Brilliant Sheep Herding Demonstration Using Border Collies

now before I start to walk the dogs for the benefit of those of you that we hold sacred in Ireland do keep in mind that we have Nina wolves Lynx coyotes or bears here so when we send our sea to the open mountains for summer you'll see some of them in your travels there's nothing to bother them they're perfectly safe let alone now if I want to collect my seat bring them down take them home that's what the dogs are fought and I have a few feet right there you'll get to see what the dog can do when I go to work before I bring the Sheep in front of you which I will the dog will move them to the left to the right to the left again and that's just to show you how much in control the dog can be there's no other reason this is a little bit like a trip to the pole straight there as quick as possible and back home in different directions I went on one property ourselves too much with the whistle signals in the beginning they will become clear to you as my equal if we're moving chief over long journeys which we will the sheet mica rest now keep in mind the dog was horse neighbors walking it quite a distance and if you want to leave the seat breast just ask the dog to lay down at that stage the thread is removed and the Sheep can rest you know sometimes when we bring our sheep together we will need to make a few selections become small calves for market made from DeMuth there's always reasons to select to show you how that happens I'll do it twice and each time I select will make it - sheep - first - then and I'll take them out there so everybody can see what I'm doing and dementia it out we when I make selections some one of the dogs will help me separate your collected watch any selections I make when I go for a beer at the weekend he watches over my dream just like Joseph spoiling I'm spoiling cheese now where things are settled in quiet my dog has four basic signals to follow bud would stop left and right and while I'm in this position we'll deal with right each dog will follow its own set of signals which are different that means I can use every other independent of every other now if the dog is walking at a distance it's far easier signal by whistle and if you listen there's a major difference between there and they are by ordering the dog to the left and to the right I can move she's anywhere I like forwards backwards left the right for example if I order the down to the other side of law sheep the direction will change Reba's party if I order the just to the right of the sheet the direction will change again so when I base the dog is deciding where the sheep control that's beginning to make sense to everybody before I make the Sheep dizzy now that was left and right we have a quick look at far more don't stop now sometimes a young person and ask me why of the seek afraid of the dog you'll keep in mind the dogs of descendants of predators they have predator eyes out of the reason we choose these dogs is when they walk their walk in a threatening pattern and that's making the she painted of might catch them for example we have a little look at hold down yes it does and they we're looking stay there now sit down if I'm collecting my sit down imagine if everybody in the country was that anxious to walk you can't in my sheep in reality I'll take three or four dogs so I can change them on the job why you popped into the signals are people really no really you don't yeah ladies thank you ready if I had a couple of hundred sheep in a single group then a dog either site will keep everything together now the variety of c4 Scotch mountain sheep we would commonly refer to the Muscat blackfist and they will Travon our mountains where other varieties wouldn't even survive cutting the wall we call a shearing the same as everybody else's once a year do not rely mate someone and this wool from this variety will go to tween like a jacket on a suit young variety is water Kali most of you know that already mixed apples and their work from instinct ready a hunting dog will begin hunting from instinct they will begin to follow a seed from instinct now as a result of that male or female is no matter on example there is female taking the seat back there is male doing nothing on a serious note the training of any office about seven months of walk petition structure over a year and a half they don't learn all at once the learning stages as they grow ready to learn and I teach my dogs to rely on signal while they continue to signal they continue to walk if I see is the signal their cease to walk and the safety of that is that if I send it out too far into the distance and it can hear me then after amount of time it will start to return how old are these guys now the hearing of a dog with seven times better than human that scientifically proved it's not myself Here I am telling you that it is level of voice and there the dog is standing waiting if I I did my magic what's of this level of voice data to best then you know they don't help that I'm three and seven to whoever asked me the edge of the dogs anything else you need to know fear watching

Channel: Bob Hinson

Views: 1,293,676

Rating: 4.9055786 out of 5

Keywords: Herding, Border Collies, Herding Sheep, Brendan Ferris, Kells, Kerry, Ireland

Id: bpjP3mxv21s

Length: 14min 55sec (895 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 31 2011

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

Damn that was the most entertaining 15 minutes of sheep herding I've seen in a while

[u/bokke]

Those border collies are simply incredible, I could watch them all day.

[u/friendofbettie]

I saw this guy's demo when I was in Ireland in September - it was amazing. When I found out about it, I thought it would be kind of cheesy but it was actually one of the highlights of my trip.

Here's my photo of one of his dogs.

[u/[deleted]]

FENTONNNNNNN, oh jesus christ FENTONNN.

[u/OBV_OBG]

We had a border collie growing up that would try to herd people walking on the street next to our lawn. The lawn didn't have a fence but never once did he step on to the street. I miss Buster :(

[u/TheGeffenM]

My border collie only does this to lawnmowers and vacuums...

[u/kingofallwinners]

That'll do, dog.

[u/Cpt3020]

Those sheep are so clean

[u/MrBlund]

I thought I'd just watch a minute or two and ended up watching the whole damn thing! Fascinating!