Sentences with phrase «of guarding sheep»

Not exact matches

That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.

[105] They claim that their use of various non-lethal control measures (although lethal control by property owners was not banned), such as prohibition of feeding coyotes, changes in husbandry practices, hazing of coyotes, guard animals, and fencing, resulted in a reduction in sheep losses.

This is a huge change from only a century ago, when the majority of domestic cats and dogs were working animals, keeping rodents at bay, guarding property, herding sheep.

The Momma Sheep Framed Graphic Art is a black - and - white photo of a mother sheep guarding her grazing lamb.

48) «Rock Dog» Smart Rating: 38.39 Release date: Friday, February 24, 2017 Genre: Children, comedy, adventure, music, animated Starring: Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, J.K. Simmons Description: For the Tibetan mastiffs on Snow Mountain, a dog's life has a simple riff — guard a peaceful village of sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux and his rabid pack.

Here is the synopsis: «For the Tibetan Mastiffs living on Snow Mountain, a dog's life has a simple riff: Guard a peaceful village of wool - making sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux (Lewis Black) and his rabid pack.

A deliberately slow yet enchanting first act is fantastic, as we spend the months up on the mountain with the two men, witnessing their mundane yet difficult duties as guards over employer Randy Quaid's flock of sheep.

Guard dogs to look like sheep, sort of.

The initial work has also been done for a weaver who runs a small flock of colored sheep, a farmer storing feed grain in his barn, a flock - owner in wolf territory, a recreational musher, a rabbit hunter, and a pet owner with an interest in any of the characteristics of the herding, guarding, terrier, working, or hound dogs; what remains is to find just the right breed to match the lifestyle and personality of the owner.

For perhaps thousands of years dogs, he has trained dogs to hunt birds, pests, and small and large game; herd sheep, cattle, reindeer, and geese; pull carts and sleds; guard castles, forest preserves, homes, and families; rescue drowning sailors; and haul fishing nets.

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.

Known as the largest French sheepdog, this dog has records dating back as far as 1578 and was used to herd and guard sheep and cattle, along as to be the protector of the family's home.

For now the focus of the experiment is sheep, but the dogs could also guard cattle, although differences in behavior between sheep and cattle could make it difficult.

It is unknown when this breed originated, but it was developed as a working companion for the Great Pyrenees; it would herd flocks of sheep while the Great Pyrenees stood guard over them.

Most breeds were developed to do some type of work — herding sheep or cattle, hunting pheasants, retrieving ducks, hunting rabbits or raccoons, killing barnyard vermin, protecting livestock, guarding estates, pulling carts or sleds, and police / military work.

In ranching areas, such as in Montana, groups of large flock guarding dogs are used to protect sheep and cattle.

They are amazing shepherds, using their weight to throw body blocks and overpower the sheep, but their real area of expertise is as a guard.

Schnauzers were used to guard farm families and livestock, herd cattle and sheep, get rid of vermin, and protect their owners as they traveled to market.

With its roots in Turkestan, the Kangal comes from an ancient lineage of mastiffs, guarding livestock such as sheep against large predators.

Guard dogs help protect sheep from being attacked by predators.No, this isn't a reference in some ancient papyrus about measures taken by shepherds to defend their flocks.It's the finding of a survey the U.S. Department of Agriculture just completed.

The Belgian sheep - herding breeds, collectively known as chiens de berger Belge, shared their early history as general - purpose shepherds and guard dogs of Belgium.

They are an ancient breed originally used to guard flocks of sheep, goats and their human families.

These giants (over 50 kilos, or 110 pounds) have been running around on the slopes of the Pyrenees mountains guarding sheep for hundreds of years.

Interesting fact: Great Pyrenees are centuries - old guard dogs believed to have protected flocks of sheep.

They are big shaggy white dogs so they fit right in when guarding their flock of sheep.

If you are looking for a big independent dog that can roam around your land and stay busy guarding your sheep and family, and do not mind their short life span nor their unwillingness to accept obedience commands, this is a great breed of dog.

Hi Peggy, sometimes a person needs a specially bred dog, like a Great Pyrenees to guard the sheep, but for most of us (like me and my Pit Bull mix), any companion breed is great.

Originating in Belgium, this breed was developed for the herding and guarding of sheep.

- Use multi-species stocking (i.e., sheep and cattle together)- Protect livestock in predator proof enclosures, especially at night - Utilize guard dogs, donkeys, or llamas - Confine ewes & cows during lambing / calving & at night - Provide rabbit wire covered enclosures with fencing buried below ground; rabbit cages are not recommended as they may be attacked through the cage or die of shock as they frantically seek cover.

The breed was developed to guard and protect flocks of sheep from wolves and other predators.

After all, this basic notion is the reason for thousands of years of selective breeding in the dog world — it's why we've been able to develop specific lines of dogs who are consistently driven to retrieve things, herd sheep, guard our homes, or track rabbits without any formal training at all.

Having been bred since 1899, this German breed originally was used to guard and herd flocks of sheep, hence their name.

Anatolian Shepherd Dog The Anatolian Shepherd Dog is an ancient breed of dog developed in Anatolia (central Turkey) for guarding flocks of sheep from wolves, bears, and jackals.

Some think the Komondor was brought to Hungary a thousand years ago by nomadic Magyars to guard flocks of sheep.

The big dog is an Akbash, an ancient Turkish breed developed to guard sheep in the rugged mountains of his homeland.

This Portuguese breed continues to guard extensive sheep flocks in the region, and more than 95 % of them are so employed.

Another closely guarded secret venue, Noorspoort may concentrate on its guest lodge (wonderful bedrooms with luxurious goose down duvets, that may well be worth a try after a few days» camping) but the pretty sheep and angora farm, with its own geese, horses, cows and pigs that also has its own 10 inch telescope for you to enjoy the starlit skies, also has a camping boma on the banks of the Groot Gamtoos River.

The island's stands of giant coreopsis, as well as all the other plants of its coastal bluff community, were devastated by sheep grazing in the late 1800s and early 1900s, rabbit browsing in 1910 - 1950s, and by large - scale destruction of native vegetation associated with facility and road development by the U.S. Coast Guard during construction and manning of the Anacapa Light Station.

The fairy tale of the Boy Wonder, discovered by an older artist or discerning patron, usually in the guise of a lowly shepherd boy, has been a stock - in - trade of artistic mythology ever since Vasari immortalized the young Giotto, discovered by the great Cimabue while the lad was guarding his flocks, drawing sheep on a stone; Cimabue, overcome with admiration by the realism of the drawing, immediately invited the humble youth to be his pupil.7 Through some mysterious coincidence, later artists including Beccafumi, Andrea Sansovino, Andrea del Castagno, Mantegna, Zurbaran and Goya were all discovered in similar pastoral circumstances.