sheepherding
Guiding woolly livestock
Sheepherding is the work of tending and moving sheep, typically with the help of dogs.
The term emphasizes the active management of flocks—guiding them to grazing land, protecting them from predators, keeping them together.
His family had been in sheepherding for generations.
The person who does this work is a sheepherder or shepherd.
Animals gathered together
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- crookBent implement or criminal
collie · lambing · ewe · ram · lamb · tending · hillside · vale
Bent implement or criminal
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
- penInk-filled writing tool
- hurdlesFrames jumped in races
- ear tagsLivestock identification clips
bells · staff · whistle · lanolin · clippers · race · chute · dog collar
Gathering or summoning
- drovingLong-distance livestock walking
- penningWriting or confining animals
- dippingBrief immersion action
- shearingCutting away fleece
drenching · marking · culling · sorting · drafting · whistling · commands · flanking
Movement to new territory
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- routesPaths for travel
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- yurtsPortable circular tent homes
Bedouins · veld · caravan · wanderers · ancestral · droving · movement · forage
Woman who tends sheep
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- droverOne who moves livestock
shearer · animal husbandry · breeding · veterinary · wool production · meat production · dairy · husbandry
flock
Animals gathered together
crook · collie · lambing · ewe · ram · lamb · tending · hillside · vale · idyllic
crook
Bent implement or criminal
ear tags · bells · staff · whistle · lanolin · clippers · race · chute · dog collar
mustering
Gathering or summoning
- drovingLong-distance livestock walking
- penningWriting or confining animals
- dippingBrief immersion action
shearing · drenching · marking · culling · sorting · drafting · whistling · commands · flanking · casting
migration
Movement to new territory
yurts · Bedouins · veld · caravan · wanderers · ancestral · droving · movement · forage · tribes
shepherdess
Woman who tends sheep
drover · shearer · animal husbandry · breeding · veterinary · wool production · meat production · dairy · husbandry · mustering
- sheep farmingshearing, lambing, flocks, ewes, rams
- outdoor worklandscaping, roofing, construction, road work, paving
- Maramureswooden churches, wood carving, folk costumes
sheepherdingcattle ranching
Raising bovines commercially
cattle herding · goat herding · pig farming · poultry farming · dairy farming
sheepherdinghunting
Pursuing wild game
trapping · wildlife observation · safari · wildlife photography
sheepherdingcrop farming
Growing plants for harvest
agriculture · grain cultivation · factory work · industrial labor · office work
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