Sentences with phrase «by sheep herding»

We come to these sites to help educate the people living according to stories written 2000 years ago by sheep herding men who had few tools to help them discover the evidence.

I do want to add here some basic facts, the article the following is taken from is using facts from the past decade not from 2000 years ago... these facts are what matter now, not that book written by sheep herding men who probably enjoyed the company of their herd (thus the term bestiality??)

Not exact matches

It was surprising (who would have thought of making art by herding flocks of sheep?)

Educate yourself in reality, not a book written by 40 sheep herding men over the course of 400 years.

The Church TodayMarch 22, 2013 By James F. McGrath Leave a CommentThe latest cartoon from David Hayward suggests that it is less like tending sheep and more like herding cats.

I do not have to respect your opinion when your opinion is not based on factual evidence and is only based on a book written 2000 years ago by 40 sheep herding men who never met one another.

Don't bring back the thumbs up / down, please — it fosters the herd mentality, and I for one want to be more than a sheep — trying to get thumbs up by the majority like a pathetic tool.

The bacterium goes by the name of Clostridium novyi and is a spore - forming microbe infamous for decimating sheep and cattle herds.

In addition, by using a mathematical model to reproduce the interactions between sheep and their effect on spontaneous behavior, scientists have shown that the intensity of mimicry plays a critical role in the ability of a herd to maximize the area foraged for grazing while minimizing the time needed to regroup.

A recent study also showed a herd of wild Soay sheep in the Outer Hebrides had decreased by five per cent in the last 24 years for exactly the same reason.

Due to its gravitational influence, the moon picks up particles and deflects them from their original orbits through orbital resonance, causing the gaps in the ring system by effectively herding the particles as if they were sheep.

Still, it is disappointing when you realize that you were being lead by the black sheep of the herd.

The Working Dog classification used by multi-breed dog registries and clubs define dogs that assist humans in their daily work, such as: herding sheep and cattle, draft or sled dogs, tracking dogs, police dogs, rescue dogs, and service dogs.

A local Scottish shepherd was so impressed by the herding abilities of these dogs that he traded several of his sheep for them.

It's believed to have been obtained by crossing Border Collies with several smaller breeds, such as the King Charles Spaniel and the Pomeranian, for the purpose of herding the small Shetland sheep.

They especially love bouncing around to show how excited they are, although originally their bounces were put to use to spot sheep, herding them by barking and jumping up and down.

Those dogs were used by local people for herding yak, sheep and to protect the villagers from ferocious wild animals like leopard, wolf etc..

Gaddi Dogs were bred for hunting purposes but multi-talented Gaddi Dog is widely used by local shepherds, mostly Gaddis (from the tribe of the same name) and these dogs are reputed to be strong enough to repulse attacks by snow leopards and are very intelligent to herd stray sheep and goats back to their pens.

The main characteristics of the Border Collie come from being bred to be perhaps the best herding dog there is: «Because their early work was to gather sheep from the hills, Border Collies are, by nature, gatherers rather than drovers or tenders.

He herded not by barking and nipping, but by calmly staring at the sheep («giving eye») intimidating them into moving.

While it may not be seen as work by many, sheep herding is a particularly difficult job that takes a lot of stamina as well as intelligence from the dog in question.

They are thought to have descended from a variety of European herding breeds, and were developed by sheep farmers to herd and drive sheep to market.

As they were originally bred to herd sheep, they are still known to try to herd family members, especially children, by bumping or nudging them in the direction they want them to go.

In the spring of 2014, a small herd of nine sheep in Northern California were attacked by an escaped dog.

Their original purpose was to herd large flocks of sheep, not by the traditional method of nipping and barking; but instead kept order through their swift, stealthy movements and strong demeanor.

Today the 9 - acre Sunflower Sheep Farm has 24 sheep raised for their wool, 10 Nigerian Dwarf Goats and some ducks who are all herded by Mick and Pele, a 4 - year - old OES from Germany.

He manged to grow his operation to a herd of pigs, goats, sheep, and a couple heads of cattle by the time he was college bound.

It was in 1899; the sheep herding dog was discovered by Rittmeister von Stephanitz and named it «Hector».

This breed is considered by most to be the world's premier sheep herding dog.

Apparently this Swedish bunny learned how to herd sheep by watching his Border Collie pal.

It was developed to herd sheep by farmers in northern European countries such as Scotland, England and Ireland.

This tendency to work independently stems from their method of herding, which was to basically control the sheep on their own by circling the herd, working as a sort of moving fence to keep the flock within a boundary.

They were usually accompanied by an assortment of animals: flocks of sheep and goats, herds of yaks and trains of camels adorned the otherwise empty landscape.

Color Sheep is not just another sheep in the herd, but an adorably addictive and noble first endeavor by Trinket Studios that should be given a chance by fans of color everywhere.»

The lakes are surrounded by meadows where large rounded sheep - like beasts graze in herds and there's a forest over to your left.

Strategies that must be employed by the player in Escape Plan include pushing platforms into position, raising elevators, tilting the Vita to float around obstacles, herding sheep - like creatures into place, cushioning falls with objects from the environment, and even taunting minions into dying by tapping the rear touch pad; the little enemies are incredibly stupid, happy to jump to messy deaths simply to investigate a strange sound.

By planting explosives on cars or nearby explosive barrels you can herd a bunch of zombies like sheep towards your bombs and create one mass explosion with a lot of carnage to follow.

One room held a group of paper sheep by artist Kyu Seok Oh, part of a herd that earlier this year was shown in Times Square.

So now Liverpool Town Hall has a copy of this new work by Sir Peter Blake and Tate Liverpool has the right to herd their sheep along Dale street.

Intense livestock grazing, especially by huge herds of sheep, was the initial cause of the frequent fire regime disruption in many places.

You can see inside after the jump, where there are some flexible, space - saving features that help create a kind of lo - fi transformer space: These wagons are designed and built to order by Kim Vader, a descendant of Basque sheep farmers who called these vehicles home while herding sheep in the high desert and mountains of the western United States.

Grasslands are unable to sustain herds much larger than the existing ones, as evidenced by the vast dust bowl forming in northern China, largely from overgrazing by sheep and goats.

And your instinct will be to write them off as ignoramuses, as sheep blindly herded along by Fox News.

A recent study also showed a herd of wild Soay sheep in the Outer Hebrides had decreased by five per cent in the last 24 years for exactly the same reason.