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 ...

One by one, the sheep were led into the barn at Ralph and Carol Adamson’s farm — some more reluctantly than others, but all ...

WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- A hundred years ago, most sheep shearers relied on scissor-like blades to cut the wool off of sheep, before motorized clippers took over as the primary method.

Ever wondered what happens if you don't shear a sheep for five years? Wonder no more. Updated Sept. 3, 2015, 4:58 AM PDT Randee Dawn TODAY Staff Create your free account or log in to save this article ...

When it’s going well, the pleasures of shearing are comparable to the pleasures of surfing. A rhythm moves through you, and the sheep shears itself like the wave rides itself.

(Mark is a brother of this reporter.) Parmely and his shearing buddy, Dan Fitzpatrick, recognize that the number of sheep in the region is declining. Fitzpatrick, 37, shears 1,700 sheep a year.

Bob Schroth shears a sheep during a demonstration in the Ames Activity Pavilion at the National Western Stock Show on Jan. 22, 2020 in Denver. The Strasburg sheep farmer, who runs annual shearing ...

Volunteer Joe Reed keeps sheep, “Lamby” in place as he shears her during a program at Buckley Homestead in Lowell on Saturday, May 22, 2021. She was one of the farm’s older sheep weighing in ...

An Irish sheep farmer has gone viral during the coronavirus pandemic — for shearing his own hair. “That’s the last time that’ll blow in the wind for a while,” Donie Anderson… ...

Shearing has marked a seasonal passage on Colorado’s farms and ranches as long as there have been sheep here. But it’s getting to be a bigger headache for the state’s 1,600 lamb and wool ...