I am Chip, one of the main actors. We are four Border-Collies, there are Lucie, Jane und Dan. We manage everthing over here.

Allan is our Boss, he is taking care for all the sheeps over here.

My name is Jane and I am really some kind of exhausted after so many weeks of sheep-trials. Even a Border Collie needs a break...

We start chasing these fellows into the gatter. Allan instructs us how to do. He is shouting and whistling. Its not an easy job since every now and then one of these stupid sheep tries to excape.

No chance to excape for this one.

All candidates are gathered now.

Each of them has to be vaccinated and marked afterwards.  The young ones will do the beginning, then the elder sheeps will be served since they have to get sheard, too.

Vaccination is a good thing to keep away infections by worms.

Now they got to be shorn.

The shearing of the sheep is not be done because of the value of their skins, neither because its getting too warm for the animals,

its just because no insects are able to set grubs into the skin.

Hardly to be recognized.

Even the lamps wont recognize their own mother now.

While the shorn mother is having a snack, her lamps are still looking for her.

Generally it takes 15-20 minutes until the lamps recognize her own mother after this kind of hairdressing.

Who's next?

Nobody is really keen about that.

From time to time Allan has to oil the razor blade since the skins of the sheep are quite dirty and sandy.

This one is a year old. He is going to try to win an Award next week.

Now its our turn. Allan gives us a few advices.

First of all: The sheep needs to know who's the 'Boss'. Pull it strongly by the horns and pull it close to your body.

Its not easy to seize one of them.

'Dancing with the Sheep'.

These animals are strong, but they can't stand it too long. Soon its going to give up.

Do not stay in the way when a big sheep tries to excape,

When I did so, I had pain in my knee for several weeks...

The age can be determined by their teeth.

This one is 5 years old already.

A skin is our wage...

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