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Baa, baa, baa-rk: This sheep thinks he's a dog

Somebody pulled the wool over this sheep's eyes: He thinks he's a sheepdog!The sheep's name is Jack, and it's not his fault he's confused. Alison Sinstadt and her partner Simon Sherwin, who have a farm in Shropshire, England, brought him indoors when he was just a wee lamb because he was quite small. They raised him with their springer spaniel Jessie, and now Jack is so convinced that he's a dog t

Somebody pulled the wool over this sheep's eyes: He thinks he's a sheepdog!

Jack the sheep and Jessie the springer spaniel are inseparable -- because Jack thinks he's a dog, not a sheep.
Jack the sheep and Jessie the springer spaniel are inseparable -- because Jack thinks he's a dog, not a sheep.SWNS.com

The sheep's name is Jack, and it's not his fault he's confused. Alison Sinstadt and her partner Simon Sherwin, who have a farm in Shropshire, England, brought him indoors when he was just a wee lamb because he was quite small. They raised him with their springer spaniel Jessie, and now Jack is so convinced that he's a dog too that he fetches sticks, walks on a leash, and even tries to bark (though it comes out more of a baa-rk).

Jack the sheep is so convinced he's a dog that he nudges his owner until she puts him on a leash.
Jack the sheep is so convinced he's a dog that he nudges his owner until she puts him on a leash.SWNS

And putting the 6-month-old ovine in a field with his own flock doesn't help a bit: he just tries to herd them. It's positively unherd-of!

Alison Sinstadt raised Jessie the dog and Jack the sheep together on her farm in England.
Alison Sinstadt raised Jessie the dog and Jack the sheep together on her farm in England.SWNS