A sad day, RIP Jo-Jo

Today our old ewe was euthanised, Joe noticed she was struggling to get up and when we went to check on her we realised that she had either had a heart attack or perhaps a stroke. Whatever it was it was affecting her abilty to get up and to move. She also was fitting quite badly. I can't bear the thought of an animals suffering, and as hard as any decision to euthanise an animal is, particularly a pet, it's the ultimate kindness you can show them. So a call was made to our neighbouring farmer and he quickly came and ended her suffering. I feel very sad of course but I know she had the best life she could have.

She was one of our first animals we got when we moved onto our first lifestyleblock. She was from the SPCA, it was the day I went in for a kitten and came out with a kitten, a sheep and a goat! They had a good deal that day! She did well considering she always had trouble breathing probably caused from a lungworn infection, but she got by. In fact she was tough as old boots really, last year when she was being sheared she stopped breathing! It was only after the shearer pumped her chest a few times that she started again. She surprised everyone when they asked did we still have that old sheep and we answered yes! She gave us two lambs during that time, the second wasn't meant to happen but the old tart got in with the ram!
Where ever she is now, she's not huffing or puffing,she's running free over green pastures. Rest easy Jo-jo.