CANFIELD — Travis Johnson said the key to shearing sheep successfully is to get them seated on their rear so they will sit still. Johnson, of Malvern in Carroll County, spent four hours Saturday at ...

MANKATO — Joe Domeier vividly remembers the first time he sheared a sheep over 15 years ago, and it wasn’t pretty. “The very first sheep I sheared was my own and it was just brutal,” Domeier laughed. ...

LOLO, Mont. — It's time for Montana sheep producers to have their animals sheared of their winter wool. Shearing keeps the sheep cool in hot weather, and allows new born lambs to nurse more easily.

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Visitors are welcome baaaa-ck to the Museum of Appalachia on May 1 for the annual Sheep Shearing Day. A demonstration of fiber production will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m ...

HIGHLAND COUNTY – As the winter turns to spring, thousands of Virginia wool sheep will get their annual “haircut." Sheep shearing, or the process of harvesting wool, is a centuries-old practice that ...

Anyone who’s ever wondered about wool had the chance to explore the subject during a two-day event at Lake Metroparks Farmpark. Shearing Weekend took place on May 8 and 9 at Farmpark, which is located ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Irishfest attendees had the opportunity Sunday to witness an age-old tradition that many never see, but most benefit from. Sheep shearing, a practice deeply rooted in Irish history ...

Sugar the sheep, who was missing for five years, pictured before his long-overdue shearing. A missing sheep was found living with a mob of kangaroos! Sugar the sheep, who escaped from an Australian ...

Industry experts believe that a worldwide decline in sheep numbers, along with eco-conscious shoppers switching to wool, have ...