Sentences with phrase «herded like sheep»

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Like sheep, you are herded and directed, afraid to step out of bounds.

Pagels points out how promiscuity and immorality in the late Roman Empire resulted in widespread infanticide and abortion, as well as a slave trade in child prostitutes who were treated, in Justin's phrase, «like herds of oxen, goats, or sheep.»

The bottom line is, it DOES NOT matter how many studies are and have been sponsored, and how many «experts» are paid to do them... Our society, our people are hurting, and their lives ARE forever altered BECAUSE they have been sold a lie, and like a dumb herd of sheep, have swallowed it hoo - k line and sinker!

Fences to keep people in this group, keep people out of that group, seclude and exclude us, like a bunch of brainless sheep that need to be herded around through different pen's till all our wool has been fleeced.

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.

Now back in 1928, why...» The point is that in the old days the rivers were stiff with giant bull trout and deer wandered the countryside in grand herds like Idaho sheep.

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.

This being the case, home consoles don't necessarily feel like the optimum platform for the game, so we'd like to see those sheep herded towards tablet pastures in the future.

Finally, a «True - Life Adventure» - like segment tells the story of a sheep dog who must lead a herd of four - legged cotton balls through the Arizona wilderness.

Does your pet like to catch frisbee's or herd sheep?

That would be like buying a bernese mountain dog and expecting it to herd sheep - they wouldn't know how to and would be very confused.

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Because of its «heeling» background, the Lancashire has a tendency to nip at people's heels to «move them along» — just like they would when herding sheep or cattle.

Basically, it's just like herding trials for dogs that do not have access to sheep.

Herding dogs like Border Collies use this instinct to drive sheep or cattle where they want them to go.

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

Just like every other big white dog breed on this list, the Polish Tatra Sheepdog is a great guard of large herds of sheep or flocks.

We have always had sheep herding dogs and they have never been like that, so I respect Rots.

They have skills like no other when it comes to controlling flocks of sheep or herds of cattle.

Aussies thrive when they have an active purpose like controlling a herd of unruly sheep or pleasing their owners in daily training sessions.

Herding dogs, like Border Collies and Queensland Heelers, can be taken to places where they can actually learn to herd and work a small herd of goats or sheep.

Shelties, like Australian Cattle dogs, are bred for herding and are more often used for herding sheep than cattle.

It is so cool that Anatolian Shepherds are still used in places like Turkey to herd sheep.

Like the Border Collie was bred to herd sheep, the Labrador Retriever to retrieve and the basset and bloodhound to scent and hunt, the American Pit Bull Terrier was bred for purpose and that was for Dog fighting.

Some of the pastoral breeds, like the border collie, were developed for herding livestock such as sheep and cattle.

These activities are especially helpful for dog breeds that are bred to do a job, like herding and hound dogs, but you don't own a flock of sheep or go hunting every afternoon.

They do nothing for the better of the breed and all the AKC breeds for is barbie dogs that can't herd sheep like a true working border collie can.

For example, a sheep herding breed, like a Border Collie, would be expected to learn how to herd sheep very quickly and might even perform the job with little training.

The Herding Group is made up of sheep and cattle dogs like Collies and Corgis, and the most intelligent of all dog breeds, the Border Collie.

I like the confidence of knowing that retrievers will indeed retrieve (as their ancestors have PROVEN to do so) or a herding dog will willingly work sheep or cattle, etc etc....

Herding dogs like border collies are trained to herd animals like sheep and sometimes cows.

Over the years as canines became domesticated pets, those in - bred skills along with others like foraging weren't required for day - to - day work, but these behaviors were so ingrained in the DNA of these breeds that these animals naturally wanted to engage in them — even when there were no rats to clear from a barn, or sheep to be herded.

If your dog's a herding breed, it may instinctively chase a cat because it believes its job is to herd kitty like she's a sheep!

These dogs can herd sheep, play ball, chase vermin to ground, follow horse - drawn carriages and horsemen, tromp upland fields and lowland meadows and swamps all day, or run like the wind at a moment's notice.

They originated as a wolf - like breed that was capable of herding and controlling sheep and a formidable force, capable of fending off wolves in the country and hills of native Germany.

This is one of the oldest herding breed of dog known and just like in the past, it is very efficient in herding sheep, horses, cattle and other domestic animals.

Dogs known for herding sheep historically, like Border Collies and Sheepdogs, are also intelligent enough to be trained for many kinds of service.

``... These islands are so magical that around full moon schools of huge bump head parrot fish swim through the area and herd around coral heads like friendly sheep...»

While all this is technically true, you will likely awake near dawn to make rounds picking up a myriad of other passengers first, arrive for what you think will be a lovely meal on board the boat which, in actuality, is a cheap meal at a roadside restaurant, and generally find yourself being herded around like a flock of sheep.

Customers who haven't been on a Great Rail Journeys holiday before sometimes think that an escorted holiday means that they will be thrown together with people who have nothing in common and herded around like sheep.

It's amazing to me that sheep herding has become a sub-genre in its own right, with games like Flock, Herdy Gerdy, Space Herdy, Sheep, and more.

Like that weird third cousin your family never talks about, whosurvives on fish heads while living in an attic, this black sheep of the Zelda herd is rarely discussed in polite company.

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.

Speaking of herding sheep, you might like to have a go at a BBC game that tests your reaction time in what I can only say is a very odd way: various (cartoon) sheep graze peacefully at the left of the browser window until suddenly one of them makes a break for greener pastures; your job is to click a button that shoots a tranquilizer dart at the renegade; at the end of your efforts, you're told what your reaction time is.

Caeden and Riley think they are sheep and they like to herd them around at outdoor playtime.