r/nextfuckinglevel • u/g_ricko89 • Nov 13 '21

Shepherd dog's focus and resilience.

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u/micahamey Nov 13 '21

Holy shit, that's a Texel sheep.

I've never seen one in real life. This doesn't count either but still. Not often do I see some outside of a competition showing. People are very protective from others finding out if they have some or not.

Did you know that the most expensive sheep ever sold was a Texel? It sold for 720,000 NZD which is roughly $500,000 usd. The three farmers who pooled their money together said that the reason the were pushed to buy it was because it was genetically perfect. The muscle definition and weight was the best they had ever seen.

They produce some of the best meat in the world. Mutton & Lamb. Not many people enjoy mutton but Texal mutton has some of the best fat to muscle ratios.

Anyway. That's enough from me about the sheep. The dog is pretty good at their job. I'm really quite impressed and I bet the farmer is proud.

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u/Doggystyle_Rainbow Nov 13 '21

I love mutton. Wish it was more common to find here in California. I buy alot of goat and get mutton when I can find it

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u/micahamey Nov 13 '21

Do you have a butcher friend? That's how I get meat they don't have, talk to them and they probably have a friend who knows someone.

Also, idk about in California but when we sold mutton, we'd ship meat south to NY to a bunch of Greek restaurants.

Also, Washington used to have a pretty big sheep farm. But with the decline of sheep farming in the US who knows.

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u/Doggystyle_Rainbow Nov 13 '21

I have. Friend that his family raised lamb for FFA but they graduated his and went off to college

But during early covid I got so much lamb because my friends church kept doing these food giveaways. Anyway they had a massive pallet of lamb shanks and for some reason Noone took the lamb.At the end of the day there was about 100 pounds of shanks left Noone wanted. So I took about 75 lbs of shanks at the end of the day and bought a chest freezer.

I still have no idea why no one wanted the lamb.