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  2. Shepherd - Wikipedia

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    Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India Shepherd with grazing sheep in Făgăraș Mountains, Romania. A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry.

  3. Herding dog - Wikipedia

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    Shepherd dogs were more suitable for this work than larger and stronger breeds, being medium-sized and mobile. Such dogs managed small and large livestock, as well as domestic birds. In addition to the Central European type of shepherd, another type of dog has emerged, often with thick hair, more suitable for colder areas.

  4. 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]

  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. Yan tan tethera - Wikipedia

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    Yan Tan Tethera or yan-tan-tethera is a sheep-counting system traditionally used by shepherds in Northern England and some other parts of Britain. [1] The words are numbers taken from Brythonic Celtic languages such as Cumbric which had died out in most of Northern England by the sixth century, but they were commonly used for sheep counting and counting stitches in knitting until the ...

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

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    The dog took herding sheep to a totally new place by riding the sheep's back like she was a surfboard. But don't worry, the pup was keeping a close eye on the other members of the flock. She kept ...

  8. Sheep Won’t Leave Livestock Guardian Dog Alone to Do ... - AOL

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    The sheep is doing everything in its power to get the dog's attention. The dog is doing everything in his power to ignore the sheep, who won't leave the dog's side.

  9. Droving - Wikipedia

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    It was carried out by shepherds. The earliest written evidence about shepherds and their dogs dates back to the 14th century. Thousands of cattle were moved along the roads of Europe and Great Britain, and later sheep, goats, pigs and even geese and turkeys. The journey from pasture to market, slaughterhouse, or buyer could take anywhere from a ...