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    The Chateau Diaries Episode 622 ✨🏰✨
    Escape to the chateau with ’The Chateau Diaries’ 🏰
    This channel follows the adventures of chatelaine Stephanie in her French 16th century home, the Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France ❤️
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  • @terricollins8450
    @terricollins8450 3 месяца назад +88

    Those sheep must have been so stressed 😥

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 3 месяца назад

      These sheep have been here for years. The ram has knocked people down, Gerry being short was a favorite target. ❤ The plan was Kirsty and Marie on fencing and Amaury and Grant dragging or carrying. Then the guys left. Note Jason got two, Philip one and Pavlina has learned to drag rams and carry sheep from last year. 😂

    • @terricollins8450
      @terricollins8450 3 месяца назад +1

      @@carolinegooder7091 I know

    • @florentinalily
      @florentinalily 3 месяца назад +3

      @@carolinegooder7091 so that's ok then. They are used to being run instead of managed. Perhaps someone can mention that to them. 🙄

    • @noriandpets
      @noriandpets 2 месяца назад +4

      @@stefanieweseau9712 What's animal cruelty? Sheep, free-ranging on beautiful chateau grounds?

  • @larissap6586
    @larissap6586 3 месяца назад +125

    I find the relationship between Ruby and Lancelot to be so charming ❤️🇨🇦

    • @nancyhelgeson9934
      @nancyhelgeson9934 3 месяца назад +5

      I do as well! I love to see them together!

    • @aleta5873
      @aleta5873 3 месяца назад +4

      Simpatico...

    • @deanyaschempp
      @deanyaschempp 3 месяца назад +5

      Just because Ruby needs a friend and has to tolerate a dog being the only one he has. They should have given Ruby away to a good home years ago.

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 3 месяца назад +5

      I respect that Ruby wants to live mostly outside. He was always fighting other male cats during his youth. Now "retired" there are other cats around.They could build him an enclosed cat patio so he could transition into living more indoors. ❤

    • @marygoodson4920
      @marygoodson4920 3 месяца назад +3

      I have wanted the humans to give Ruby more love and attention and some kitty friends. ❤

  • @ruthbulwinkle6595
    @ruthbulwinkle6595 3 месяца назад +42

    Hire a local sheepdog and handler for 5 minutes

  • @lenoracooper7729
    @lenoracooper7729 3 месяца назад +27

    The attempted sheep herding was painful to watch.
    Yes, I used to show sheep.

  • @KathyRichards-tr9zx
    @KathyRichards-tr9zx 3 месяца назад +32

    Stephanie that field the sheep are in needs topping. Sheep prefer shorter grass. Or, let in your neighbour's cows for a week. They'll eat off all the long grass.

  • @MAC-op5fc
    @MAC-op5fc 3 месяца назад +123

    I love seeing Ruby venture into the chateau a bit with her buddy, Lancelot. I hope all is well at home for Grant.

    • @christikapa3856
      @christikapa3856 3 месяца назад +8

      Ruby is so adorable. She knows she can't come inside(because of allergies) so she's only inside to eat Lancelot's leftover food or hang out with her new friend that's her size♥️😀

    • @BiancaMH
      @BiancaMH 2 месяца назад

      Ruby is a male cat. It's weird I know. I've never heard the story of why he has a female name 🤷‍♀🤷‍♀🤷‍♀🤷‍♀🤷‍♀

    • @BiancaMH
      @BiancaMH 2 месяца назад

      @@christikapa3856 Ruby is a male cat. It's weird I know. I've never heard the story of why he has a female name 🤷‍♀🤷‍♀🤷‍♀🤷‍♀🤷‍♀

  • @love_France
    @love_France 3 месяца назад +20

    So sad to see Michael leave he needs to get his driving test done and be independent then could come and go easily! Love him to bits he's like a shining light at Lalande and so is Steph when he's around. Hopefully see him soon back at home with Billy and family. Yes poor sherp they were traumatised by all the shouting and sticks so scary for them 😢. Hope Grant is ok and can come back soon. Great video as always. Xxx❤

  • @LindaMilne-fx7oe
    @LindaMilne-fx7oe 3 месяца назад +23

    Chasing the sheep like this is very stressful for them. It also heats them up and their fleece will be very damp, causing it ti stick with the lanolin in the wool. This can cause nicks when shearing and gums up the shears. So take the advice below and get them trained with a bucket of grain and the person who looks after them will be able to lead them into the shed. All those people screaming and running around will just terrify them. Sheep only have one set of teeth so no defenses except flight from trouble. Advice from an old shepherdess!

    • @KathyRichards-tr9zx
      @KathyRichards-tr9zx 3 месяца назад +7

      This is correct. We always bring our sheep inside the shed the night before, so they are calm and quiet the next day. Mainly for the reason that they shear better: ie the wool comes away better with the clippers. If a sheep is hot and sweating, the wool is harder to remove and as Linda says, it makes the skin more prone to being nicked by the clipper blades.

  • @hispid1
    @hispid1 3 месяца назад +36

    I came for the sheep but stayed for Mrs Hughes. If you can cope with Highclere Jason - you can herd sheep.

    • @keithj3223
      @keithj3223 3 месяца назад +6

      Has anyone news on Jared? He too is so talented. Stephanie, Is he slated to come visit?

    • @baylorsailor
      @baylorsailor 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@keithj3223 he was just there last Christmas.

  • @brendaboyce9845
    @brendaboyce9845 3 месяца назад +158

    Sorry Grant left early. Prayers for him and his family.

  • @jadejohns3107
    @jadejohns3107 3 месяца назад +34

    Ruby wants be an indoor cat, what a beautiful patient little being, turns out she loves company 😍😻❤️

    • @paulacorreal1675
      @paulacorreal1675 3 месяца назад

      He loves company … Ruby is a “he”

    • @BiancaMH
      @BiancaMH 2 месяца назад

      Ruby is a male cat

  • @laurahenderson2820
    @laurahenderson2820 3 месяца назад +10

    If you feed the sheep ever day a cup of sheep nuts but shake them in a bucket loudly before you feed them. they will learn to follow the sound of a rattling bucket. Which makes moving sheep so much easier.

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 3 месяца назад

      That has failed a lot with these sheep. ❤

    • @shirleyw8531
      @shirleyw8531 3 месяца назад

      They are used to not having human interaction because they are pets not a commercial herd and trying to feed them for a few weeks would make them more reliant on being fed as opposed to feeding themselves

  • @RTCPhotoWork
    @RTCPhotoWork 3 месяца назад +29

    I think it's funny the kettle was moved back to the kitchen. It makes sense there, even if the coffee maker is in the other space.

    • @jennifercampbell7698
      @jennifercampbell7698 3 месяца назад

      Yes I noticed that too 😄

    • @demoiselledelamontagne
      @demoiselledelamontagne 3 месяца назад

      Yeah, having the kettle/coffee maker in the small dish washing area isn't the best.

    • @jennifercampbell7698
      @jennifercampbell7698 3 месяца назад

      @@demoiselledelamontagne Yes agree that handling boiling water or hot drinks in a busy confined area is a problem. And also everyone would carry their hot drinks out into the kitchen to drink causing a safety issue in the doorway.

  • @briansilkworth5486
    @briansilkworth5486 3 месяца назад +4

    Michael looks good. It’s nice to see him at LaLonde.

  • @alisstedman4858
    @alisstedman4858 3 месяца назад +8

    This is just crazy!

  • @Gardeninggirl4316
    @Gardeninggirl4316 3 месяца назад +235

    Why not use a bucket of feed and lead them where you want them to go? That’s how we move our cows from one pasture to another.

    • @tinakam8557
      @tinakam8557 3 месяца назад +69

      That’s how we moved our sheep too, just get them used to coming into the shed for feed once in a while and they will just follow you. Less stressful for everyone:)

    • @RTCPhotoWork
      @RTCPhotoWork 3 месяца назад +60

      The last two years were much better than this. It seems like chaos for no reason at all. Two years ago, Dan used his drone to herd them, and last year they were guiding them within a much smaller space. Frankly, I don't see why they don't just start bringing temporary fencing around the sheep (effectively herding them by bringing the enclosure around them) instead of run the sheep around like this.

    • @scottiemom7973
      @scottiemom7973 3 месяца назад +21

      That was exactly what I was thinking a bucket of grain shaking it to the shed

    • @kimberlyearly8918
      @kimberlyearly8918 3 месяца назад +16

      That's what I was wondering. When I had goats that worked like a charm.

    • @raynonabohrer5624
      @raynonabohrer5624 3 месяца назад

      I need.
      To tell you lanson not is not a sheep dog. One he's too small. And he's very welcomable. Nothing wrong with that. I could see you can have a contest in the winner with all those forward.Games who is going to be the champion of the week. Now that sounds like fun.

  • @martieflagg4671
    @martieflagg4671 3 месяца назад +15

    Love your aunt's hair with the pony tail and bangs!

  • @vladeckk21
    @vladeckk21 3 месяца назад +23

    It is a happy ship! And brings us happiness as well.

  • @pamkullman8839
    @pamkullman8839 3 месяца назад +24

    I think this was one of my favorite videos! Not that I like sheep herding but I like everyone together and smiling and seeing parts of the chateau that we haven’t seen in a while. Bye Michael

    • @jennifercampbell7698
      @jennifercampbell7698 3 месяца назад +1

      And yes I can imagine the restorers getting a laugh watching! 🤣😂

  • @tiedyedsouthernfried3137
    @tiedyedsouthernfried3137 3 месяца назад +10

    It was good to say Ruby, the cat in this episode. I look forward to any glimpse of Ruby. It's good that he's developed a friendship with Lancelot. Think he's enjoying being inside your chateau.

  • @judithclark5493
    @judithclark5493 3 месяца назад +20

    I'm so glad I found you again. YT unsubscribed me. Makes me happy every time I watch your videos.

  • @ppan3188
    @ppan3188 2 месяца назад

    I absolutely love the fact that Ruby is starting to come around more often!! ❤

  • @sallysanders8244
    @sallysanders8244 3 месяца назад +14

    not sure why you dont use feed and fence of part of field sheep get stressed easy

    • @KathyRichards-tr9zx
      @KathyRichards-tr9zx 3 месяца назад +6

      Yes, when you have a tiny flock of sheep like this, someone should train them on a bucket. Practice going out there with a bucket full of sheep nuts (pellets) and rattle the bucket loudly, then give them the feed on the ground when they come. Very soon, the sheep will follow you and that bucket everywhere. Saves all that running around stressing them. My goodness watching them trying to gather those sheep was 👀 Those animals still have their heavy fleeces and will be baking hot. We have about 120 sheep and all the mature ones know to come to a bucket. It saves so much time and stress. Plus, they should have moveable hurdles to place into a pen shape to heard them into. Trying to shove them in a tiny dark shed was not a good idea, a sheep will not want to enter a dark hole where they feel trapped.

    • @vfl5211
      @vfl5211 3 месяца назад +6

      @@KathyRichards-tr9zx It really worried me to see Lancelot chasing the sheep - it must have been so stressful for them. Can't understand why everyone thinks it was hilarious. Love Stephanie to bits, but felt the sheep were being stressed just to amuse the viewers.

    • @KathyRichards-tr9zx
      @KathyRichards-tr9zx 3 месяца назад

      @@vfl5211 In fairness to Lancelot, he seemed to be pretty good when he was called back. But yes, Lancelot should be taught to ignore the sheep as his instincts are for hunting down and killing vermin, not for herding livestock. I am sure he thought his humans were hunting them, not trying to gather them and therefore that's what he thought he should do too. Who knows, he could surprise us all with the right kind of trainer, but really safer for everyone to keep him away.

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 3 месяца назад

      They have tried the feed method with these sheep, it doesn't always work. The drone worked once but they hated it. Wait until moving them to the Winter pasture day across the road. The original plan was Marie and Kirsty on fencing and Grant and Amaury carrying and dragging. Then the guys left and too many people decided to help. 😂 Note Pavlina dragged a ram and carried a sheep, and Philip got a ram. Jason got two also. They learned last year.

  • @SusanWilliams-e4h
    @SusanWilliams-e4h 3 месяца назад +2

    LOVED seeing Ruby and Lancelot at the end in the doorway! OH, my heart!

  • @Tony-hw1dp
    @Tony-hw1dp 3 месяца назад +14

    It’s so good to see everyone together ❤

  • @jameshaddan8538
    @jameshaddan8538 3 месяца назад +14

    There were about 3 people (who shall remain anonymous) who really made the sheep herding successful. The rest seemed to be a bit of clown convention. Thankfully, it’s a small herd….I had flashbacks to my childhood growing up on a cattle ranch and having to help herd hundreds of cattle on horseback - my very loud and impatient father loudly barking orders….and woe be the one who let a calf slip through!!

  • @klmjtr
    @klmjtr 3 месяца назад +2

    I love how Gerry’s teacup matches his pj’s perfectly! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @kathymalloy6246
    @kathymalloy6246 3 месяца назад

    You all need a sheep dog, Dan has his boarder Collies. They have a natural gift. You can also have a grain bucket

  • @cheriethievin9243
    @cheriethievin9243 3 месяца назад +2

    Lancelot & Ruby melt me....

  • @leighcairns2601
    @leighcairns2601 3 месяца назад +2

    I really enjoyed seeing Micheal back with the gang Great people fun laughter and love ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

  • @TheCrowsNest1950
    @TheCrowsNest1950 3 месяца назад

    Hi Stephanie, Michel leaves, Vivienne arrives the ever changing faces at the Chateau. Mark & Scott

  • @a_highland_life
    @a_highland_life 3 месяца назад +3

    Sorry to see grant leaving the château.

  • @jeojeo9393
    @jeojeo9393 3 месяца назад

    And walk don’t run if you run the sheep run !
    Use gates or temporary fencing to direct them !

  • @barbaraharrison6256
    @barbaraharrison6256 3 месяца назад +2

    A number of people suggesting that Stephanie should have a one of Dan's puppys for sheep herding next year. Wonder who they think is going to be the main care giver/handler and both human and dog need significant training together. A good shepherd and their sheepdog are very much as one entity.

  • @AthollMoir
    @AthollMoir 3 месяца назад +1

    Hi Jason, I live 20mins from Highclere & have visited many many times, wonderful place! Enjoy LaLande.

  • @sallywinterbourn1780
    @sallywinterbourn1780 3 месяца назад +2

    Absolutely hilarious!

  • @katbath772
    @katbath772 3 месяца назад +5

    Jason was a superstar with the sheep, nothing gets past ‘Mrs Hughes’ 😂😂

  • @kimglover6968
    @kimglover6968 3 месяца назад +1

    Stephanie you should really turn the beautiful picture over the side board, into a fabric. It would make a beautiful scarf.

  • @crae3422
    @crae3422 3 месяца назад +4

    lol! The sheep herding was utter chaos, even more so than usual! If it wasn't for Dave, you'd have been chasing sheep in the woods. He's a god send. On the other hand, the adorable Lancelot is unfortunately not a herding dog, unless it was herding the sheep away from where they were supposed to go. However, Lancelot is very good at rescuing lost wee pchicks. Congratulations to all who succeeded in catching a sheep. Well done. :) I'm betting none of this happens at Highclere. :) Wishing Grant and his family all the best. Much relieved to see pchick Lucky doing well. The courtyard looks beautiful. More please. The best to all. Have a great weekend.

    • @hollykeller1545
      @hollykeller1545 3 месяца назад +1

      I wouldn’t be surprised if Lancelot could be trained to herd sheep!

    • @crae3422
      @crae3422 3 месяца назад

      @@hollykeller1545 He is a very smart little dog. You may be right. :)

  • @lorrainethomas241
    @lorrainethomas241 3 месяца назад +6

    Tatinette standing up for LaLande organization. Bless.

    • @jennifercampbell7698
      @jennifercampbell7698 3 месяца назад +2

      Yes, defending Stephanie and Nati. I reckon it’s very organised. Runs pretty much like clockwork and such a beautiful camaraderie between everyone.

    • @jyjyjojojyjy
      @jyjyjojojyjy 3 месяца назад

      I don‘t think, it‘s too organized; I think, when it comes to the guests and the room reservations, I think it is.
      BUT I think this is absolutely enough and very very charming. It seems to work, like lovely Tatinette is saying, and this is the main and most important point.

  • @Thewildmanwoods
    @Thewildmanwoods 3 месяца назад +5

    Funny😂sheep LOVE food ….a thought why you don’t buy a sack of sheep nuts and between all you guys just feed them a handful of nuts each week ….they’ll come to your hand …then they’ll just follow the bucket after a while and just walk in 😂

    • @FarmgirlFriday
      @FarmgirlFriday 3 месяца назад +3

      Yes, and so much easier than getting another dog as so many followers have suggested!

  • @susanault6809
    @susanault6809 3 месяца назад

    I love watching you all in your daily lives as I do the Pethericks and Dan etc, you are all medicine for my mental health. Just now and again I come across other channels. I can’t highly recommend a quiet night in for you both and watching The Irish homestead. Just an ordinary British family taking on an old Irish farmhouse. I highly recommend it’s good for me. Xxx Thank you for your channel.

  • @cathythompson8734
    @cathythompson8734 3 месяца назад +1

    Percy is looking younger!

  • @hazelmeldrum5860
    @hazelmeldrum5860 3 месяца назад +2

    Try putting the games in fancy baskets by type in the cabinet so much easier to find a game

  • @NancyMestas-gj9cm
    @NancyMestas-gj9cm 3 месяца назад

    I was watching Bridgerton this morning and when I see the wisteria on the house, I thought how beautiful that would look on the Chateau when you drive into the courtyard.

  • @janetg1691
    @janetg1691 3 месяца назад

    Good the sheep got their summer trim.

  • @angelhelen84
    @angelhelen84 3 месяца назад +7

    I am in the UK but I wonder if you have seen a reduction in your bees and butterflies in France, normally it is a buzz right now and all the pollinator-friendly flowers are out.

    • @bjbutton57
      @bjbutton57 3 месяца назад +2

      I live in Texas, USA and not only are the bees and butterflies disappearing, so are the birds. But that’s the ”plan” is it not???

    • @kimberlyearly8918
      @kimberlyearly8918 3 месяца назад +2

      The 'plan'? I've had loads of bees on flowers in my garden and plenty of birds eating my blackberries and sitting on my trellises pooping all over my pole beans.

    • @FarmgirlFriday
      @FarmgirlFriday 3 месяца назад

      It can be influenced greatly by the severity of your winter the past year. In the PNW of the USA we had almost a week below 10 degrees Fahrenheit. This can cause winter death of insects (including domesticated bees) and birds and there will be a smaller population the following summer season.

    • @crae3422
      @crae3422 3 месяца назад +10

      If people would stop spraying insecticides and weed killers everywhere it would help.

    • @ludovica8221
      @ludovica8221 3 месяца назад +1

      @@crae3422 I accidentally found a "how to exterminate bees" video on You Tube. which horrified me. If you have bees you dont want you get an apiarist to remove and relocate them not an exterminator

  • @racheldowning3976
    @racheldowning3976 3 месяца назад

    you need a sheepdog, as well as a cat! 😂 Oh never mind I see the kitty!!!!

  • @dawnmeldrum1267
    @dawnmeldrum1267 3 месяца назад +1

    Every year you make me belly laugh😂

  • @manonbrunet2571
    @manonbrunet2571 3 месяца назад

    Vous m'avez fait tellement rire avec les brebis 😂

  • @rhondahoehne9143
    @rhondahoehne9143 3 месяца назад +1

    What I want to know is why the sheep never have any babies (lambs)? Is big E. a ram or a wether?

  • @RhondaBAZ
    @RhondaBAZ 3 месяца назад +6

    I don't think yelling and chasing with a stick is working..

  • @mauralyons2713
    @mauralyons2713 3 месяца назад +2

    I absolutely adore Grant. Fantasic team work with the sheep ❤❤❤

  • @MrCocoriver
    @MrCocoriver 3 месяца назад +3

    chop chop lance-alot you ve got work to do

  • @viewfrommylensjane
    @viewfrommylensjane 3 месяца назад +9

    OH DEAR! Steph you need ME there! disastrous approach LOL Get Aloysuis and the others will follow. The drone & all the people are just scattering & spook the sheep. Do not stand between the sheep & the gate NO.1 ! Get that camera person out of the middle of the paddock! Funniest footage in weeks you running after a ram in the paddock HAHAHA

  • @JijjysMaison
    @JijjysMaison 3 месяца назад +1

    What a beautiful day this was. And does Michael still create RUclips videos 😮????

  • @Green.witch.
    @Green.witch. 3 месяца назад +18

    Nooooo. Only use dogs trained to stop and never to chase sheep unless on command otherwise it will end up with a tragedy.

  • @LotusSun639
    @LotusSun639 3 месяца назад

    Great vlog today thank you much entertainment😂. I found myself interacting with the screen like one does in a horror film..run..get away sort of thing. Stephanie when you mention oh it’s hard to help with the sheep with holding the phone..I talked to screen and said yes put the phone down whilst laughing, at that moment thought there would be that brief drop in the field of grass and we would see that lol. Percy such a wonderful character and really enjoys his attire, he really is humorous and makes you laugh. Really is so wonderful to see Isabel and your aunt/uncle there. All these wonderful people Michael, Pavlina omg Gerry, Marie and of course Philip okay well everyone all the time. Look forward to the next. I’m still catching up though so I have loads available😁

  • @VivPhotography
    @VivPhotography 3 месяца назад +37

    You should have borrowed Dan's border collies - they are natural herding dogs :)

    • @christikapa3856
      @christikapa3856 3 месяца назад

      Can't wait for them to get bigger & be adopted at LaLande.

    • @crae3422
      @crae3422 3 месяца назад +7

      All working sheep dogs are trained. His are not.

    • @Sally237-s4w
      @Sally237-s4w 3 месяца назад +1

      @@crae3422it’s hard wired into them ,puppies will try and round up anything ..it’s bred into them.

    • @ludovica8221
      @ludovica8221 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Sally237-s4w and UNTRAINED collies can cause the deaths of many sheep, Ask a Welsh farmer

    • @LaReynedEpee
      @LaReynedEpee 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@Sally237-s4w Sheepdogs need to be trained. And even if born with a full set of sheepdog genes, they're not all able or suitable.

  • @tillysanders2593
    @tillysanders2593 3 месяца назад +14

    Word of advice, repeating a dogs name endlessly only confuses them . When you want them to do something, they will respond better, over time , to a comnand and then praise. For example , Lancelot leave , Lancelot stay ,Lancelot come , Lancelot sit etc

    • @keithj3223
      @keithj3223 3 месяца назад +2

      Also I have used: Only use name with COME TO ME commands. Go way or stay the name is not used.

  • @paulacorreal1675
    @paulacorreal1675 3 месяца назад +1

    You need a sheep dog to herd the sheep. If you’ve never watched them work, you’re in for a treat…I don’t think Lancelot has much of a chance of becoming a sheep herder…😀

  • @helanalurie9962
    @helanalurie9962 3 месяца назад +1

    I enjoy each time you do sheep herding: it is so entertaining!!! 😅❤❤❤

  • @lindaelliott5411
    @lindaelliott5411 3 месяца назад

    Helloooo Jason !

  • @helenstella2666
    @helenstella2666 3 месяца назад +1

    Oh the sheep herding is always fun to watch 😆 What a surprise to see Jason ‘Carson’ at Lalande, how lovely & hope we get to see him again on Michael’s channel 🤞😊

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 3 месяца назад

      I missed that, Jason, on the Petherick channel. I'll need to go back. Too many channels.

  • @300books
    @300books 3 месяца назад +2

    Gerald has red hair? I never noticed before.🤔

  • @donnadodman8865
    @donnadodman8865 3 месяца назад +1

    Oh what fun sheep herding lol I hate seeing Michael and Grant leave, but know they will be back soon! ❤❤

  • @MsCaterific
    @MsCaterific 3 месяца назад

  • @kristinb5121
    @kristinb5121 3 месяца назад

    Oh my goodness! I wouldn't be good with that task. I'm too goal oriented. It was a pretty field though.

  • @denisevincent4050
    @denisevincent4050 3 месяца назад +8

    Stephanie "And the Alliums are out." Yeah they are. Too bad that you can't borrow a Border Collie to herd the sheep. I hear there may be puppies up for adoption soon ;)

    • @BonnieBLass22
      @BonnieBLass22 3 месяца назад +1

      No, BCs need daily work and activity. New dog and handlers with no experience is a recipe for disaster. One day of moving sheep a year isn’t enough for a BC.

    • @denisevincent4050
      @denisevincent4050 3 месяца назад

      @@BonnieBLass22 And yet I saw Nick put a BC puppy in his shirt 'joking' that a puppy was coming with him. Can Nick train a puppy? Is there anything that Nick can't do? ;)

    • @BonnieBLass22
      @BonnieBLass22 2 месяца назад +1

      @@denisevincent4050 well Nick is primarily outside and in theory could bring a dog with a decent recall on most of his job sites. An untrained dog and untrained handler, especially with the size and speed of a BC could greatly injure the sheep, particularly the La Lande ones that seem to be around rather small breed.

    • @denisevincent4050
      @denisevincent4050 2 месяца назад

      @@BonnieBLass22 Stephanie picked up a puppy and held it closely. Things may be in motion.

  • @karmenkorral1148
    @karmenkorral1148 3 месяца назад +2

    Matador Percy 🤺🤺🤺👱‍♀️(pony is mummy and👧this is stephanie )for future 🦚🎬🕶

  • @aliceskewthorpe8991
    @aliceskewthorpe8991 3 месяца назад +12

    I cringe when I see so many novices attempting to heard sheep... having grown up on a sheep station of 28,000 acres in outback Australia...
    It's really a competition of whose the quickest...
    There should be an award ceremony for who catches the most... and celebrate it with a good Aussie BBQ...
    Let's face it...
    it's a celebrity extravaganza!

    • @jennifercampbell7698
      @jennifercampbell7698 3 месяца назад +1

      And only lamb on the bbq! It’d be bonza mate 🇦🇺🤣😍

  • @LynnThompsonAuthor
    @LynnThompsonAuthor 3 месяца назад +1

    Your "ship" is a busy family home, filled with love and levity! I think many of us who have never even been there think of it as our "second home."

  • @elizabethsteven9797
    @elizabethsteven9797 3 месяца назад

    Adopt one of Dan's puppies and train it to herd your sheep. Their breed would have natural instincts for the task 🐕🐕

    • @LaReynedEpee
      @LaReynedEpee 3 месяца назад +2

      They need to learn to shepherd, before they can ever train any dog 😄

    • @elizabethsteven9797
      @elizabethsteven9797 3 месяца назад

      @@LaReynedEpee I was just saying 🤦

    • @LaReynedEpee
      @LaReynedEpee 3 месяца назад +1

      @@elizabethsteven9797 It takes a certain amount of knowledge and skill to train an animal, they have none. Just sayin' 😙

  • @Madhousesc
    @Madhousesc 3 месяца назад +1

    I think you need a gopro

  • @vickinoeske1154
    @vickinoeske1154 3 месяца назад

    Sheep shearing day is always exciting.😊

  • @FrogifiedManifesto
    @FrogifiedManifesto 3 месяца назад +10

    Mummy insulting all the hard work there upon arrival week 1 : (
    I need everyone's patience and grace they give her in those moments I guess !

    • @kimberlyearly8918
      @kimberlyearly8918 3 месяца назад +9

      I kinda felt bad when she said everything is basically always disorganized.

    • @FrogifiedManifesto
      @FrogifiedManifesto 3 месяца назад +10

      @@kimberlyearly8918 whatever the chateau is doing is working. Especially Marie and Natty so professional, somehow Stephanie and Phillip keep things moving and checked off with so much going on all the time. It’s pretty amazing!

    • @FrogifiedManifesto
      @FrogifiedManifesto 3 месяца назад

      @@kimberlyearly8918 I’m trying to think of my dad who I love so much but can say some crazy insensitive things. I know they love her dearly.

    • @LaReynedEpee
      @LaReynedEpee 3 месяца назад

      She comes from a profession that back in the day was very regimented, and focused on efficiency. Different people have different approaches. As long as it all works, it's all good.

  • @cathythompson8734
    @cathythompson8734 3 месяца назад +1

    Sheep herding was so hilarious!

  • @lgrigg5439
    @lgrigg5439 3 месяца назад +136

    Will miss Aussie Grant. I hope he comes back 😢

  • @Mia-bbe
    @Mia-bbe 3 месяца назад +1

    Why not use a bucket of feed and lead them where you want them to go? That’s how we move our cows from one pasture to another

  • @natalia.who.what.where.when.
    @natalia.who.what.where.when. 3 месяца назад +45

    Have to agree with the other comments, we always moved our sheep with a nice bucket of granules at the lead, the perfect motivation and easy for them to understand they needed to follow for the treat ☺

  • @omahgroup4080
    @omahgroup4080 3 месяца назад +16

    Hi, I love your channel. I’m sure you’ll get many comments on sheep herding so here’s my two cents worth. About a month before shearing time feed them in their shed every morning. They’ll have a routine and get used to it…it’s a one person job! I run 97 sheep and 28 cows and only get help with shearing and drenching. You’re lucky the sheep are only small, a strong man would have trouble lifting one of mine, they’re huge! Thanks for sharing your daily life.
    ❤Zeljka

  • @rayn8740
    @rayn8740 3 месяца назад +46

    Grant, family emergency always sounds so ominous. I pray that you and your family are all safe and sound tonight.
    You are such a wonderful addition to Lalande, I always hate to see you leave.
    I look forward to your return.😢
    ❤ from TX!

  • @lunchbreakings
    @lunchbreakings 3 месяца назад +72

    Michael is a delight! To think that he was the one who gave you the idea to all of this, what a lovely soul.

    • @baylorsailor
      @baylorsailor 3 месяца назад +6

      Stephanie was already doing RUclips before she even met Michael from what I remember. He started his channel after her.

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 3 месяца назад +12

      ​@@baylorsailorMichael trained Stephanie in editing and helped her move into RUclips. She often thanks him.

    • @lunchbreakings
      @lunchbreakings 3 месяца назад +3

      @@baylorsailor Yes but I think the one who encouraged her to really go for it was Michael

  • @sternenstaub3112
    @sternenstaub3112 3 месяца назад +27

    There must be an easier way to herd sheep. The animals get so stressed out. 😮

  • @TracyBate
    @TracyBate 3 месяца назад +37

    Shouldn't be dragging the sheep along the floor by their horns !

    • @tinatina5913
      @tinatina5913 3 месяца назад +11

      I agree..to stop.but not to pull

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 3 месяца назад

      We have seen Grant, Amaury and Kirsty do that for years. I'll have to look it up. ❤

    • @rablatour
      @rablatour 3 месяца назад

      Watch sheep shearing - they do exactly that.

  • @VietQuanT
    @VietQuanT 3 месяца назад +67

    I’m not a cat person but I adore Ruby. More Ruby please

    • @karmenkorral1148
      @karmenkorral1148 3 месяца назад +1

      We change. I thought that i would never get a second cat but woo hoo i love Squeaky Stephanie Diana 🦚🎬🕶

  • @mazellehealth
    @mazellehealth 3 месяца назад +47

    A bucket of feed as someone else said works every time . This is ridiculous.

    • @ludovica8221
      @ludovica8221 3 месяца назад +1

      But FUN!!

    • @tuoinglese1455
      @tuoinglese1455 3 месяца назад +12

      @@ludovica8221 A usual. They care more about their own amusement and not the poor animals....

    • @kaywallace6139
      @kaywallace6139 3 месяца назад +16

      Very stressful for the poor sheep 🐑
      Please don’t do this again.
      Ruby is adorable.

    • @shirleyw8531
      @shirleyw8531 3 месяца назад +1

      Not if they are not bucket trained it wont

  • @angelanapier4248
    @angelanapier4248 3 месяца назад +132

    Ruby and Lancelot are adorable together. This episode was a blast, I’m sorry to see Michael go.

    • @trishwinstead28
      @trishwinstead28 3 месяца назад +6

      He looked sorry to leave.

    • @barbarastevens3053
      @barbarastevens3053 3 месяца назад +3

      Michael Petherick is needed at the Convent to help his Dad and Billy carry heavy objects around instead of being at Lalande helping carrying heavy furniture around from one room to another, at the whim of Stephanie Jarvis orders to suit her
      preferred ideas of how she wants a room in Lalande to look.

    • @aleta5873
      @aleta5873 3 месяца назад +1

      @@trishwinstead28 He needed a ride home. But sad to see him go...

    • @jimmyconnolly3461
      @jimmyconnolly3461 3 месяца назад +15

      @@barbarastevens3053 who shat on your cornflakes?

    • @mireillelefevre6092
      @mireillelefevre6092 3 месяца назад

      Actually it was Philip's idea, as is said in the video. If you do not like Stephanie, why spending your valuable time watching the chateau diaries?? ​@@barbarastevens3053

  • @RustyEdmund
    @RustyEdmund 3 месяца назад +11

    It’s lucky Lancelot wasn’t trampled by the poor sheep. A major lack of common sense on show.

  • @susanbiggs5923
    @susanbiggs5923 3 месяца назад +84

    What are you all doing? The sheep will not go in a direction where there are people standing, especially with the small dog and a camera man there. What a pantomime. Two people is all you need and walking them quietly along the fence gently tapping the stick on the ground round through the gate. Needed to leave them to settle down first then walk them through Without anyone standing in the gate area! Their poor hearts would have been pounding from being so frightened.

    • @KathyRichards-tr9zx
      @KathyRichards-tr9zx 3 месяца назад +32

      Yes, all that running around was unnecessary. Calm and quiet with sheep is the answer. They should train them with a bucket of sheep pellets to walk into a small pen. They will learn very quickly to follow the bucket when they get a treat at the end. Would save so much time and stress and then they have the sheep quietly corralled from where they can shear them. Also, the grass in that field is far too long, it needs topping. Sheep prefer shorter grass and also very long grasses can get caught between their cloven hooves and cut the skin there.

    • @LaReynedEpee
      @LaReynedEpee 3 месяца назад +12

      ​@@KathyRichards-tr9zx Yes. I'm no shepherd, but if the neighbour's sheep get loose I just walk towards them slowly with arms out in the direction I want them to go and they usually go there. Having a small pen in the field they can be directed to seems better than trying to get them into that shed. One person to control the gate.

    • @katehobbs2008
      @katehobbs2008 3 месяца назад +27

      Quite cruel, really.

    • @zoefoster1873
      @zoefoster1873 3 месяца назад +26

      And don't sheep get very stressed out by being chased by a dog, even one as small as Lancelot - and he is NOT a trained sheepdog!!

    • @KG-ui7ji
      @KG-ui7ji 3 месяца назад +28

      Totally agree a complete fiasco. Stressing sheep out for entertainment. I wasn't impressed either.

  • @adriankristofferson1
    @adriankristofferson1 3 месяца назад +99

    Always a joy to see Michael in La Lande. It just feels so right when he's around.

    • @aleta5873
      @aleta5873 3 месяца назад +5

      Love his smile.

    • @demoiselledelamontagne
      @demoiselledelamontagne 3 месяца назад

      And he seems happy whenever he's in Lalande. Or maybe it's the "vacation mood"

  • @florentinalily
    @florentinalily 3 месяца назад +22

    its a really really bad idea to encourage the dog to chase the sheep. if they were in lamb you would have real problems. If he decided to chase any neighbours sheep he could be shot. No dog unless trained should be encouraged. I have never seen such a pigs breakfast. If you reduced the fencing during the week across the field ( an electric fence can be moved gradually) you could get them readily in a small pen ready to shear without stressing them.

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 3 месяца назад +2

      The rams are fixed, so there are no lambs. Lancelot is not allowed near the sheep without a human there. ❤ Stephanie didn't encourage this in the past. Isabelle and Percy could babysit during this kind of event. ❤

  • @a_highland_life
    @a_highland_life 3 месяца назад +24

    You better give Lancelot a check over for ticks…the combination of long grass, warm weather and sheep is conducive for ticks.

  • @GoldenLady9779
    @GoldenLady9779 3 месяца назад +30

    So happy to see Jason. He's such a wonderful man. Glad Michael was able to reconnect with everyone. Loved Lancelot's sheep herding debut. He was so proud of himself. 🤣❤

  • @pamorama
    @pamorama 3 месяца назад +30

    I’m sure there’s somewhere near you where you could even engage a herding dog and its handler to come in once a year and help you with this. It seems a bit needlessly stressful for the sheep! I love your channel and am so grateful for all that you give to us us. I’m just making a suggestion. I don’t mean for it to sound critical.

    • @shirleyw8531
      @shirleyw8531 3 месяца назад

      The sheep are not used to being herded by dogs and so would give them the runaround just the same,even sheep that are used to dogs sometimes just break off and go there own sweet way if they are so inclined

    • @pamorama
      @pamorama 2 месяца назад

      @@shirleyw8531 I believe that sheepdogs are often used in circumstances just like this--on an occasional basis. I have a friend who has goats and uses them just a few times a year. Sure, they try to break away, etc., but that's what the dogs are trained to handle.

  • @Retro-love-
    @Retro-love- 3 месяца назад +36

    You need portable fencing 😂that will make sheep herding so much easier

    • @RTCPhotoWork
      @RTCPhotoWork 3 месяца назад +1

      I thought they were going to when Kirsty and Pavlina were carrying the green fence is the last video. Instead they put it around the shed. 🤔

  • @annieterminetschuppon7232
    @annieterminetschuppon7232 3 месяца назад +19

    Catching with less frightening runnings and some attractive food, might do the trick

  • @YM-rt1jy
    @YM-rt1jy 3 месяца назад +56

    Your sheep are so stressed when you handle them this way. Maybe one of your farmer neighbours could help you ?

  • @carolz5090
    @carolz5090 3 месяца назад +103

    For those that are saying that Stephanie should have borrowed Dan’s Border Collies - Yes, they have a herding instinct, but they’re not born with the knowledge to herd them into an enclosure for shearing! These remarkable dogs are TRAINED to follow sheep herding commands, and Dan’s dogs are not.

    • @maurawhelan3530
      @maurawhelan3530 3 месяца назад +4

      But we would miss out on all the phone! No professionals pls! Ha

    • @christikapa3856
      @christikapa3856 3 месяца назад +4

      Oh, drats. There goes that idea for one of them to come to LaLande. 😢

    • @christikapa3856
      @christikapa3856 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@maurawhelan3530😂😂😂

    • @ludovica8221
      @ludovica8221 3 месяца назад +20

      Untrained dogs ate incredibly dangerous and stressful to sheep When I used to live in Wales in the 80s, all loose dogs were shot on sight by the farmers because even a well meaning dog just having fun can quickly run sheep to death, even a dog the size of Lancelot. My own dogs mum, grandma and 2 sisters were all shot by farmers for being unrestrained, even though they were only suspected of sheep worrying and werent even caught in the act. The dog owners ( a friend of mine and his mum) tried to protest, but the magistrates and all that are all farmers themselves. Lesson. Dont let your dog off the lead in Wales

    • @tiffcat1100
      @tiffcat1100 3 месяца назад +3

      I love animals & am highly sensitive over them, but the sheep didn’t look badly stressed to me ❤

  • @EloisaWooten
    @EloisaWooten 3 месяца назад +26

    I was so happy to see Michael P. visiting LeLand again! 🤗