[Foobar]

I have a ram lamb (non bottle fed I might add!) who is a bit too friendly.  I treat him like a parent sheep would do, I give him a big shove on the shoulder to push him away and follow it up with a stern walk towards him, and repeat until he backs away.
You have to keep at it and be consistent.

[omnipeasant]

Sorry about the butcher comment should have used a  , you could try wearing chaps so their feet don't dig into your legs!

[in the hills]

         Phew!

[SteveHants]

Stop feeding them. 

[plumseverywhere]

Definitely not jumping up with aggression but I think they just don't realise how mahooooosive they are now. They grew really fast (due to the breeding I guess!) and are twice the size of most lambs in the area of the same age 
They just jump up for attention in a doggy way so we are being very vigilant and stepping away so if they try to jump  up, they miss haha!

[luckylady]

Definitely not jumping up with aggression but I think they just don't realise how mahooooosive they are now. They grew really fast (due to the breeding I guess!) and are twice the size of most lambs in the area of the same age 
They just jump up for attention in a doggy way so we are being very vigilant and stepping away so if they try to jump  up, they miss haha!

Same here Plums - didn't get out for the water pistol today so the side stepping continues.  He has only tried once today anyway so its not really a big problem. They are further away from the house now they are weaned so spend more time doing sheepy things in the orchard! 

[plumseverywhere]

Of course stopping Eloise from feeding them plums might help....




Pied piper?! Yes....quite likely the main problem. No more treats sheepies!

[jaykay]

 

[little blue]

love the photo ...
who's the little tubby one at the back, struggling to keep up with the sheep whisperer?! 

[plumseverywhere]

Oh that's Nimble - she has to walk next to me whatever happens (even if she has to barge Tony out of the way to do so) so she was hanging back while I took the photo!

[Remy]

I have the problem with my ewes, especially those I've had since young.  They all crowd me if they think I've got food and some will jump up, but if I wave my hands at them or act like I'm about to catch them they usually scarper  .


With the rams it's different, they are friendly but also see me as fair 'butting' game which I don't want to be on the receiving end of!!     I haven't yet tried the water pistol but so far my best defence is a length of thick blue water pipe, I've had to crack one particularly aggressive ram on the knees with it which stopped him dead in his tracks.  Now I just whack it on my leg (it makes a great sound  ) if they are looking 'butty' and they keep their distance