We chased some sheep!!

[Mybeardeddragonjustdied2016]

I never let my kids chase pigeons in town or torment our cats or dogs. But today I actively encouraged my adult dd to carry my 2 year old ds to chase after some sheep.

The reason being ds wanted to cuddle one!! His little face crumpled when they obviously didn't catch one. We took loads of photos instead and he has talked about his wish to cuddle one for hours now. Looks like we will be visiting our nearby kids farm when we get back off holiday!
Are we as parents unreasonable in supporting our kids dreams even if they are somewhat strange?? Should I have told him it was a ridiculous idea or to let him think he had a chance??
The sheep by the way didn't look like they cared less about having to hurry off from a skinny dd carrying a well - clothed ds up a steep grassy hill - before I get rspca flamed!

The op has been posting pretty consistently since September.

Mybeardeddragonjustdied2016, if you're for real I sincerely hope you've learned a lesson here. Please don't ever do or encourage your children to do such a bloody cruel, stupid thing again.

Wonder what the bearded dragon died of?

Just FYI, I haven't read the whole thread, but just wanted to let you know I got bitten by a sheep when I was a child. I still have a scar. All I was doing was walking by it, as I had done every day for a couple of years, on the way to school. I'd never once provoked them, chased them (never would, never will, never let my son chase animals), or anything like that. They were always generally quite friendly. Maybe that day something spooked it, I don't know. So just be careful. This applies to all animals, not just sheep. They can't talk to you so you never really know what they're thinking.

Hey, Alice - that's totally uncalled for!

I'm pretty sure the OP has headed off for a name change learnt her lesson. Calling her children shits is uncalled for.

Alice, how depressing.
Hope OP reads this and takes it on board - 9 of them out worrying sheep doesn't sound good.

ItShouldHaveBeenJessMass - it really isn't.

The sheep near me are all pregnant with January lambs, they are the oldest (and small) recorded flock of their kind and you could have wiped them out!

I don't understand how aiming vitriol at the OP is helping to educate her, that's all.

OP is definitely bullshitting

I realise this is a wind up. We farmers are such an easy target. But please don't let your children loose among animals. It's cruel and dangerous.

And how do you know they don't mind being chased?!

Because they flap off à few mètres then walk straight back.

And yes, they're very much rats with wings.

9 children??????

Hoping this is a wind-up. If not, OP, please start thinking about your actions and the things you allow your children to do. Hopefully you have learned something today.

Mad. Apparently it was uncalled for.

The sheep near me are all pregnant with January lambs, they are the oldest (and small) recorded flock of their kind and you could have wiped them out! This is the sort of thing I mean. Many flocks are due to lamb in January and late December. Suffolks for a start. It's not a joke.

So because your child cannot be denied something you think it's fine to instill fear and distress in innocent animals? And it's ok because you don't think they were distressed? What a completely selfish fool you are. Why don't you try the same thing with a bull in a field next time?

'Little shits' a tad strong I grant you but the sentiment remains- teaching your children that it's ok to disrespect the environment and indulging every ridiculous fancy is going to result in some pretty arrogant and dislikable adults.

FFS

Let me try that again, since some people don't seem to think parents raising children to terrorise animals is 'shitty'.

OP You have at least 9 children. I really fucking hope you've not parented them all in such a controversial way.

derxa. These are the posts the OP (if genuine) needs to read. Not ones calling her a 'fucking idiot' and referring to her children as 'shits'. Education is the way forward here, not humiliation.

Alice. You described the children as 'shits', not the parenting as 'shitty', as you are doing now. I absolutely don't agree with what the OP did; it was wrong in the extreme and dangerous for both the children and animals.

Jess

OP YABVVVU for all the reasons given, if this is not a wind up.

What the actual fuck?!

Assuming this isn't a wind-up, it should be allowed to stay up, in case someone really is this clueless.