Salty Sheep

The BBC used to run a TV programme called 'One Man and His Dog' about sheepherding competitions for shepherds and sheepdogs.

Now you too can try herding sheep with dogs:

In Yorkshire

Rain swept hills are optional.

Edited for a recent news article: Comment

Og
 
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oggbashan said:
The BBC used to run a TV programme called 'One Man and His Dog' about sheepherding competitions for shepherds and sheepdogs.

Now you too can try herding sheep with dogs:

In Yorkshire

Rain swept hills are optional.

Edited for a recent news article: Comment

Og

Has anybody ever entered a pig in one of those competitions?
 
Boxlicker101 said:
Has anybody ever entered a pig in one of those competitions?

No. But someone has used a pig instead a sheep dog. The pig was competent but not up to competition standard.

Og
 
oggbashan said:
No. But someone has used a pig instead a sheep dog. The pig was competent but not up to competition standard.

Og
Maybe not, but I bet that pig would find more truffles than most dogs.

Rumple Foreskin :cool:
 
Explaura said:
I don't get the impression that sheep are very good pets. I guess they are not so smart. And they do kinda smell. However, they seem very useful. They are covered with useful fuzz, composed of useful meat, and you can make feta cheese with their byproducts. And yeah, they do trim the grass.

Hmm, It would be nice to have one in case of an apocalypse, but in the meantime, I think I'll just borrow my friend's angora goat.
actually, they are smart. ever tried to keep them on one side of a fence? seems they always somehow make it to the other side, especially the small ones...
 
oggbashan said:
The BBC used to run a TV programme called 'One Man and His Dog' about sheepherding competitions for shepherds and sheepdogs.

Now you too can try herding sheep with dogs:

In Yorkshire

Rain swept hills are optional.

Edited for a recent news article: Comment

Og

I saw a video tape of such a competition. You aint gonna' believe this, but I could tell the winner before he even started herding the sheep. [I know almost nothing about sheep dogs and/or sheep, except for "three bags full."] The dog was released by his owner? and the dog had the "look of a champion!" His whole attitude was, "You've seen the rest, now you see the best!" he got the sheep into a corral of some sort on the run and the sheep also knew who was the best sheep dog. [If I just could have got a few bob down on him before the competition!]
 
Rumple Foreskin said:
The Great Og asks and I answer:

What is your favourite sheep breed?
RF: I'm non-discriminatory

Would you adopt a sheep?
RF: No. IMHO, it'd be a form of cultural genocide.

Would you keep sheep to save mowing the grass?
RF: Did that once. Never more.

If not? Why not?
RF: The neighbor's German Shepard got loose and killed them.

Rumple Foreskin :cool:

Rumple:
Obviously you failed to think German sheep here! The German Shepard was obviously outraged by the presence of "foreign sheep." [German sheep baa with an umlaut!]
 
R. Richard said:
Rumple:
Obviously you failed to think German sheep here! The German Shepard was obviously outraged by the presence of "foreign sheep." [German sheep baa with an umlaut!]
mäh mäh mäh!
 
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Originally Posted by R. Richard
Rumple:
Obviously you failed to think German sheep here! The German Shepard was obviously outraged by the presence of "foreign sheep." [German sheep baa with an umlaut!]

Munachi said:
mäh mäh mäh!
And, you notice, no trouble with German Shepards! They take care of their own.
 
actually a german shepard chased me once, when i was a little kid. then again, i am not a sheep, at least i don't think so...
 
Munachi said:
actually, they are smart. ever tried to keep them on one side of a fence? seems they always somehow make it to the other side, especially the small ones...
They are also very suspicious, but invariably fail to inform anyone as to the source of their suspician.

Also, the story that counting sheep can put you to sleep is a myth. The sound of their tiny hooves keeps you awake.
 
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