Sister’s husband supervised sheep herders. I visited them and came across multiple sheep flocks with their herders and sheep dogs. As long as I did not do something stupid like riding a bike into the herd or screaming and rushing the herd, the dogs (and herder) was no threat.
Deer hunted in the mts many years. Common to encounter sheep herds w/dogs and herders. In and around the sheep, etc multiple times. As long as I did nothing brain dead like charging into the sheep or anything along those lines, the dogs did not view me as a threat and so no problems.
But then again, I never acted like a stupid, brain-dead, Liberal and charged the sheep yelling/screaming/etc. Maybe if I had acted like an idiot, then different.
Not sure, as not brain dead around animals, having hunted around sheep/dogs/herdersa and worked farms/ranches.
Exactly. Now that I think about it I have seen dogs with the herders before. They were smallish like Aussie sheep dogs. Nothing I would be afraid of if they did get snappy. But that has never happened. I forgot all about them because they didn’t do anything to leave an impression on me. They are quiet and meek unless they perceive a threat to the sheep.
He has no problems with coyotes - or anything else for the matter. Walk up the herd, no problem - running, as he explains to me, is NOT a good thing.
The dogs hair and color are to the point they are all but invisible in the sage - unitl they stand up.
Then, you just wet yourself....