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This message is for Pam- I am not sure if you remember me, but I am the education director for the Monroe County Humane Association and I have German Shepherds who herd.
I beleive you had a lamb at an event where I had my dog Journey a few years ago.
Kathy Obrakta suggested I contact you.
I am beginning to work my younger dog, Gage (4 years old), in the tending style of herding and he needs to learn to stay on one side of a boundary while sheep graze in a designated area. While I have been herding for about 10 years, this is a new style of work for us. We did a tending instinct test at the German Shepherd nationals, and now I am looking for a flock to tend.
I wonder if you might allow me to work him near your flock while your sheep graze. All I would need to do would be to make some kind of a border so he could learn to patrol up and down while the sheep graze on the other side. It could be a mowed strip, a line of mulch, or even a line of straw. I would be happy to provide the border and pay a fee for working the sheep.
Is there any chance that might be a possibility. It is very non-invasive for the sheep- all they need to do is graze so the dog can learn where he needs to be. I would be happy to show you exactly what I would be talking about- this would not involve moving and chasing your sheep at all- just letting them graze in a particular area.
Do you know of anyone else in the area who might be willing to let me work near their sheep?
Here are some examples of tending with German shepherds:
http://www.whitecloversheepfarm.com/sh-tending.htm
http://www.tehillahgermanshepherds.com/herdinggermanshepherd.html
http://www.kleinenwiese.com/Blog/?cat=3 (has some good tending pictures)
Please let me know if this might be a possibility.
Thanks so much!
Sarah DeLone