06-15-2011, 05:58 AM
"Distressing" sheep is harming them, they have a nervous system and flight instinct developed by thousands of generations of being prey, and can easily have heart attacks or miscarry from being chased or harassed by dogs with no way to escape. This is a very different experience from being worked by a trained sheep dog and handler. Sheep herders and their dogs use that same flight instinct to get the sheep to go where they want, but a dog that is "playing" with staked or penned sheep can easily kill them without laying a tooth on the sheep.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb