Of course a place called, “Fat Sheep Farm and Cabins” will have farm animals. As expected, they have sheep. Ken and I had fun watching the “running of the sheep.” Every morning, the sheep, followed by the farm hand and the dog, Coco, would run by our cabin to their field down the hill. They would then run back up the hill to the barn in the afternoon. In evitably, there would be one sheep who decided to do her own thing. 🙂
There was also the very friendly farm cat, (not sure of her name), who stopped by every day. She was so cute, she would come up to the door, do a biiiiig stretch and then paw at the door to be let in. As much as we wanted to invite her in, the farm instructions said do not let her in since not everyone is enamored of cats. In the past, someone must have fed her at our cabin. She did allow us to pet her though.
There were two farm dogs, both sheep herding dogs. The older one, Rocky, was quite mischievous, and would take things that were left on the cabin porches. The younger one, Coco, was quite friendly, and like the cat, wanted to come inside the cabin. We laughed when watching him herd the sheep. He didn’t quite get the concept and would inevitably start running the other way.
At the end of the long dirt road leading from the farm, there was a cow pasture and 4 beautiful cows were peacefully grazing. My friend Lisa was pre-vet so of course I had to ask her what type of cows these were. She thinks they are all heifers since they are so small. The dark brown ones are Angus and the light brown ones are Brpwm Swiss. I just loved seeing them every time we left the farm. I am always so happy when I see cows in Vermont. 🙂
What interesting animals have you seen on your travels?
Posted on September 30, 2026
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