Sentences with phrase «work as herders»

These dogs were originally used to chase predators away from cattle herds, but later began to work as herders and as vermin exterminators.

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The «previously» virgin Mary having extra-marital intercourse with a sheep - herder just as Joseph walks in (early from work).

He celebrates his God, shouting and singing words of exaltation, singing possibly the same songs he had written years earlier as a nomadic sheep herder, where his devotion was worked out in the sweat and stench of his servant situation.

Gankhuyag, 38, abandoned his life as a nomadic herder and moved here a few years ago with his family to work as a porter.

Gankhuyag, a former nomadic herder who now works in Ulaanbaatar as a porter, stands inside his ger on the outskirts of town.

They were working on farms as herders and drovers hundreds of years ago.

It has since become a prominent show dog and continues as a capable herder, although it is more popular as a competitor in herding trials than as an actual working dog.

One or two short walks per day is simply not enough for most dogs, especially not for any of the working breeds, such as herders and retrievers.

They are excellent stock and sheep - herders known as «farm collies» or «working collies.»

According to the Dog Breed Info website, they were referred to as the poor man's dog, working on farms as herders as well as hunting small game and rodents.

The Scotch collie isn't quite as energetic as the border collie, but is happy as a working dog and is a natural herder.

Dogs who serve as guide dogs or working dogs like sheep and cattle herders or police dogs, need more daily energy intake depending upon the amount of physical work or stress involved.

His intelligence, endurance and willingness to work make him suitable as a police dog, herder, service dog, therapy dog, obedience competitor and devoted companion.

Oddly, the German Shepherd barks when working as a protector of their people, their home or their flock but is generally a silent herder.

They usually make great companions, as they were bred to be working dogs as herders or pulling wagons.

The Blue Heeler from Down Under, the Australian Cattle Dog shines as the nationâ $ ™ s pride and joy, a most versatile and fearless working dog that knows no bounds as a herder and companion dog.

The Wheaten was an all - purpose working farm dog for the struggling tenant farmers, acting as a guardian of property, people and possessions, a vermin exterminator and a competent herder for flocks of sheep and even herds of cattle.

These are the dogs who began their careers as livestock herders in the British Isles, on the European Continent, and in the US, the indispensable farmers» dogs that could work dawn - to - dusk to bring the sheep to the barn or to market.

The PWD is a robust and substantially - built dog well suited to work in marine environments as a swimmer, diver, retriever, fish herder, and courier.

A cur dog is a reference to the kind of work the dog performed as a heeler or herder.

Bo, America's First Dog The Portuguese Water Dog has been bred for centuries as a working dog and companion for Portuguese coastal fisherman as a loyal retriever, net handler, and fish «herder».

Approximately half of all dogs in the United States are purebred dogs whose breeds were developed to work alongside man as Guide Dogs and Service Dogs, Search and Rescue Dogs, Conservation Dogs, military dogs, trackers, hunting dogs and herders — and always, to be companions, helpers, and the heartbeat of a family and home.