“The shearing process
doesn’t hurt the sheep. It’s like getting a haircut for a human. In fact if you don’t shear the sheep in Oklahoma with its temperature extremes, it’s inhumane and the sheep can die. Can you imagine wearing a 3-inch wool coat on a 100-degree day in Oklahoma?”
- Diane Dickinson, DVM “
Skipper Bill Wilson, also a member of CEC, raises sheep and said he’s getting “too old and stove up” to do his own shearing. “It’s simpler and just about as cheap to hire someone to shear,” Wilson said. “I haul mine over to Frank. He’s a world-class shearer. I’ve had people from Australia shear my sheep and he’s as good as any of them.” Diane Dickinson, DVM, and her husband,
Peter, are certified sheep shearers at Shepherd’s Cross sheep farm which has grazing land in Talequah, Okla., served by Ozarks Electric Cooperative. The Dickinsons host an American Sheep Industry certified shearing school each spring in Claremore, Okla. Farmers bring their sheep to Shepherd’s Cross for shearing, but Israel Vassick, a professional shearer who works with them does travel to shear around 50,000 sheep a year, according to Diane Dickinson. “They naturally settle in a sitting position.
The shearer and the sheep become one,” Dickinson said, citing Isaiah 53:7 and Acts 8:32—two Bible verses that say the sheep sit silent before the shearer. It only takes three minutes or so on average to shear a sheep, Dickinson added, saying professionals can shear them in less than a minute. Working together, co-op shearers keep sheep healthy and cool while co-op shepherds raise sheep to feed their families and keep them warm.
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