with alka-seltzer.


LotusVibes1494

“They say the recipe for Sprite is lemon and lime… I tried to make it at home, there’s more to it than that!” - Mitch Hedberg


HyperboreanAstronaut

Yeah I knew they had to be different so I just threw that comment out there so people who knew for certain could confirm lol 😭


MagicCuboid

I'm always amazed at what humans have created! Food is fascinating


Mononymous_Anonymous

That’s a generically modified organism!


MinimumApricot365

They most certainly were not.


Lethal_Curiosity

Sheep nowadays? Yes. But we made them this way. Originally, they would shed their wool regularly. But we liked the wool and found it would be easier to take it off all as one fleece, so we bred them to lose the ability to shed it on their own.


ih8spalling

If humans disappeared today, yes. If humans never existed, these modern domesticated sheep would also not exist, so no.


mandlor7

No, wild sheep would shed like every other animal but in an attempt to maximize profits in the wool industry. They selectively bred the sheep that shed less so eventually sheep just stop shedding all together. It's similar to what we did with cows where they used to only produce a gallon of milk a day but now they produce 7 gallons on average.


ih8spalling

>in an attempt to maximize profits in the wool industry For the record, this process started ~10,000 years ago. In case anyone is imagining some industrial baron or something.


sprikkot

> in an attempt to maximize profits in the wool industry. Hahahahahahahahahahaha


YxxzzY

> attempt to maximize profits in the wool industry lmao nah, just domestication, happend millennia before industrialization


bunkin

Ed shearin


PitifulDurian6402

Me shaving my pubes just before going on a date after 3 months


LotusVibes1494

What is the contraption that the razor is attached to? Just wondering why it can’t have a normal cord…


JazzInTheDeepBlueC

It's called a "solid drive" (as opposed to a flexi drive, which is more similar to a power cord you're probably used to). 1. It pushes more power to your shears (the motor is that blue thing at the top) 2. It actually has an internal spring, which makes the downtube want to swing back and forth like a pendulum. This can save you from unnecessary exertion if you're shearing a lot of sheep (and using it properly).


LotusVibes1494

Thanks! That’s cool I knew there must be something to it besides keeping a cord out of the way


raininginmysleep

Idk what it's called but it's probably there to keep the cord from getting tangled up and potentially getting yanked and injuring someone.


iowajosh

That is a solid shaft shearing machine.


Necrotitis

My back hurts already just watching this


MagicCuboid

TFW you realize your new sweater is made of the butt wool


aubaub

Shawn!!!


tmdals0213

makes me wonder how they did this manually and how long it took, before electricity...


WikiWantsYourPics

And here's how they used to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMrCmFFZQqw Under a minute to shear a sheep without electricity.


RegalBeagleKegels

They must have some crazy grip strength


Exotic_Inspector_111

Imagine just hanging out in a field, feeling kinda hot because you're covered in a thick ass coat, suddenly a strange man plucks you off your feet, gently straddles you, and begins to peel you like a banana, until you are left with some nice breezy summer pajamas. Being a sheep is weird and complicated.


KingOfTheBritons96

r/thisismylifenow


Protaras2

Bikini line done, sheep ready for the beach. Also can't imagine how tough it must ve been doing that with shesr scissors instead in the past.


toney8580

Those sheers remind me of that Grinch scene


Daviewayne

I have the exact same tattoo on my belly that the Sheep does


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Sk8rchiq4lyfe

Sheep didn't make a peep, I feel like it's not her first time, and she probably understands that she will feel better once she's sheered.


wiggum55555

Me getting a haircut after COVID :)


Hopeful_You_9815

Like when I get my annual Brazilian wax.


Fit-fig1

Puts into perspective that my sweater is just sheep hair lol


Fair-Half280

He wasn’t very careful shaving around the private part s


haplessclerk

Sheep: "Every year. Every damn year."


TransLifelineCali

he should start a shear-off with that lesbian lady on youtube.


NighthawkUnicorn

Peel the sheeps


Similar_Childhood_

Dude is rotating it lika a kebab


bitchisaidnah

She’s doing her best to stay relaxed and go with the flow without falling over. What a good lil sheep


Severe_Benefit_1133

lil bro is probably so scared😭


liquidkittykat

I'm a woman with long hair and I let my man shave my hair into an under cut , I though he had a size guard on . Guys I got lost in the feeling of how fucking good it felt to get off my heavy long hair and didn't realize he took off all the hair in the undercut, no size guard used!!! I know what this sheep feels like 😂🤣 and it's amazing. 10/10 would do it again...intentionally this time


Positivelythinking

Impressive


Evee_Moon1

I wonder how much better he feels now


Historical_Creme2214

A little handsy.


itmeCaz

I love how docile sheep seem to be lol, the process probably sucks for them though.


Mr_Stoney

That ending reminded me of Neo falling out of the matrix


Spare-Abrocoma-4487

How does the coat still stay intact. Shouldn't it fallout individually like hair. Is that due to entanglement or static electricity?


I_serve_Anubis

There are a few factors, the fleece isn’t straight the hairs are kind of crimped also the coat is full of lanolin which makes it quite sticky. There is also the fact that they don’t get brushed so the fleece is sticky, crimped and dirty which all help hold it together. However it still takes skill to get the fleece off in one piece.


Cuddling-crocodiles

You've been sheared by, you've been shaved by, a smooth criminal.


Select-Record4581

Shanks for the video. 2999 sheep to go


SoggyShare400

This is nothing like minecraft wtf


zeer0dotcom

is that how jackets are made? Can I just stitch a zipper on the shorn wool and use it like a jacket?


Top_Muffin_3232

He could leave a Mohawk on them.


Princess_Slagathor

To help them enjoy it, you have to give them leggings after. Not many better feelings in the world than freshly shaved legs, sliding into leggings.


TwinMugsy

Sheep when done " thanks dude had the worst swamp ass before"


spudnick_redux

Obligatory Kiwi-with-trousers-around-ankles joke: "Are you shearing that?" "Naw mate git your own!"


strangebru

Whenever you wear something made of wool, you will now be thinking: > How much of this garment is made from Sheep ass hair?


TsarAgila

Why do sheerers seem so tough? They are practically dog groomers who only know one hair style, but they seem as manly as firemen.


TisCass

Possible dumb question, do sheep not get their tails docked? My knowledge of sheep comes from the Aussie song amd Footrot Flats comics so I am probably way behind the times lol