{"id":4239,"date":"2019-03-01T15:09:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T20:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2019-03-01T15:09:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T20:09:46","slug":"after-combat-a-veteran-finds-solace-in-sheep-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/2019\/03\/01\/after-combat-a-veteran-finds-solace-in-sheep-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"After Combat, A Veteran Finds Solace In Sheep Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The animals help, the animals insulate,&#8221; Mickey says. &#8220;I can tell my own mood, where I&#8217;m going, if I&#8217;m getting too dark or if I&#8217;m going too south by how the sheep react to me. And I can walk myself back from the cliff.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/03\/01\/698697545\/after-combat-a-veteran-finds-solace-in-sheep-farming?fbclid=IwAR0Lxi6f8ROFWwhn_OiPmRa_Vsb_XeMn-_TJSyGsclLfo_vtAXs6D4DqUS4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.npr.org<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<figure id=\"4241\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4241 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85-634x423.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85-846x564.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/willenbringnpr2_custom-cf0ed0f3546d63a2936a2c4a9e274588b1eb5032-s1600-c85-951x634.jpg 951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1009px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mickey Willenbring tends to one of her Navajo-Churro sheep at Dot Ranch in Scio, Ore. Tim Herrera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The animals help, the animals insulate,&#8221; Mickey says. &#8220;I can tell my own mood, where I&#8217;m going, if I&#8217;m getting too dark or if I&#8217;m going too south by how the sheep react to me. 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