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What are ewe looking at? Moment sheep called Mad Sally headbutts 'drone dog' out of the air when it tries to herd her at Welsh farm
UK Daily Mail ^ | April 14, 2021 | Isabella Nikolic

Posted on 04/14/2021 3:59:34 AM PDT by C19fan

An unimpressed sheep was caught on camera headbutting the herding drone trying to round it up on a Welsh farm.

Farmer David Ian Jones was using the 'drone dog' to shepherd his flock in a field in Wrexham on April 7.

Footage filmed by the drone shows most of the sheep apparently unfazed by the device until one ewe, dubbed 'mad Sally' for her antics, decides to defend two lambs.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: sheep
Sign her up for the anti-drone force.
1 posted on 04/14/2021 3:59:34 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

That sheep must not like machinery. Too many weird noises, whirring, pumps, solinoids... probably sounds like the dreaded milking machine or the electromechanical sheep shearer... which means that bloody sheep dip....


2 posted on 04/14/2021 4:09:45 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Clutch Martin

Nothing “Mad” there...the lambs looked afraid...heck, hearing that whirring thing coming at me would have made me nervous too!


3 posted on 04/14/2021 5:15:02 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: rlmorel

My guess is that a nippy, aggressive border collie would be liked even less but would not be challenged.


4 posted on 04/14/2021 6:25:01 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

There is a reason that herding dogs have a job; it’s because sheep respect them. Unlike sheeple, real sheep are not stupid enough to be fooled. “That is a herding dog! Obey!” “Baaaah, Naaaah” sez the sheep.
“Wear your mask forever! Obey!” “(Muffled) yes, master” sez the now immunized sheeple.


5 posted on 04/14/2021 6:37:31 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: C19fan

Americans should be doing this to Democrats.


6 posted on 04/14/2021 6:39:55 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Vision

ASEAN nations should be doing it to the Chicoms. What if the Joos in Germany were black?

Sheepdogs are like cops. Nobody likes them but they protect us from the wolves out there. It’s up to the shepherd to keep things going and it ain’t happening.


7 posted on 04/14/2021 6:55:07 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: drSteve78

I think that Mad Sally would not challenge a sheep dog, which she knows has teeth, but saw a drone as less formidable. As for masks, my reflexively provocative sister refuses to wear one and has avoided any COVID-19 illness, while my mask-wearing youngest brother got COVID and has recovered. I decline to draw any lessons from those examples.


8 posted on 04/14/2021 7:20:12 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

Heheheh you are probably right!

On one hand, it is a whirring, odd, wobbling thing coming at them...

On the other hand with a sheepdog, it is...”WOLVES!”


9 posted on 04/14/2021 7:34:43 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
"...Sheepdogs are like cops. Nobody likes them but they protect us from the wolves out there. It’s up to the shepherd to keep things going and it ain’t happening..."

That is an EXCELLENT analogy.

10 posted on 04/14/2021 7:35:54 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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