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  2. Shepherd - Wikipedia

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    Sheep owners complained about the inefficiency of shepherds and the shepherds' fears of getting lost in the bush. [6] Typically sheep were watched by shepherds during the day, and by a hut-keeper during the night. Shepherds took the sheep out to graze before sunrise and returned them to brush-timber yards at sunset.

  3. Domestic sheep reproduction - Wikipedia

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    Sheep have a breeding season (tupping) in the autumn, though some can breed year-round. [1] As a result of the influence of humans on sheep breeding, ewes often produce multiple lambs. This increase in lamb births, both in number and birth weight, may cause problems with delivery and lamb survival, requiring the intervention of shepherds. [2]

  4. Herding dog - Wikipedia

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    Border Collies as owners of outstanding sports qualities, Belgian Shepherds, Australian Shepherds invariably occupy leading positions in agility, flyball, frisbee, dog dancing, obedience. At the same time, in service, sport and show dogs of herding breeds that do not interact with livestock, the herding instinct is gradually weakened. [8] [12]

  5. Australian Shepherd's Major Fail at Sheep Herding Class Is ...

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    For dogs who are motivated to herd and lead sheep, training typically begins at a young age. It begins with desensitization to farm animals and environments alongside the same basic obedience ...

  6. Domestication of the sheep - Wikipedia

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    Sheep shearers, Flanders, from the Grimani Breviary c. 1510 "Valach" from Brumov in Moravian Wallachia, 1787.Shepherding was a traditional occupation of Romanians, and as they colonised the northern Carpathian range and eventually assimilated, their exonym "Valach" became synonymous with "shepherd".

  7. Terrier Herds Sheep in the Wildest Way & People Can't ... - AOL

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    Australian Shepherds are smart dogs, which helps when trying to get sheep from point A to point B. These dogs are fast learners and have lots of energy, which is needed for the job.

  8. Sheep dog - Wikipedia

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    A sheep dog or sheepdog is generally a dog or breed of dogs historically used in connection with the raising of sheep. These include livestock guardian dogs used to guard sheep and other livestock and herding dogs used to move, manage and control sheep and other livestock.

  9. Sheep farming - Wikipedia

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    Sheep farming in Namibia (2017). According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the top five countries by number of head of sheep (average from 1993 to 2013) were: mainland China (146.5 million head), Australia (101.1 million), India (62.1 million), Iran (51.7 million), and the former Sudan (46.2 million). [2]