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« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2013, 04:14:08 AM »



Lambs: Arthur and his grandmother Nicky look after one of the Poll Dorset lambs that is part of his flock

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Skills: Arthur has even won three coveted prizes in country shows for his shepherding skills
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In his blood: Grandmother Nicky says Arthur loves feeding and tending to the sheep at the farm in Dorset
All the while, faithful Twinkle, a sweet-tempered, picture-book sheep, is at his side. She has a bell round her neck and Arthur explains why: ‘Cos she used to escape and come looking for me!’
Arthur is in his element and his flock — Twinkle, Treacle, Teasel, Lucy, Sooty and Sweep — is prospering. Already they are increasing in number: aside from the twin Christmas lambs that attended his Nativity play, another of his ewes has just produced a second set.
‘He obviously has a good eye for picking sheep,’ smiles Nicky. ‘We let him chose the ones he wanted for his flock, and already two of his ewes have produced twins.’
Arthur, who turns three in January, was there at the births. ‘He sat quietly on the straw and just waited,’ she remembers. ‘When they were born he was entranced. Then he chuckled when they wriggled to get up, and wanted to cuddle them.’
Arthur’s ewe lambs will go on to breed themselves. And so his flock will grow and prosper.
‘He’s never happier than when he’s with his sheep,’ says Sarah. ‘Shepherding is in his blood. Even at six months he was sitting in his pushchair and bottle-feeding the lambs.
‘His first word was “baa”. When he took his first steps it was with Twinkle.
‘When Mum rang me I said, “No, I don’t believe it!” His physiotherapist doesn’t give him many exercises to do because he’s making so much progress on his own. He’s so determined. Sometimes I find it hard to believe how far he’s come.
‘He was such a sick baby, and now he is a strong, happy, healthy little boy. I was so worried that he wouldn’t survive those first weeks of his life, I couldn’t sleep. I just wanted to watch over him.
‘So the greatest happiness for me, now, is that he’s here and thriving. Everything he does makes me proud. We don’t namby-pamby him. He jumps in puddles. He loves the mud and rain. He’s progressed so well because of his active lifestyle.
‘But actually we’re convinced most of it’s down to one special sheep called Twinkle.’
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