Sheep Day

Today, a local rancher brought a herd of sheep up to near the summit at Engineer.  They brought over 2300 sheep and were there with their herd dogs and their guard dog.  The guard dog was quite entertaining!  When a Jeep or ATV came down the road, the guard dog would run along side barking all the way.

This first picture is of Toni petting one of the five border collie herd dogs at the site.  The dogs loved the attention.

The next are self-explanatory.  Hundreds of sheep!!

 

 



 The next two are pictures of the herders sheep wagon.  The rancher said they normally bring supplies to the herder about once a week and the wagon is moved to a new location about every two weeks. 



This is a picture of the rancher's personal herd dog that doesn't stay on this location.  She is a border collie as well.  All the rest of the border collies were black and white.

 



 

 

The rancher set up this tent and put a table and hot plate inside.  They brought cooked mutton and served everyone small sandwiches.  They also brought bottles of water for the folks in attendance.  I wish I had taken pictures of the group that came but I got distracted while watching the guard dog run after the vehicles on the road. 

The Forest Service Ranger and BLM Range Management were also there to answer questions.

It was a very educational event.   And a good time was had by all.