Handling Sheep

Video Transcript

"Okay handlling sheep. Basically as with any animal, the calmer and slower you move and behave, the easier to handle your animals. Obviously here we are in amongst these sheep and they are not at all worried about us because we are being very calm and still. Now if I want to move this sheep, the easiest thing to do is I grab a good hunk of her wool. I don't take a little bit but if I grab on a good piece of her wool right above her tail and get her under the throat, I can stand her up and she is in up and in my control. I've got good control of this animal because I've got her by a couple of points of importance. Right under the neck and right at the base of the tail and I can move her easily along. I can push her from behind and I am not hurting her. People often worry about the way that we treat our animals but if we've got to do something with them, then we may have to move them. She will move where I want her to move because I am taking care of her and I am calm and quiet with her. She knows I am in control. "