Optimizing the speed of herd management in small sheep farms using different sheepdog breeds

This study assesses the time spent on basic sheep management tasks for a flock of 20 sheep. Twenty trained dogs of four herding breeds, five each, have been divided into four experimental groups. Five volunteers performing the same tasks without a dog have been taken as a control group. As a result, it has taken the longest period of time for the control group to fulfill the tasks; some tasks have been partially completed or not completed at all. The participants in the experimental groups using herding dogs have completed the tasks faster than those in the control group. The only group working with border collies has completed all the tasks assigned during the experiment.