Dorper sheep are among the easiest livestock to leave, and that is exactly why the arrangements should still be deliberate. A Dorper flock on good grazing with sound fencing and clean water largely runs itself, but sheep problems, when they come, come fast and quietly: a ewe struck by flies can be seriously unwell within a day, a water trough knocked or fouled leaves the whole flock short, and a lamb caught in fencing will not free itself. What you are arranging is not constant attendance. It is a competent pair of eyes, visiting to a schedule, with clear instructions and the authority to act, for every day you are away.
Who should do the visiting
Choose someone who has handled sheep before, or is willing to be taught your flock properly before you go. Agree the visit pattern, twice daily in warm weather when flystrike risk is highest, once daily at minimum otherwise, and name a backup person who has also met the flock, because a single visitor with no cover is a fragile plan.
The daily check, in order
Write the round down. Water first: troughs clean, full, and flowing if automatic, since sheep will not thrive on fouled water and a whole flock shares the failure. Then forage: confirm grazing is holding up or hay is being fed as allocated, and that minerals are available and dry. Then fencing and gates, walked rather than glanced at, because Dorpers push at weak spots and a flock on a road is a crisis. Finally, the sheep themselves, counted and looked at individually: the one standing apart, the one not coming to the trough, the one with a dirty or restless hind end, the one limping. Sheep hide illness well, so the check is for the sheep that behaves differently, not the one that looks obviously sick.
Flystrike: the check that justifies the schedule
In warm, humid weather, blowflies target soiled wool and skin, and Dorpers' shedding coat reduces but does not remove the risk, especially around the breech and any wound or scouring. Brief your visitor to look for the signs daily: restlessness, stamping, tail waggling, a sheep separating itself, a dark or damp patch, and the smell that experienced stockpeople recognise instantly. A struck sheep is a same-day job: catch, clip back the affected area, remove what they find, and treat as you have instructed and provided for, with your vet called for any sheep that is dull, off its food, or extensively struck. Provide the equipment and products you use before you leave, stored where the visitor can find them, so no time is lost sourcing basics mid-crisis.
Vet, backup, and written authority
Leave your vet's number, the practice's out-of-hours route, and written authority for the visitor to call them and approve emergency treatment, agreed with the practice in advance if possible. Add your own contact, your backup person's number, and a neighbour who could help move or pen sheep at short notice. Note any individual sheep needing special attention: a ewe close to lambing, a sheep being treated, an old animal whose condition you are watching, each identified by tag number or unmistakable description, with what to do for each.
A handover the visitor can carry
The routine, the watch list, and the contacts should travel together in the visitor's pocket, not live in a message thread. KinsLe's Care Pass gives your sheep sitter temporary, clear access to the flock's routine and key details while you travel, so the person walking your fence line each morning is working from the same instructions you walked through together before you left.