Sentences with phrase «with guarding the sheep»

These dogs were bred for their protective nature so that they could assist the shepherds with guarding the sheep.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

These are being crossbred with other sight hounds, for American ranchers Great Pyrenees — Flock guard, protects sheep and a territory Kuvasz — Flock guard protects sheep and a territory Anatolian Shepherd — Flock guard protects sheep and a territory Akbash — Flock guard protects sheep and a territory Tibetian Mastiff — Flock guard protects sheep and a territory Komondor — Flock guard protects sheep and a territory

Livestock guard dogs are raised in the barn close to sheep and often reside with a few lambs as soon as they are weaned.

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

This large breed was initially used to guard flocks, they were naturally nocturnal and their white fur allowed them to blend in with the sheep and surprise would - be attackers.

The breed's character and shape evolved from its use with Foxhound packs and by the shepherds to guard the sheep and lambs against foxes.

These Swiss mountain dogs arethought to originate from breeding the working dogs used to guard sheep with Roman army mastiff - type dogs.

- 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.

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.