I found a Briard tending a medium size flock, about 300 head, and I asked him if he would mind me asking him a few questions. I'll start with Rithmatic. When we take the herd out to graze, in the morning, I always count the number of head we have. During the day, I will count them several times and then count them again when we put them away at night. You would be surprised at how mad my master gets if I don't put away as many as I take out.
Riding is the fun part of the job.
Some of my master's sheep can get pretty stubborn. Well, when the sheep decide to sample the grass on the other side of the boundary, I trot on over to them and Ride their big butts right back to where they belong. Yep, that's some real important parts to tending a flock. But, that is only two R's. There are a lot of times that the grass is real good and the sheep pretty well stay inside their boundary.