THE ART OF HERDING SHEEP with sheepdog Bruce | Ireland | Local Legends | Brad Leone

then that. I'll suck for the rest of the minute, it's like salt going through an EG timer and they know what we want those and they say no, no, we're not going in, so we'll push the vice a little harder here Dad, lie down, lay down Bruce is saying I told you that would happen I didn't want to squeeze you made me squeeze I told you that would happen it's a balance between obedience and initiative he has to use his initiative too smart boy they don't want to go down there they're saying I heard some of my friends came in here before and you threw them at bat, yeah, Joey said it. we over this truck lay down lay down Bruce is living his best life lay down D of him now, so he looks at the way none of them have volunteered to come in, so we'll change it up a little bit.

I'll go this way and Bruce can go. on the other side, lie down there, yo, lie down, lie down like man, we're not going back in that damn truck, lie down, lie down there, you go, lie down, lie down, now we give them time to pass, so how long does it take , I mean? these dogs are puppies, you said it takes a bit of training to get a

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dog right, it depends on how much you want to get out of them, so I want a lot from them, you know, I look at it, it's a bit of a lump. de Co, some of them will be diamonds and then when you get that diamond, it's not very pretty, you're going to have to cut it and you have to cut it very well, polish it, yeah, to get the value out of it you need a good trainer to break it. all that we all need a burger in our lives to bring out that inner diamond in us yeah you just don't want too much of them at any given time little things here and there okay P is also a bit of a crackhead and those Cubs we want work and start bringing out that instinct and at first, if you see a video of it or whatever you say, look, that puppy is out of control, but at first we're trying to hook him.

As for the drug, my whole training principle is: you give me something and I'll give you something, it's a reward system, well, no, it's quid pro quo, okay, so I give you some free stuff in the beginning, that's where I let them have it. the

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and everything and after that I start saying no no I want little things now I want you to lie down maybe just for a second and when they give me that I'll give them the sheep again so Patty is really a drug dealer to

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s first Hit the free classic move exactly and from time to time I have you on the payroll BR, addict, no, no, so the dog is also useful when you want to count sheep because you can let them drip down L down, take 24 hours left, lie down, but look how easy this is, it's bad, there's no shouting, no waving or jumping, it's just easy and the sheep aren't bothered, they say they're not going to run back down. of us because they say I see Bruce down there, I'm coming, yeah, let's stay up here, Bruce, Bruce is saying whatever, I do this in my sleep and I see, that's what I think, there you go, that's what it is thinking about the video this time.

This year we have taken all the lambs from the mothers and the mothers are going to take a break now they are going to the mountains it is like their vacation and we will not return for them until November it is where they are happiest they really drive in that place right above those rocks are where a sheep has a different terrain than this one down here you can make mistakes it's not the end of the work up there it's play time, things have to happen for the dog and the sheep and for the man it can even be life or the day, if a dog doesn't stop, it might break its legs, it kills sheep, it might commit suicide, it needs a serious commitment, they always go to the top, the highest place they can go, that's where they go.

Trying to get away from you like they see you coming, they're probably like no man. I'm going to stay on the hill. D damn dogs are back, that's exactly what they do. BR if you're not quick they'll trick you and They walk away and then they go after you and you can't see me Chas all day yeah trick him again that's why we have Bruce in the gang. Bruce and the boys, let's put it to work, oh girls, you made a mess, okay girls. Don't be shy, come on girls, it's time for summer vacation, baby, come on girls, come on, oh, happy, huh, get girls, so now you've climbed on the wrong side of the fence.

I have to get the dog, so he remembers what I told you. those whistles, there's a big stop, stop, she did it, that's how we use our why we need all those commands and that was amazing. The second batch of sheep got lost going through the gate and ran up along the fence. Patty let the dogs go out and just blow a couple of whistles. Left Right, lie down and before you know it, you're through the door, man, oh, you'd be like this for all the dogs, oh, come here, look how much work this is, save me, those rocks can't be seen.

What a shame when you try to climb around them, one slip and you break and now I'm going to make you walk a little. Do you feel like walking a little? Ian is getting legs today, boy what's up? with these nice canes that you guys got, uh, walking canes, yeah, I was going to give you that one, but then Jim and I said no, we need that when it comes to

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. Big Jim is the man and there's nothing he doesn't know about sheep. and the mountain this is Jim this is I have not yet seen this dog which Jim that is Jim I see with a half white face I will send Jim to my left right and I will send Bruce to his right Bruce is right now so Bruce will go up this side , yeah, get it off the fence, lay down buddy, that's great, Patty, so I told Jim, come right, lay down, lay down, now I'll tell it, we're like sheep, so you have to do it. they know that's their flock, it's like an invisible fence that they climbed with their mother and their mother said this is part of Hill's regulation and their mother said that and their mother said that and finally it's like a tracking device like a bit of GPS in it that although there is no offense and they could go for miles, what are the dogs doing now?

Look, Jim, he's on his way now. I mean, that must be a thousand yards away, so I hit it a little. right hand one because I didn't look at him look at him react yes, I didn't want him to go left these hikers these hikers are he doesn't care about the hikers no, but he's enjoying the show oh yeah, yeah well, they're there, they have first-class seats row so look at those sheep we let out with the green on their back they're heading towards them they'll mix in with some of the other sheep and that's not the end of the world but I want to catch him before they get there he's got him now is on them so I'm blowing a loud whistle but he should be able to hear that wind blowing in his face a little bit but he's got super here you go Pat, have you been whistling your whole life?

No, just uh, I've seen the guy on YouTube to see if he had whistled, oh YouTube, baby, YouTube, yeah, let's send Bruce for the crack, there you want to see Bruce going, yeah, he's like, yeah, guys. I want to see a stud now I think I'll call him before I send him. Look Bruce, you see it, you see it, look so Bruce would come out. It's amazing how fast they can clear that distance, yes, it would take us. So long to get there, oh that's a little complicated. Bruce thought we, once, slept together, where the hell did they come from?

He found them when he came out from behind, look at the way they have a little blue mark on them, so there Jim Nolan, come on, Jim Jim's handy CU, look at the way he has a white head even though he doesn't have the best in him, the white-headed cat bit, yes, look, now I'll give him a light to the left so he doesn't take. It's what I said before and he didn't take it, take back his tracks, yeah when you don't take it you can't continue so look now don't take it okay then you broke the race he thought I don't need to listen. to him and I told him do it.

I will send it well again. It's almost like searching for a fish, so we call this a cast and we have to eject it so it lands in the right place. You have to place it very well, yes, yes, he looks at the way he leaned to the left. Look, it's amazing that he can differentiate the pitches of whistles at 700 or 800 yards. Spending the day with Patty was a good reminder that sometimes the old way is the same in this case. the old way of doing things can still be the most efficient way it's an elegant solution a well oiled machine and if it ain't broke don't fix it right Jim, you'll come 20 years ago the number of sheep was much greater than they are because it's not very profitable years ago when I worked in agriculture.

He was looking at the money. I said I have to get out of this. I can't get married and have kids so I have to get a job but now I'm in sheep and now it's like my mountain golf people are getting older and the younger people aren't going to go so the old kind of Let Me In you carry a torch in a sense, yeah, it's like looking out over a lake like "The damn thing just keeps getting deeper, all knowledge has no end and you think you know something and then you meet one of these guys and "You say there's so much more to this big symbiotic chain of animals working with each other." I have a man and a sheep, a sheep and a dog, a dog and a man.

Patty reminded me of a final and crucial relationship, man to man, the human element of this whole operation. You know, you mentioned some of your old friends. It seems like a couple of them died. Know? How important are those people to you in these kinds of things? I am telling you the truth. BR. I start to think that it's like when I have a really good dog, sometimes I'm with a good dog and you start them and everything and you. I'll see one little thing and the next thing you know, the hairs on your arm stand up and everything and like money can't buy that.

I had an old friend named Lonel, he said when I look back on my life, what I really value. he said it's the relationships I had with people. I can remember a Scotsman teaching me how to put a rope around something and saying that never left me like that and I have memories like that and I don't know what to do with it. There's no book to include it in or anything, but it's that feeling, it's that warm feeling, like it's poetry, seeing you two, you know, working together and I'm just seeing the romance of it, the beauty, but there's a lot of things. difficult. work that goes behind this, yeah you know you can be here some days and it's crazy now, but it's good, it really is good, laugh here, you forgot to thank the dog, oh you forgot the real

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