Source: Barb Glen, Producer.com, March 15, 2018
Sheep are prey animals and have two main motivators: food and fear. Understanding this behaviour makes it easier to handle them
Miguel de Cervantes has it right. “Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep,” he wrote in Don Quixote.
The author may have been speaking metaphorically, but making sheep go where desired can indeed be a delicate matter. It can be managed once people realize sheep are smart and adept at reading what they view as potential threats.
