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Hi... I'm wondering if you can help me or give me some information. We have a small farm in Western Massachusetts. We raise sheep (only for their wool) and have recently undertaken small scale breeding of the sheep. Last year we acquired a Shetland Ram from a reputable breeder in Vermont. He is beautiful and has produced some beautiful lambs. The problem is that "Buster" has turned overly aggressive. My husband and I have been trying and trying to do whatever we can to keep everybody safe...in hopes that he will calm down. However...he is quite a problem. He breaks down every gate, stall and wall we put up. We have a 2 year old child and we are afraid he will get out. He tries to ram everything and everybody.

Everyone we have spoken to so far tells us that he will not get any better and the only option is to put him down. This is killing us. We don't want to do that, but we are running out of options. We are trying desparately to find someone with a bunch of other rams (he is the only one here)...that will keep him in check and will use him only for breeding. We've placed some ads...but so far, everybody who answers us is in the same situation as us....a small facility with no other rams. Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated. He will definitely be free to a good home. He is a registered shetland and we feel he would do very well at a large scale breeding facility. Thank you. Marilyn S., Surriner Farms