Sentences with phrase «sheep herding with»

Sonja also does sheep herding with Maggie Rose her Border collie and Rally with Harry the Terror.

Known as the Forbidden Island, Niihau provides its sheep herds with an extremely diverse range across the 72 - square mile island.

Not exact matches

-LSB-...] I remember once telling a pastor he couldn't herd sheep with a cattle prod... something tells me David Hayward gets it, according to his cartoon: get along little doggies -LSB-...]

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.

Summer Camp — including sheep herding on a local farm, playing in the barn with wool, clay and willow, Chinese lantern making and camp fires

The hard part with real sheep herding is when you need part of the flock one way and part the other way.

Additionally, nitrogen isotopes from sheep and goat bone collagen indicate very small scale experimentation with the herding of these animals.

It shows that the intensity with which the sheep mimic one another plays a crucial role in the ability of a herd to maximize the grazing area explored while minimizing the time needed to regroup when faced with potential dangers.

The huge diversity of dogs resulted not from natural selection but from generations of humans crossbreeding and selecting animals with traits they wanted — the ability to chase foxes into holes, or herd sheep, or sit attractively on a sofa.

Vermejo Park is home to abundant wildlife populations, including large herds of elk, deer, pronghorn antelope and bison, along with black bears, mountain lions, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.

Fortunately, Babe makes friends with Fly (Miriam Margolyes), the other sheep dog, giving Babe the opportunity of a lifetime as he learns how to herd sheep.

Jake's isolated existence, with only her dog, Dog, and her herd of sheep for company, puzzles the locals.

On their perilous journey, they camped in caves behind the colossal Buddha statues in Bamyan, and took refuge with nomad cousins, herding their camels and sheep.

First, the brown, churning water - the circle of our river around us; inside that, the quilt squares of our fields, which were turned dirt, newly planted seeds, the bright green carpet of a field just beginning to come to life, fences mended or falling down into the soft new grass, humped haystacks, our cattle herd, our sheep herd, our goats, bare birch trees pointing straight into the heavens; and in the center, in the heart, our cobbled and dirt streets, our red - tiled and gray - shingled roofs radiating out from the town square with its statue of a long - dead war hero in the middle.

If your dog spends most of his days lounging in your condo, don't feed him food with a protein level that is ideal for dogs who herd sheep all day.

His problem was that would not train well enough to be controllable around sheep, but during assessment showed us that he had good «eye» and plenty of instinctive drive coupled with a great interest in stock herding.

Certified Canine Good Citizen, nationally renowned blogger for more than 8 years on subjects of responsible pet ownership and positive reinforcement based dog training, management and herding specialist (especially with sheep and ducks).

They came with their Basque shepherds and their job was to take care of herds of imported Australian sheep.

The German Shepherd Dog breed was initially developed for sheep herding from herding breeds, but it soon became evident that the dog had an ability and intelligence, along with physical prowess, to be utilized as a multi-purpose dog.

With smaller cattle and sheep, a smaller than average herding dog was needed.

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.

At an AKC - sanctioned herding test, your dog will enter a pen with a tester and some livestock, usually sheep or ducks.

There are many breeds of dogs that are better with sheep, some are better with cattle, and some work with many species of herd animals.

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.

They were often used to move large herds of cattle and sheep, and they were especially good at dealing with livestock in tight areas.

Borders need time with their families much more than they need a field full of sheep to herd.

Later they'd come to the United States with herds of sheep in the 19th century.

They are most commonly thought of in association with sheep, but are also used today for herding other breeds, including cattle and even reindeer in some parts of the world.

Try giving the dog who sees cars as wayward sheep something more constructive to do with his herding instincts.

Herding dogs work with various types of livestock, such as sheep and cattle.

Basque people from the Pyrenees of northeastern Spain / southwestern France came to the American west to herd sheep and brought their dogs with them.

Unlike the livestock guardians that simply stand sentry, herding dogs actively round up cattle and sheep with frantic running, eye contact and aggressive barking.

Its ancestors likely included herding dogs from the European continent, such as the Poland Lowland Sheepdog (Polski Owzcarek Nizinny) and the Komondor, blended with the sheep herding dogs of the British Isles.

They move gracefully with determination, focused on the task ahead which is a learned behaviour from their sheep dog herding ancestry.

They herd with their heads lowered, eyeing the sheep with an intense stare.

Border Collies are known for using their eyes when herding, controlling the sheep with an intense stare that shows they mean business.

Their ability to work in unison with their owners and drive herds of live stock and sheep around makes them one of the most valuable dogs.

Potential negative: A mixed breed is not the best choice if you want a dog with specific skills, such as herding sheep, or hunting pheasants or rabbits.

Along with herding sheep, they excel at agility, flyball and make great search and rescue dogs.

In the 1800s, a variety of sheep - herding dogs with differing herding styles existed in Great Britain.

«To give you an example for a reverse case, nobody has tried to herd a flock of sheep with 2 - year - olds.»

Later it's thought that Viking raider dogs were bred with the Roman dogs, resulting in a smaller dog that was better at sheep herding and excellent at navigating the highlands found around Wales, England, and Scotland.

These dogs were developed to help with sheep herding, moving along the flocks edges, guiding strays back to the herd using stealthy, steady movements.

The herding breeds were developed to work with man to help him drive and herd animals, such as cattle and sheep.

Dr. Sue Taylor (University of Saskatchewan - Western College of Veterinary Medicine) has recently completed strenuous exercise studies (sheep herding and ball - chasing) with normal Border collies and dogs with BCC.

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.

It is great camouflage when hanging out with the sheep, keeps the dogs warm when herding in the mountains, and of course Bergamascos do not shed much when they have developed the mats.

«The thing I love the most about herding is the connection with my dog, the sheep and the land as we do our chores,» Asarkof says.

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.

After a painful encounter with rowdy border collies that resulted in back surgery in 2010, your local columnist has become as obsessive about walking 3 miles a day as herding dog Lola is about sheep.