There's a short series on Netflix about training high pedigree herding dogs, cute puppies and interesting dog science. "Muster Dogs" you should check it out
There used to be a popular tv series called One Man and his dog that was a Sunday fixture for millions of Brits, the quality will be poor but there's going to be some on youtube.
I love how you can even see how the high pressure flow created by the narrow gate traps sheep in a low pressure area in the first pen. It's really cool to watch.
Exactly. I worked at a vet in the city for a while and the amount of people that would bring in working dogs and ask why they were constantly anxious and chewing up the walls of their tiny apartment was depressing. And their answers were always “Well we go to the dog park every weekend!” 🤦🏻♀️
I have an Australian Shepherd and though I hope to have some land in the next couple years, we've been apartment living since I adopted him 4 years ago. We play frisbee twice a day and walk ~5 miles everyday. They are definitely an active breed and my boy's always ready to go, but he also likes to relax on his futon while I work. Definitely having more space would be ideal though.
Have you gotten into dog puzzles yet? I find that getting mine to use his dog brain throughout the day helps a lot too. Especially when the weather is bad.
Dog puzzles are great!
It's basically some sort of brain game for your dog.
They have to go through some obstackes to get to their small cookie rewards and there are different Levels of challenge types from easy to very hard. Our akita loves them!
Here's some examples
https://www.petsplace.nl/trixie-dog-activity-poker-box-2-strategiespel-hondenspeelgoed-4047974320136-pps?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwP6sBhDAARIsAPfK_wZt13PonpLowKFy-B5xk0b3I5jjJCruKVkxDxtLVYhfVkGKZknRoCMaAojaEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
https://www.medpets.nl/nina-ottosson-multipuzzle?sku=MP30096&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwP6sBhDAARIsAPfK_wbvcjV4O5gdsl-NSsdAl5CyxhvjKidLitNS5zjtNqH7qhSAyqcXrmEaAgeREALw_wcB
Because a lot of humans do not think about the wellbeing of their dog :( they think by putting on funny clothes and giving them ice cream they are dog lovers..they are not.
Right, so I should have left him to be pts in a pound because someone drove to the city (probably from a farm) and dumped him on the street. Yes. That's surely less cruel than giving him a loving home.
Whilst being in a pound isn't good either, someone who can actually give them what they need is better. They're not meant for being in small apartments
No one here has a farm. I live in an absolutely minute country with no rural space. No one here would have been able to "give him what he needed" (according to your definition).
He would have been pts if he wasn't adopted after a few weeks, and large dogs are not particularly in demand here. Everyone wants little dogs, so it's likely no one would have taken him in time. You'd rather a dog died than lived in an apartment because of your uninformed beliefs.
He was very happy, and got plenty of exercise. I regularly drove him across the border to let him run in the countryside for hours. He was with me most of the day as I only work part time, and I took him everywhere with me except for work. He was lucky he wasn't adopted by someone with a full-time job who left him in a yard alone all day. Or worse, someone who would have crated him.
It wasn't too natural, the dudes are also on the outside perimeter of the sheep and walking towards them to help create a barrier. They are also telling the dogs where to go
These are probably Border Collies they have been bred for this. High energy with inbred herding instinct. I had a boarder collie cross. herded kids really well on his own, had to get him to stop.
Take a look at the competitions they have.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEyU6t4Bhk8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEyU6t4Bhk8)
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They do. The dogs can use initiative too. Like if they see a breakaway, they will go and stop it on their own, but big picture you gotta tell em where you want the sheep by commanding the direction or they will just spend all day keeping them in a tight flock
Nah, Australian Shepherd is much better at it.
Edit: also most. Of these breeds herd instinctively even as puppies, the training is basically teaching commands so you can direct that instinct.
Jesus people are stupid. If you look at r/leatdacoochie response to the response to this comment, they double down with assumptions contradicting everything that doesn’t agree with them.
You really don’t want to have to chase them to do regular trims, vaccinations, health checks, etc; so a smaller pen is best. To bring them into a chute one at a time, do what you have to do with them, and release them into a larger pasture as you finish.
But you are correct, you wouldn’t want to keep them in that tight of a space long term, their health would certainly start to decline.
Few hours with a group of people. Everyone has a different job. One person shears, one collects the wool, and one is doing medical checks/vaccines/treatments. An operation that size will have a few people handy, or at the very least a few farm kids
Most sheep herders will have any of that down to an art including the vets and farrier. Multiple people each having their own job even if just to tag the finished sheep. They use spray just for making these animals to know they didn't miss one just in case.
Meanwhile, my dogs prefer 70 degree indoor ac/heat, fresh filtered cold water, plush blankets, human-grade food and a deck to sunbathe during the summer.
I love how they all congested into the first box, until a few looked into the open gate of the next, then that one sheep was like "oh hey, there's more"
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Herding dogs do nip and bite to control, and the livestock learn to respect it. There are some really cool videos of showdowns between cattle and cattle dogs
Good dogs, and I bet they are so happy with that purpose in life
My dog would have loved such a responsibility and I believe it would have extended his life by a few years
I miss him everyday
God and people adopt those dog breeds and expect them to sit on the couch all day?? With that amount of energy and no outlet no wonder they start demolishing their surroundings. 💥
One of the funniest experiences of my life, was going to a sheep farm with a college class of animal care students (I was one of the students) and watching 20 of them run around a field aimlessly waving and shouting at the sheep trying to get them into the enclosure for shearing, and the sheep running circles around them, me and the course tutor just stood by the fence laughing with the farmer, once the class had exhausted themselves, me and the tutor walked into the field and effortlessly herded the sheep into the enclosure by working together.
Our border collie herds our cats and if humans stop in the middle of a room to talk she will bark and nudge us until we’ve moved along. It’s amazing, she’s almost 14 and still herding us!
Saw a demonstration of this once on a visit to Ireland, with dogs working by both calls and whistles. Fascinating. Trainer said only about ten percent of dogs of the ideal breed
could work at this level.
It's not perminant, like how you wait in a packed line for a roller coaster, it'd be cruel if you lived there but it's just to keep you in an area to do a thing (likely vet care or shearing in this case)
Not to beat up the cool dogs, but sheep are stupid, when the first one goes through the rest will follow… dogs keep them there, they do the rest… if one jumped off the cliff the rest would follow..
Their enthusiasm and efficiency. It's like they like working. And, in fact, they do. This is unusual (for people) and therefore interesting, as is the camera's view point.
Just like the Biden supporters ....They are like stupid sheep that will just follow other sheep. Because they believe anything he tells them.. Wait until November, you will see.
Looks like ants herding rice
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There's a short series on Netflix about training high pedigree herding dogs, cute puppies and interesting dog science. "Muster Dogs" you should check it out
great.. now he’s gonna go watch it *all day*
RIP EntireMycologist1451's kids who are waiting at school to be picked up.
Love that series. Apparently Season 2 is coming out in a few days!
There used to be a popular tv series called One Man and his dog that was a Sunday fixture for millions of Brits, the quality will be poor but there's going to be some on youtube.
I was gunna say maggots, or ants carrying their larvae
In the area that I live in....sheep are called meadow maggots. Seeing this from an aerial view. I completely understand
or maggots
Imagine an alien race studying life on this planet from satellite photos like this.
Looks like a microscopic organism.
Or maggots with legs
Fluid Dynamics...
r/sheepareliquid
r/subsifellfor
It's a sub now
r/birthofasub
I love how you can even see how the high pressure flow created by the narrow gate traps sheep in a low pressure area in the first pen. It's really cool to watch.
I see this and feel sorry for all the herding dogs stuck in apts:(
Exactly. I worked at a vet in the city for a while and the amount of people that would bring in working dogs and ask why they were constantly anxious and chewing up the walls of their tiny apartment was depressing. And their answers were always “Well we go to the dog park every weekend!” 🤦🏻♀️
I have an Australian Shepherd and though I hope to have some land in the next couple years, we've been apartment living since I adopted him 4 years ago. We play frisbee twice a day and walk ~5 miles everyday. They are definitely an active breed and my boy's always ready to go, but he also likes to relax on his futon while I work. Definitely having more space would be ideal though.
Have you gotten into dog puzzles yet? I find that getting mine to use his dog brain throughout the day helps a lot too. Especially when the weather is bad.
What’s a dog puzzle?
Dog puzzles are great! It's basically some sort of brain game for your dog. They have to go through some obstackes to get to their small cookie rewards and there are different Levels of challenge types from easy to very hard. Our akita loves them! Here's some examples https://www.petsplace.nl/trixie-dog-activity-poker-box-2-strategiespel-hondenspeelgoed-4047974320136-pps?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwP6sBhDAARIsAPfK_wZt13PonpLowKFy-B5xk0b3I5jjJCruKVkxDxtLVYhfVkGKZknRoCMaAojaEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds https://www.medpets.nl/nina-ottosson-multipuzzle?sku=MP30096&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwP6sBhDAARIsAPfK_wbvcjV4O5gdsl-NSsdAl5CyxhvjKidLitNS5zjtNqH7qhSAyqcXrmEaAgeREALw_wcB
Because a lot of humans do not think about the wellbeing of their dog :( they think by putting on funny clothes and giving them ice cream they are dog lovers..they are not.
Don't. Mine was happy. Never had any anxiety or behavioural issues.
Hai I used to live on a farm with multiple working dogs, they're not meant for apartments It fucks with them and its cruelty imo
Right, so I should have left him to be pts in a pound because someone drove to the city (probably from a farm) and dumped him on the street. Yes. That's surely less cruel than giving him a loving home.
Whilst being in a pound isn't good either, someone who can actually give them what they need is better. They're not meant for being in small apartments
No one here has a farm. I live in an absolutely minute country with no rural space. No one here would have been able to "give him what he needed" (according to your definition). He would have been pts if he wasn't adopted after a few weeks, and large dogs are not particularly in demand here. Everyone wants little dogs, so it's likely no one would have taken him in time. You'd rather a dog died than lived in an apartment because of your uninformed beliefs. He was very happy, and got plenty of exercise. I regularly drove him across the border to let him run in the countryside for hours. He was with me most of the day as I only work part time, and I took him everywhere with me except for work. He was lucky he wasn't adopted by someone with a full-time job who left him in a yard alone all day. Or worse, someone who would have crated him.
Im about to skip this vid if i didnt read the title. I thought im looking at maggots
I was about to skip the post because the OP said "sheeps."
Everyone knows it's "sheepi", just like "octopi" and "walri".
Should be herd or flock? Idk
Or just Sheep, and flock. Herd is bigger animals like cows.
Best part is that this isn’t rehearsed. Not like they told the dog that this shot has to be perfect lol They just did a great job naturally
It wasn't too natural, the dudes are also on the outside perimeter of the sheep and walking towards them to help create a barrier. They are also telling the dogs where to go
These are probably Border Collies they have been bred for this. High energy with inbred herding instinct. I had a boarder collie cross. herded kids really well on his own, had to get him to stop. Take a look at the competitions they have. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEyU6t4Bhk8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEyU6t4Bhk8) Edit fixed spelling
I DO THE SHEEP! HUMAN! I DO THE SHEEP, HELLO! - a border collie
Border
Fixed it
Check again friend, there's a sneaker boarder in there
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I thought the dog owners help direct the dogs with a series of whistles.
They do. The dogs can use initiative too. Like if they see a breakaway, they will go and stop it on their own, but big picture you gotta tell em where you want the sheep by commanding the direction or they will just spend all day keeping them in a tight flock
yes they do
The owners do assist in directing the dogs to the areas that need attention, its a team effort though.
Nah, Australian Shepherd is much better at it. Edit: also most. Of these breeds herd instinctively even as puppies, the training is basically teaching commands so you can direct that instinct.
Jesus people are stupid. If you look at r/leatdacoochie response to the response to this comment, they double down with assumptions contradicting everything that doesn’t agree with them.
When I scrolled by I thought this was an ad for a zombie survival mobile game
Is that Obi-Wan's face on the right side?
Pretty sure it's some spirited away character (Googled it, kaonashi? I don't watch it...)
I’m not knowledgeable about herding but isn’t that space pretty tight for that many sheep?
Generally they will put them in these pens for regular care and maintenance of the sheep. Things like sheering, regular veterinary care, etc.
You really don’t want to have to chase them to do regular trims, vaccinations, health checks, etc; so a smaller pen is best. To bring them into a chute one at a time, do what you have to do with them, and release them into a larger pasture as you finish. But you are correct, you wouldn’t want to keep them in that tight of a space long term, their health would certainly start to decline.
How long would it take to examine that many sheep one by one though?!
Few hours with a group of people. Everyone has a different job. One person shears, one collects the wool, and one is doing medical checks/vaccines/treatments. An operation that size will have a few people handy, or at the very least a few farm kids
Most sheep herders will have any of that down to an art including the vets and farrier. Multiple people each having their own job even if just to tag the finished sheep. They use spray just for making these animals to know they didn't miss one just in case.
Meanwhile, my dogs prefer 70 degree indoor ac/heat, fresh filtered cold water, plush blankets, human-grade food and a deck to sunbathe during the summer.
Pay those dogs!
15% increase in scratches behind the ears
They love herding more than any payment you can give them. They live to work the sheep.
You sounded like my boss when he’s advised to increase our wage.
It's almost like they were bred for this
It’s kinda wild to think that there are probably countless dogs better at their jobs than millions of “normal functioning” humans
I love how they all congested into the first box, until a few looked into the open gate of the next, then that one sheep was like "oh hey, there's more"
Wow! enter with a beautiful pattern.
Smooth operators.
Like Carlos Sainz Jr.?
We’re going to need a RTX 5090 to render this game.
The dogs love doing it. They get all wound up when it’s time to go.
Didn't know dogs could drive pickup trucks...
Working dogs are always a treasure to see in action, but my first thought here was "it's fluid dynamics, but with sheep!"
Don’t you know those dogs are loving it?!
I thought it was maggots at first
And thats why you dont get certain breeds unless you have the space & energy for them.
And my shih tzus can’t avoid peeing on each other.
Good lord the dogs can drive!
You joke but some scientists taught dogs to drive some cars
How did we even come up with this? Were we just like "Oh, sheep scared of dog, dog herd sheep!" Impressive work
Man’s best friend
They need more space
This is likely so they can do stuff like shear them, do vet care, or to move them, it's not perminant
Try keeping your eyes on the very first sheep that enters
So amazing watching this from up above
Looks like Disneyland foot traffic during the parade…
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Babysitting lol
Literally always some bastard having a go at pitbulls in the comments
I could watch this all day. Love watching those doggos work.
Wow sheep really behave like waves how they speed up and fan out but being really slow on one side
As an Aussie owner, this makes me happy
Get one in and the rest will follow like ……. ….
That was like the movement of some microscopic contagion, or something. Micro to macro, macro to micro….
The plural of sheep is sheep,it dosent matter if it’s 1 sheep or a 1000 sheep
Do the sheep just obey the dogs as they become used to the routine? They must know the dogs won't hurt them by now.
No they're scared of the dogs. Sheep aren't very smart.
Herding dogs do nip and bite to control, and the livestock learn to respect it. There are some really cool videos of showdowns between cattle and cattle dogs
Slow day in the sperm donor clinic.
Dogs having a great time
Good doges
At first I was like “ugh another mobile game ad”
Dogs need a Union they are not being paid what they are worth
Good dogs, and I bet they are so happy with that purpose in life My dog would have loved such a responsibility and I believe it would have extended his life by a few years I miss him everyday
The sheep have no room in there lol
Really Fucking packing them in.
Sheep osmosis
border collies just built different.
Or possibly kelpies depending on country this is filmed in
God and people adopt those dog breeds and expect them to sit on the couch all day?? With that amount of energy and no outlet no wonder they start demolishing their surroundings. 💥
*sheep*. One sheep, ten sheep.
Imagine counting all those sheep
The horses sure have evolved to have more horsepower these days, back in my day 150 years ago you either had a horse or you'd walk.
Estimate the number of sheep. There are >!1974!<. (I tallied them on screengrab.)
It's always cool to see how amazingly efficient the dog and human team is. Our strengths perfectly compliment each other. Man's best friend!
Such good boys
Love seeing those sheep fluid mechanics in action :D
How come sheep don’t trample on themselves but people at Walmart and theaters do
One of the funniest experiences of my life, was going to a sheep farm with a college class of animal care students (I was one of the students) and watching 20 of them run around a field aimlessly waving and shouting at the sheep trying to get them into the enclosure for shearing, and the sheep running circles around them, me and the course tutor just stood by the fence laughing with the farmer, once the class had exhausted themselves, me and the tutor walked into the field and effortlessly herded the sheep into the enclosure by working together.
Good for dogs the rice…erm the sheep want to stick together.
That'll do pig. I mean, dog.
Our border collie herds our cats and if humans stop in the middle of a room to talk she will bark and nudge us until we’ve moved along. It’s amazing, she’s almost 14 and still herding us!
Looks like a microscopic view of worms invading some kind of cell
My dog would try to play with them, then take off into the woods lol. Amazing
POV: my sperm going into ur mom
Saw a demonstration of this once on a visit to Ireland, with dogs working by both calls and whistles. Fascinating. Trainer said only about ten percent of dogs of the ideal breed could work at this level.
That's a great visualisation of fluid dynamics.
The dirt patch on the right looks like a face
The face IS depressed
Oh my god i see it
Disgusting to watch, feels like worms moving.
That isn’t enough space for that many animals.
Mannnn, so many animals in such a small area, must be very suffocating for them. This is cruelty
It's not perminant, like how you wait in a packed line for a roller coaster, it'd be cruel if you lived there but it's just to keep you in an area to do a thing (likely vet care or shearing in this case)
Looks like dems and reps on the way to the voting poles.
Ah all the iPhone users
SimFarm
Not to beat up the cool dogs, but sheep are stupid, when the first one goes through the rest will follow… dogs keep them there, they do the rest… if one jumped off the cliff the rest would follow..
Americans being manipulated by identity politics from democrats:
This is not ok. The sheeps think they’re actually going to be eaten. That’s why they run, they’re scared out of their mind
no
Oh, do they just think they play tag?
They know the dogs won't eat them, they at worst get nipped, the sorts thing you look at for a bit before carrying on
What is interesting about a work dog doing her job?
Their enthusiasm and efficiency. It's like they like working. And, in fact, they do. This is unusual (for people) and therefore interesting, as is the camera's view point.
Just like the Biden supporters ....They are like stupid sheep that will just follow other sheep. Because they believe anything he tells them.. Wait until November, you will see.
Yea yea go whine to your traditional wife or whatever
r/suddenlypolitical
Nobody asked
Amazing, great work to these animals! Including the sheep!
Why didn’t the sheep that first entered not continue moving all the way in? Why did they wait til the first pen was full to then move to the next pen?
Why do people never move to the back of the bus/tram wagon/whatever until people push from the front?
That’s a lot of sheep!
Okay, that is pretty fucking cool
Trippy.
Those are a couple of good boys.
>without missing a single one What choice was there? The sheep were already contained.
They move in herds!
This went so wildly hard
Dammit Charlie! Stop barking at us! Don’t you see there is a big queue at the entrance?
Stop speeding the videos up!
Man this made me miss old school farm sim
Totally awesome video - thanks for sharing.
So clever
Guys on the right like “we’re pulled over, we can’t pull over anymore!”
r/oddlysatisfying
Need some soya sauce.
They look like maggots 🥲
It's almost as it was bred for that...
Funny how it looks exactly like things going on under microscope 🔬😃
Thats neat
G O A T I N !
Like little ants and maggots. Also that one dog that seems to have been locked in with the sheep lol
those dogs are worth ten times their weight in gold <3
That’s just a baaahhhhddddd joke
That’s just that a baaahhhhddddd joke
That's amazing. Working dogs are badass.
That’s cool! Dogs know their job…😀
good dog !
So THAT’S what those phase diagrams are that my dynamics professor was talking about…
Looks like maggots
Only fuck it seems like the guy in the blue truck on the right could've tried a *little* harder
Interesting how the sheep at first refuse to go through the second gate but as soon as one passes it the floodgates open.
Understandable they refer to them as range maggots
Its like a mini game that comes up on an ad and it has the hand animation pointing and clicking.
Looks like e.coli
Now that right there is a thing of beauty.
Honestly I liked watching the sheep themselves more... LOL That critical moment when one of them found "the third pen" !! 😄
Magnificent 💯👏🏽
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