The Agrodome

We walked into the hall and waited. Grandma, Grandpa, Damon, Maddie, Mom and I. There were a bunch of sheep lined up, I guessed they were probably going to use them for the show. There was one that looked old - like an old man, gross, and most of all dirty! And there was of course one that looked like he did not want to get dirty at all and he looked as though he was a statue just waiting for someone to take a photo of him!
We sat down and there were about 20 places for sheep to stand for the show. A man walked out and he introduced us to the first sheep (the old man one!) The sheep knew what to do. He raced right up to the top where his food was! The man said this kind of wool was really good and used for lots of things like sweaters. It was Merino - the number one best wool sheep in New Zealand.
After he was done with the sheep he brought out some dogs and because he could not use real sheep for the dog to round up on the little stage he brought out some ducks! There are two kinds of farm dogs. "Hunt away" dogs are the most commonly used (they bark and that makes the sheep go away). There are also the heading dogs. Instead of barking they stay low and go around to direct the sheep in different directions. He asked for some volunteer kids so I raised my hand and he asked me to come up! Some others came up too and a lady gave us some bottles filled with milk. Then he said when I say "GO" we will have a race to drink them! Ready and "GO" the lady opened up a door and about 10 lambs came racing out! Each one of them raced to a different bottle! They drank those bottles sooo fast and it was fun feeding them! After that he sheered a sheep and then the show was done!

- Elena