I was being a bit of a punk - if you keeping working dogs you also have the responsibility to train them to not atack human - except on command. The Numi opened a freeking “dog park “ in the park across the street from me and I now I have to chase the blanky-blanks out of yard all the time.
Sister’s husband supervised sheep herders. I visited them and came across multiple sheep flocks with their herders and sheep dogs. As long as I did not do something stupid like riding a bike into the herd or screaming and rushing the herd, the dogs (and herder) was no threat.
Deer hunted in the mts many years. Common to encounter sheep herds w/dogs and herders. In and around the sheep, etc multiple times. As long as I did nothing brain dead like charging into the sheep or anything along those lines, the dogs did not view me as a threat and so no problems.
But then again, I never acted like a stupid, brain-dead, Liberal and charged the sheep yelling/screaming/etc. Maybe if I had acted like an idiot, then different.
Not sure, as not brain dead around animals, having hunted around sheep/dogs/herdersa and worked farms/ranches.
Actually livestock guardian dogs are raised to work almost completely alone. They are raised with the sheep all their lives and feel like one of them. Their only job is to protect "the family" from any threat they deem important, usually by chasing it away but attacking if necessary. They are not "command controlled" in the sense that other service dogs are, since the shepherd isn't always nearby. Livestock losses drop considerably when these animals are used.