With many remote, off - grid communities jumping into the digital fray via cell phones and micro-powered grids, it's no surprise that in the case
of the sheepherders, donkeys have been integrated with the latest in solar technology to enable herders to reap the best of both worlds.
In the late 19th Century, informal breeding groups
of sheepherders banded together through a common interest in their dogs and attempted to produce dogs with the desired working attributes.
Is that part of the diabolical plan
of the sheepherders to take over the world and control the masses?
@NII - turd: i wouldn't expect to make sense when speeking logic to someone that bases their life off of the teachings
of sheepherders.
Both of our foundations are from the days
of the sheepherder.
Not exact matches
The bible was written by a bunch
of bronze age
sheepherders who thought the earth was flat and talked about how to get the best price when you sell your daughter.
While you have chosen to believe in a book written by bronze age
sheepherders who thought the earth was flat and promoted selling your daughter for a good price, that you'd go to hell for eating shellfish, and that you can eat your children in times
of famine.
The only witnesses are the animals in whose feeding trough the infant is laid, and a small band
of simple
sheepherders from the nearby hills.
Surely they should adapt their view to reality rather than clinging to the imaginings
of Bronze Age
sheepherders.
Why would God not simply have condensed the entire process and start with people as advanced as the
sheepherders of 2,000 years ago?
You accept scientific technique when you fly, have DNA tests, etc. yet reject that same knowledge when it shows that the bible was written in ignorance by middle eastern
sheepherders thousands
of years ago and modified significantly both deliberately — selective inclusion / exclusion, tailored for desired message — and unintentionally — translation and transliteration errors.
@center: i think it takes more faith to buy into the rantings
of bronze age
sheepherders than i do believeing in the ability
of my fellow humans to create great feats without the need
of any god.
what i find hilarious is you both choose to listen to
sheepherders over well educated men and women
of the modern age.
BrenBL: You call others fools, yet you accept the writings
of bronze ages
sheepherders.
Then scientists supplied Cao de Gado Transmontanos, a large though lean and agile dog developed in a mountainous region
of Portugal; Karakachans, developed by nomadic
sheepherders in a mountainous area
of Bulgaria; and Kangals, another powerful breed with an instinct for guarding, this one originating in Turkey.
So she turned to what she knew to be real and true — her love
of animals and the land — and moved to Wyoming to become a
sheepherder.
The dogs
of today may not be
sheepherders and guardians, palace protectors, or royal hunt companions, but they are just as valuable and worth preserving as breeds, as fellow travelers in human history, as companions, and as life partners.
The breed's name is a derivation
of the Basque
sheepherders who came to America from Australia in the 1800's.
When the sheep are spread over a square mile
of rocks and cliffs and moors, the
sheepherder must be able to trust his dog, and the dog must be able to work the sheep on its own, with only an occasional command.
In many parts
of the world, these dogs are used as
sheepherders.
Breeds such as Australian Shepherds, Bearded Collies, Border Collies, and Corgis are natural
sheepherders so it's a great way to give them plenty
of exercise while utilizing their herding intuition.
Many
of us may harbour wild fantasies
of digitally unplugging from our technologically over-saturated lives to go dwell in the woods, but for the semi-nomadic
sheepherders of the rural regions
of Turkey, the internet is a way to keep up on the news and socialize while on their solitary trips outdoors.