• Agriculture plays a large role in the lives of many Groton residents, and for some kids, that means the summer is spent caring and training animals. For Carly Wheeting the summer is for training and showing her animals, even if it means walking her lambs down the streets of Groton.
• Wheeting is the daughter of John and Chris Wheeting and lives on the east side of Groton, just east of the swimming pool. She has eight lambs and a goat she is training and also has three hogs she is raising to show. The sheep and goat are kept here in Groton in the barn near her house, while the pigs are kept at Jeff Howard's place.
• As with any athlete, walking builds muscles and it is no different with sheep.
• "I walk the lambs to help build mus

cle tone," Wheeting said. "It also helps get them used to the halter and leading."
• Showing has long been a Wheeting family affair. Both of Carly's older sisters showed and Lauren was the 2010 SDSU Little International Round Robin Showman Champion. Carly is no novice when it comes to showing however.
• "I've been showing since I was three" Carly said.
• With plenty of experience showing in 4-H and open class shows, Carly is looking forward to being able to show in area FFA shows.
• "As an incoming Freshman," Wheeting said. "I'll be able to show in some of the FFA shows now."
• Wheetings travel to several shows during the summer, both 4-H and open class. Many of the shows are locally, but they do travel to Watertown, Huron and as far as Omaha, Neb for the AkSarBen show in September.
• "We were planning to go to the Watertown Dakota Open Youth Prospect Show

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