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Sheep therapy

Hope

I think sheep are very relaxing.  I love the sound of them munching the grass, their baahing, the way they look at me with their smiley faces, and the sheepy smell. Whenever I am in a field of sheep, my anxiety levels slowly start to go down until I get to the point when I begin to feel at peace. I know that horses are often used in therapy, but could research be done on 'sheep therapy'?

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  • Hello, I am not autistic, or high on the spectrum at least, but I wanted to respond to your lovely post about research into sheep therapy. I don't know of any research, but as I was just Googling 'sheep therapy' myself, I want to add this. I am stock checker or 'Looker' for a countryside conservation project in Surrey. It's a volunteer role that I have been doing for about 4 years. I look after sheep once a week for about three months at a time whilst they are grazing a particular site. I have learnt so much about sheep in this time from spending time with them, observing them, and doing the health checks I volunteered to do. I am sure if you or anyone wanted a get a little closer to sheep then there would be an organisation, usually a charity, one of the wildlife trusts or a project linked to a local council, who would absolutely love you to be involved. I haven't met a sheep yet that hasn't made me happier by just being in their lovely presense and I can highly recommend 'stock checking' as a way to get a little closer to nature and sheep :-)

    I don't know if that helps at all but I wanted to share with you just in case. And I would love to do research into sheep therapy :-)

    Ok, that's it, I hope that helps in some way.

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  • Hello, I am not autistic, or high on the spectrum at least, but I wanted to respond to your lovely post about research into sheep therapy. I don't know of any research, but as I was just Googling 'sheep therapy' myself, I want to add this. I am stock checker or 'Looker' for a countryside conservation project in Surrey. It's a volunteer role that I have been doing for about 4 years. I look after sheep once a week for about three months at a time whilst they are grazing a particular site. I have learnt so much about sheep in this time from spending time with them, observing them, and doing the health checks I volunteered to do. I am sure if you or anyone wanted a get a little closer to sheep then there would be an organisation, usually a charity, one of the wildlife trusts or a project linked to a local council, who would absolutely love you to be involved. I haven't met a sheep yet that hasn't made me happier by just being in their lovely presense and I can highly recommend 'stock checking' as a way to get a little closer to nature and sheep :-)

    I don't know if that helps at all but I wanted to share with you just in case. And I would love to do research into sheep therapy :-)

    Ok, that's it, I hope that helps in some way.

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