[familyop]

"...I put the lady’s right to access above that of the sheep herder, who has, more likely than not, hired illegal aliens to watch the herd."

That's quite a presumption. Few, if any shepherds, can afford hire anyone, but the bosses around the resorts restrict their hiring nearly exclusively to illegal aliens. And they do so notoriously, in plain view of local authorities. [Emphasis in bold mine, just so that all readers of this thread will notice.]

[tinamina]

You know, I had a grandfather who was a shepherd and also great uncles who were. That was all they knew, they were raised to do this job. They were not illegals, although they WERE Hispanic. I do remember going into the Colorado Rockies to visit them in the summer and I don’t remember any dogs. I’m sure they were there though.
Nowadays, my best friend in Texas has sheep and who does she use to guard them? A huge white DOG, like these. The big white Grand Pyranese which will apparently do anything to protect their charges, the innocent sheep.