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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 7155115" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>I have been looking for a Youtube video showing a dog trained to keep sheep off growing crops. (I've seen several). I'm told that's what German shepherds were originally used for before wire fences were invented. GSDs are highly territorial so the dogs were used to protect their home territory from marauding cattle.</p><p></p><p>In my search, I came across this video about border collies used to keep birds away from aeroplane runways to prevent bird strikes. But if it took 18 months to train the dog, I can only say they were not good dog trainers!</p><p>:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]-QxZv_wJ1aA[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>I've suggested something like this might work to keep geese off young grass in the spring. I can't really see why it would not work to keep sheep away from a river, but maybe the shepherds on here can advise? If sheep are continually dogged from an area (say near the river), would they stay away? I don't know and I'm curious.</p><p></p><p>I have certainly had dogs that have a 'thing' about birds! I had one here that would not tolerate a single bird landing in it's run. It was so paranoid about small birds, it ran itself to exhaustion, lost flesh, and I was quite worried about it's condition. Same thing on a large area. Every bird had to be cleared off the local games fields before it would rest!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 7155115, member: 4505"] I have been looking for a Youtube video showing a dog trained to keep sheep off growing crops. (I've seen several). I'm told that's what German shepherds were originally used for before wire fences were invented. GSDs are highly territorial so the dogs were used to protect their home territory from marauding cattle. In my search, I came across this video about border collies used to keep birds away from aeroplane runways to prevent bird strikes. But if it took 18 months to train the dog, I can only say they were not good dog trainers! : [MEDIA=youtube]-QxZv_wJ1aA[/MEDIA] I've suggested something like this might work to keep geese off young grass in the spring. I can't really see why it would not work to keep sheep away from a river, but maybe the shepherds on here can advise? If sheep are continually dogged from an area (say near the river), would they stay away? I don't know and I'm curious. I have certainly had dogs that have a 'thing' about birds! I had one here that would not tolerate a single bird landing in it's run. It was so paranoid about small birds, it ran itself to exhaustion, lost flesh, and I was quite worried about it's condition. Same thing on a large area. Every bird had to be cleared off the local games fields before it would rest! [/QUOTE]
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