Shear cheek! ‘Rebel’ sheep who thinks she’s a dog turns the tables by chasing Border Collie around the garden
- Six-year-old border collie Mist is often chased around by rescue sheep Hope
- They are owned by Ronnie Ingledew, 61, and his wife Philippa, 54, from Durham
- Footage shows Hope running up and cornering Mist in the couple’s garden
A ‘rebel’ sheep who thinks she’s a dog chased a family’s border collie around the garden in hilarious footage.
Ronnie Ingledew was looking out of his back door in Hexham, Durham, when his pet pooch Mist darted across the garden followed by a sheep.
The sheep, named Hope, is a rescue animal that Ronnie, 61, and his wife Philippa, 54, saved from death’s door after their son Nat, 21, brought her home last April.
In hilarious footage, 10-month-old Hope chased Mist, six, across the lawn, leaping over flower beds and even cornering her around a climbing frame and swings.
A ‘rebel’ sheep who thinks she’s a dog chased a family’s border collie around the garden in hilarious footage
Ronnie said: ‘I think Mist has got the wrong idea. She’s the one who’s meant to be rounding up Hope, not the other way around.
‘Hope’s a bit of a rebel and has turned the tables on Mist and she’ll just chase her around all day. They usually have a daft 10 minutes, three or four times a day. This is a daily occurrence.
‘Hope isn’t fenced in, she just wanders about so as soon as she spots Mist she’ll go running after her.
Ronnie Ingledew was looking out of his back door in Hexham, Durham, when his pet pooch Mist darted across the garden followed by a sheep
The sheep, named Hope, is a rescue animal that Ronnie, 61, (right) and his wife Philippa, 54, (left) saved from death’s door after their son Nat, 21, brought her home last April
‘Mist hadn’t been very well for a few days so I actually only took the video to send it to Philippa so she could see she was feeling better.
‘We called her Hope because when she came to us she was on her last legs. Philippa had to feed her with a tube at first to keep her alive.
‘She’s making the most of surviving now though.
‘When Hope was a baby lamb, Mist seemed to be aware that she wasn’t well at first and almost looked after her a bit.
‘Then when Hope grew up and got stronger, she started chasing Mist around at every opportunity.
In hilarious footage, 10-month-old Hope chased Mist, six, across the lawn, leaping over flower beds and even cornering her around a climbing frame and swings
Owner Ronnie said that the pair usually have a ‘daft 10 minutes’ three or four times a day. Pictured: Mist jumps over a fence while being chased
‘Hope thinks she’s a dog, she’ll even follow you down the road when you go off for a walk.’
Hope earned her name because of the bad way she was in when she first arrived with the family in April 2020, when Philippa had to feed her through the night to keep her alive.
Philippa said: ‘Hope wasn’t been brought up with any other sheep and she slept in the kitchen by the aga for the first few weeks because she was so weak.
‘Even now she lives outside with our other sheep Boots, she still thinks of herself as a dog.
Border collie Mist and the sheep Hope are pictured together at the couple’s farm in Durham
Since uploading the footage to social media it has been viewed more than 142,000 times with many people loving Hope’s ‘attitude’
‘She’s a young sheep and she just loves to play with Mist. She’s got freedom between our land and the rest of the farming land around us.
‘If the weather is bad, she’ll go in the stable down the garden but the rest of the time she’s free to roam. If we gave her the chance, she’d live in the house.’
Since uploading the footage to social media it has been viewed more than 142,000 times with many people loving Hope’s ‘attitude’.
One commenter said: ‘Haha, get in, love a sheep with attitude.’
Another person commented: ‘Hard sheep up your place then.’
One commenter wrote: ‘This is brilliant!! Absolutely love it, bloody sheep playing tag with the dog x.’
One person said: ‘Aww its lovely to see sheep actually playing I always think they look so sad in the fields[sic].’
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