Sheep dogs probably think sheep are just dumb dogs that need looked after

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re well aware they are not dogs.

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• abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think so. My border colli does the same with our chicken and with our kids.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah the Aussie I used to have would heard my chickens as well. Was worried he’d kill them when I first got chickens… But walked outside one day and saw he had hopped the fence to their run and was laying in the middle just watching them peck around him. Never worried after that

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s pretty much how we think about dogs.

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Depends on the type of sheep dog. Herding types like border collies definitely know sheep are different.

  But the big, fluffy, white sheepdogs were bred to hang around with the flock so they might see the sheep as their pack which they defend.

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• sasquash@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think so. Sheep don’t smell like dogs.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also I’ve never seen a dog try to make lamb-puppies

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• SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What do Welsh people think?

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  • EditsHisComments@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Who do you think are the sheep?

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• hopesdead@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know. Have you ever watched competitive sheep herding? I wouldn’t want to step in between that dog.

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  • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Of course there’s competitive sheep herding. Why not.

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    • Jerkface@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Only casual, social sheep herding for me.

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    • hopesdead@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I saw it at a Scottish Games.

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• Iunnrais@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, dogs know what a dog is, and also what a not-dog is. They clearly make distinctions, behave differently towards different things, and so on. They are neither as dumb as some people think, nor as smart as other people think.

  Cats too, by the way, despite some claims to the contrary out there. Neither dogs nor cats act with the same behaviors they use with others of their species as they do with others of other species.

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• foggy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pretty sure all dogs think all things that walk are just big or small, smart or dumb dogs.

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