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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The sheep are driven up to the hills and mountains, and in the fall the farmers take their horses and herding dogs to bring the sheep back to the lowlands.
The next step was an experiment to import dogs from the mountain regions of Eastern Europe where they are traditionally kept to guard sheep from attacks by wolves.
We were bred for centuries as guard dogs to protect sheep on steep Pyrenean Mountain slopes.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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They were sheared down every spring with the sheep and both dogs and sheep shearings were spun into warm clothing.
Unsupervised pet dogs sometimes cause much damage to stock and are sometimes shot if caught worrying sheep.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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The dogs were also used to guard the sheep, keep watch over the farmstead at night, and drive off stray animals from the fenced area around the farm.
Our dogs are raised on a working farm with sheep, horses and dairy goats.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Dogs are viewed by local wildlife biologists as one of the greatest threats to sheep and snakes, and feature prominently in discussions about conservation and possible closures.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Dogs arriving with shipments of sheep from Australia would have been largely of British origin, as were the settlers of Australia at that time.
Champion sheep dogs and a mob of Merinos have been selected for the vital lunch break in the Sheffield Shield match between the Western Warriors and Tasmania at the WACA ground on Sunday.
Sheep herding dogs like Queensland Heelers need that room.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Fifty-seven dogs were vaccinated and dewormed along with a sheep and two lambs that were brought to the clinic by its owner for deworming.
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