Re: [GZG] Extreme Shepherding

[Zoe Brain <aebrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug Evans wrote:
> Indy posted this the 23rd.
>
> I gather there's massive scepticism on You Tube, though much can be
> explained by the use of time lapse photography. What's your feeling?
>   
Nobody who's witnessed a sheep dog trial would have any difficulty 
believing it. Of course 1 hour's worth of shepherding might be collapsed 
into 5-10 seconds due to the time=lapse photography, but there's nothing 
there that couldn't be done with a good set of border collies. Much more 
difficult things are done in every sheep dog trial, where no verbal 
commands can be given, and the single shepherd (not a team) has to 
remain in place, not moving around to give guidance.

The "Mona Lisa" took manual repositioning of individual sheep within a 
flock, as depicted in the video. Sheep tend not to move around too much 
when crowded into a rectangular pen like that, and with multiple 
re-takes over many weeks, the effects as seen are quite plausible.

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