Sheep Dog Demonstration - Ireland

Sheep Dog Demonstration - Ireland SEE MORE IINFO IN TEXT BELOW VIDEO
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Kells Sheep Center : Brenden demonstrates how essential it is for the farmer to use sheep dogs in handling sheep. On the farm a shepherd and his dogs move large numbers of sheep over wide areas all day long.

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Lambs are born in April and at about two weeks of age they and their mother (ewes) are put to graze in the mountains. Grazing is communal and ownership of the sheep has to be indicated by marking them with an identifying colour. Sheep and lambs are taken to and from the mountains several times each summer -- for example, to shear the wool, or for animal health purposes or to cull some animals for market. The need for all these movements makes the use of dogs essential. Sheepdogs, usually border collies, are trained to both word command and whistle command, to work wide around the sheep and to move them quietly and slowly towards the shepherd. When sheep are being brought from the mountains, the shepherd and one dog select sheep with the right markings and the dog minds them; the other dog drives the unwanted sheep back to the mountains.

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