Cathy is a full-time shepherdess, working alongside husband Darren and his father Brian on their part-time farm in Leicestershire, and also managing the conservation-grazing flocks on the nature reserves for the Wildlife trust in Northamptonshire. The Cassie family keep 14 different sheep breeds, including many rare breeds, a small herd of Murray Grey cattle and a handful of black and buff Orpington chickens. Cathy has three working collies plus the ‘granny’ of the pack who is now mainly a house-dog and poultry-herder!
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