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  • @larissap6586
    @larissap6586 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

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

    • @nancyhelgeson9934
      @nancyhelgeson9934 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

    • @aleta5873
      @aleta5873 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Simpatico...

    • @itsdeanya
      @itsdeanya 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @terricollins8450
    @terricollins8450 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

    Those sheep must have been so stressed 😥

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@carolinegooder7091 I know

    • @florentinalily
      @florentinalily 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @natalia.who.what.where.when.
    @natalia.who.what.where.when. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    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 ☺

  • @lgrigg5439
    @lgrigg5439 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +137

    Will miss Aussie Grant. I hope he comes back 😢

  • @brendaboyce9845
    @brendaboyce9845 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

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

    • @aleta5873
      @aleta5873 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Amen...

  • @lunchbreakings
    @lunchbreakings 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

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

    • @lunchbreakings
      @lunchbreakings 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @VietQuanT
    @VietQuanT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

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

    • @karmenkorral1148
      @karmenkorral1148 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @omahgroup4080
    @omahgroup4080 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    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

  • @adriankristofferson1
    @adriankristofferson1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

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

    • @aleta5873
      @aleta5873 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Love his smile.

    • @demoiselledelamontagne
      @demoiselledelamontagne 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @MAC-op5fc
    @MAC-op5fc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +124

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @angelanapier4248
    @angelanapier4248 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

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

    • @trishwinstead28
      @trishwinstead28 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      He looked sorry to leave.

    • @barbarastevens3053
      @barbarastevens3053 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @jimmyconnolly3461
      @jimmyconnolly3461 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@barbarastevens3053 who shat on your cornflakes?

    • @mireillelefevre6092
      @mireillelefevre6092 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

  • @KathyRichards-tr9zx
    @KathyRichards-tr9zx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    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.

  • @sternenstaub3112
    @sternenstaub3112 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

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

  • @LindaMilne-fx7oe
    @LindaMilne-fx7oe 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      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.

  • @clairebarton3938
    @clairebarton3938 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Buy some portable fences to make the area in more constrained over a couple of days , or get an Aussie sheep dog !🇦🇺

  • @rayn8740
    @rayn8740 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    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!

  • @lenoracooper7729
    @lenoracooper7729 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

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

  • @suzannehegarty350
    @suzannehegarty350 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Someone needs to train the sheep to a shaking feed bucket ….. I trained my sheep that way and there was no chasing of the sheep it’s really hard on them. Please please train them to follow a shaking bucket with either alfalfa pellets or rabbit pellets . It was hard to watch the stress they were under

  • @a_highland_life
    @a_highland_life 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

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

  • @love_France
    @love_France 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    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❤

  • @EloisaWooten
    @EloisaWooten 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

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

  • @mazellehealth
    @mazellehealth 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

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

    • @ludovica8221
      @ludovica8221 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      But FUN!!

    • @tuoinglese1455
      @tuoinglese1455 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

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

    • @kaywallace6139
      @kaywallace6139 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

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

    • @shirleyw8531
      @shirleyw8531 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not if they are not bucket trained it wont

  • @ruthbulwinkle6595
    @ruthbulwinkle6595 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Hire a local sheepdog and handler for 5 minutes

  • @GoldenLady9779
    @GoldenLady9779 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    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. 🤣❤

  • @annieterminetschuppon7232
    @annieterminetschuppon7232 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

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

  • @fast800journeylifebeyond5
    @fast800journeylifebeyond5 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Although it looks like the sheep is laying there very calm and it is under controlled circumstances with Kirsty there, sheep cannot right themselves if on back, they often die in paddocks within 24 hrs if they find themselves in that situation, if you ever see one on its back and it safe for you to turn it over gently so it can get up then do so otherwise it will die. Obviously Kirsty is in control of the situation but just thought in case anyone didn’t know about sheep on their backs !

  • @anjoma9746
    @anjoma9746 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    So glad Ruby is becoming part of the family.

    • @sheilaghk6350
      @sheilaghk6350 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ruby's been part of the family since the very beginning.

  • @kathrynschumann5254
    @kathrynschumann5254 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Stephanie, your videos have literally been a survival tool for me since the day you left Vietnam at the beginning of the pandemic. This channel has been a balm on my soul. Such good energy.

  • @beatriceangelini7784
    @beatriceangelini7784 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ruby and Lancelot together are just adorable💕💕💕

  • @jyjyjojojyjy
    @jyjyjojojyjy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Tatinette is such a lovely and nice person! 🤍

  • @Retro-love-
    @Retro-love- 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

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

    • @RTCPhotoWork
      @RTCPhotoWork 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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. 🤔

  • @laurahenderson2820
    @laurahenderson2820 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That has failed a lot with these sheep. ❤

    • @shirleyw8531
      @shirleyw8531 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

  • @LinGell0804
    @LinGell0804 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    So sorry to see Michael go 😢 Great seeing everyone else together x x

  • @allandanguyen8214
    @allandanguyen8214 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Lovely to see Percy looking so well.

  • @EvelynPerez-ds6ec
    @EvelynPerez-ds6ec 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I think the poor sheep are stressed and your team exhausted 😅

  • @briansilkworth5486
    @briansilkworth5486 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @alisstedman4858
    @alisstedman4858 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This is just crazy!

  • @karenhantsche9270
    @karenhantsche9270 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Ruby in the last scene----so adorable!

  • @paularoberts2129
    @paularoberts2129 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Absolutely fabulous to see ruby with a new friend in the doorway
    ❤️

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or Lancelot guarding his food. 😂

  • @TracyBate
    @TracyBate 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

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

    • @tinatina5913
      @tinatina5913 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I agree..to stop.but not to pull

    • @carolinegooder7091
      @carolinegooder7091 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @rablatour
      @rablatour 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Watch sheep shearing - they do exactly that.

  • @indirajane
    @indirajane 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    I hope Michael returns soon 💛 The vlogs aren't quite the same without him 🌞

  • @nancyalford8056
    @nancyalford8056 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    So good to see Ruby🤠❤️

  • @JoaninFlorida
    @JoaninFlorida 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Lancelot is very good at making buddies.

  • @hispid1
    @hispid1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

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

    • @keithj3223
      @keithj3223 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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

    • @baylorsailor
      @baylorsailor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@keithj3223 he was just there last Christmas.

  • @Gardeninggirl4316
    @Gardeninggirl4316 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

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

    • @kimberlyearly8918
      @kimberlyearly8918 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

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

    • @raynonabohrer5624
      @raynonabohrer5624 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @pamorama
    @pamorama 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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.

  • @vladeckk21
    @vladeckk21 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

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

  • @martieflagg4671
    @martieflagg4671 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

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

  • @lomasmit3362
    @lomasmit3362 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    We take a tin with some feed..and shake the tin and the sheep just follow us with the food..you must make them get use to it

  • @ppan3188
    @ppan3188 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @YM-rt1jy
    @YM-rt1jy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

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

  • @carolz5090
    @carolz5090 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

    • @christikapa3856
      @christikapa3856 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

    • @christikapa3856
      @christikapa3856 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@maurawhelan3530😂😂😂

    • @ludovica8221
      @ludovica8221 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @catherinefromchristchurchn6508
    @catherinefromchristchurchn6508 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I'm thinking you could regularly feed the sheep in their wee house, so they get used to going there, and then you don't get them so stressed when they need treatments or shearing.

  • @mariamargaritagarcia8049
    @mariamargaritagarcia8049 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    😊 If I was in charge of redecorating that room, I will remove al least a dozen pillows from those sofas !
    Interior decorator at rest right now ...

    • @wendyrose8430
      @wendyrose8430 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Too many it looked messy Shame and a little more colour coordination.

  • @beiderbecke1927
    @beiderbecke1927 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    All's well that ends well, the sheep are shorn, and lots of people got some exercise. Great fun. Jason is delightful, and I hope to see more of him in the future. It was wonderful to have Michael there again, he's a beloved member of the Lalande family.

  • @barbaramiller4984
    @barbaramiller4984 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Big smile as soon as I heard “sheep herding day”.
    Great memories 😅

  • @PamelaNewton-Walker
    @PamelaNewton-Walker 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Prayers for Grant and his family 🙏

  • @jadejohns3107
    @jadejohns3107 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

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

    • @paulacorreal1675
      @paulacorreal1675 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He loves company … Ruby is a “he”

    • @BiancaMH
      @BiancaMH 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ruby is a male cat

  • @minahammonds7511
    @minahammonds7511 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    If you get them used to a bucket of feed when they see it they will follow you that's how we do it

    • @octobird1
      @octobird1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That does seem a kinder gentler way

  • @wendydennis9127
    @wendydennis9127 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Come back soon Michael

  • @CKLee-rs4kl
    @CKLee-rs4kl 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Lancelot may not have experience but he has a lot of enthusiasm!

    • @lrogers707
      @lrogers707 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      love how Lancelot bounces thru the field/grass

    • @katbath772
      @katbath772 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He’s absolutely adorable, a smile on legs!

    • @LaReynedeNeige
      @LaReynedeNeige 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@lrogers707 Like a little deer

  • @rosemariedeschenes7013
    @rosemariedeschenes7013 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love seeing Ruby and Lancelot hanging out together. Prayers for Grant and his family 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏Always a delight to see Michael P. The sheep herding is always a riot of silliness 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @deebowker768
    @deebowker768 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Loved the cameo at the end of Ruby and Lancelot ❤

  • @Rosarium2007
    @Rosarium2007 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Always nice to see Ruby.

  • @elainewright9750
    @elainewright9750 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awww Sweet little Ruby

  • @TheCrowsNest1950
    @TheCrowsNest1950 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @sharon9399
    @sharon9399 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So wonderful to see Michael at LaLande.

  • @susanbiggs5923
    @susanbiggs5923 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

    • @LaReynedeNeige
      @LaReynedeNeige 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Quite cruel, really.

    • @zoefoster1873
      @zoefoster1873 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

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

  • @Lstanfield
    @Lstanfield 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So good to see Michael. Hope he will be back soon.

  • @RTCPhotoWork
    @RTCPhotoWork 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes I noticed that too 😄

    • @demoiselledelamontagne
      @demoiselledelamontagne 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @jennifercampbell7698
      @jennifercampbell7698 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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.

  • @KingdomIsNow
    @KingdomIsNow 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Ma langue natale est le Français. J'aime bien regarder vos petits filmes parceque Je suis toute seule la plupart du temps. Vôtre vie de Château me rappelle beaucoup de mon enfance.

  • @pamkullman8839
    @pamkullman8839 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @faeryvixenetc
    @faeryvixenetc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    omg the cushions... overkill lol

  • @katherinespencer2633
    @katherinespencer2633 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ahh, the sweet life at La Lande! Just lovely.

  • @SusanWilliams-e4h
    @SusanWilliams-e4h 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @rickigottlieb
    @rickigottlieb 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So sad to see Michael leave. I love it when he’s there.

  • @milliechalk8398
    @milliechalk8398 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not sure how long it's been since I've had that good of a laugh.

  • @tiedyedsouthernfried3137
    @tiedyedsouthernfried3137 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    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.

  • @lyndakling901
    @lyndakling901 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Percy blends in beautifully with the kitchen colours!

  • @lafrancophile3719
    @lafrancophile3719 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I’m so happy to have seen Michael when he was in LaLande. ❤

  • @pamelahaskell809
    @pamelahaskell809 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Family and friends around the kitchen table. How wonderful this always is.

  • @leighcairns2601
    @leighcairns2601 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @judithclark5493
    @judithclark5493 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

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

  • @leighcairns2601
    @leighcairns2601 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Looks cosy snug Loved seeing Micheal🎉❤🎉❤🎉

  • @tinatina5913
    @tinatina5913 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love Michael Peth..Jason seems like a nice chap

  • @Tony-hw1dp
    @Tony-hw1dp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    It’s so good to see everyone together ❤

  • @su-anemerald
    @su-anemerald 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    That was terrifying 😮 as was carrying the dog down a ladder ! Oh dear ….

  • @pglenn8531
    @pglenn8531 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    It is as though Ruby knows too many are allergic for him to fully come into the house!

    • @tuoinglese1455
      @tuoinglese1455 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Isn't it odd though...everybody seems to be allergic to poor Ruby. I think he should be rehomed. He doesn't deserve sleeping ina cardboard box in the winter.

    • @demoiselledelamontagne
      @demoiselledelamontagne 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@tuoinglese1455Ruby isn't their cat. But he likes to wander around Lalande

  • @MaryLawrence-c8v
    @MaryLawrence-c8v 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I lovevyour peter rabbit game ,the one that you and Michael petherick played.You know it's quite valuable!

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Good to see Jason!

  • @elaineteut9579
    @elaineteut9579 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You can barely see Jerrie’s coffee cup, it blends in with his shirt. The courtyard looks so pretty.

  • @cheriethievin9243
    @cheriethievin9243 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Lancelot & Ruby melt me....

  • @jeojeo9393
    @jeojeo9393 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @cathleencumpton779
    @cathleencumpton779 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh mummy!!! ❤ I love Highclear and Downtown Abby. So cool the have the fellow.

  • @JohannaVeerenhuis
    @JohannaVeerenhuis 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well, that was funny! As every year, not for the sheep though, but they’ll feel much lighter now.
    What a relief that Lucky is still alive!
    Thank you so much for all the joy! 🫶💞🫶

  • @carmenvicente2582
    @carmenvicente2582 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love Ruby.

  • @michelebourke4340
    @michelebourke4340 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i am SOOOO loving that the poor ol outside cat, Ruby, educated by Diesel n Selmar, let's not forget, has become Lancelot's best buddy....the irony !!!....n to a kiwi, "that" sheepherding is the most "artistic" I've ever seen.....hilariously entertaining.

  • @coribird5177
    @coribird5177 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Jason's job is about to get real busy again with the new Downton Abbey 3 movie about to start filming.
    It's cool to put a face with the Highclere behind the scenes.

  • @barbarastevens3053
    @barbarastevens3053 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    It would be much calmer for the sheep if you had a sheepdog to herd them into the field that you want them to go in.

  • @a_highland_life
    @a_highland_life 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Sorry to see grant leaving the château.