| Although sheep breeding has the potential to give | | | | outside world. |
| back lucrative earnings, you need to be ready to | | | | 6) Sheep hate bright lights so it's important that you |
| invest your time and effort before you can start | | | | take the necessary steps to prevent windows from |
| enjoying the rewards. Since sheep handling is | | | | giving off glare. |
| considered to be one of the more complicated tasks | | | | 7) You should also make sure that light doesn't pass |
| that you need to deal with, it's important that you do | | | | through under gratings. Keep woolshed doors |
| your research early on so that you'll know just what | | | | boarded so that light won't be able to pass through |
| to do once you get there. You need to treat sheep | | | | easily. |
| different from other animals as these creatures are | | | | 8) Sheep will easily panic when made to walk on |
| known to have a mind of their own. Do you want to | | | | slippery surfaces. So if you want to transport them |
| know more on the proper sheep handling guidelines? | | | | while keeping their stress levels low, it's important |
| Then here are 10 tips that you shouldn't miss out on. | | | | that you pad the floors with a lining that will give |
| 1) When herding sheep, always make sure to lead | | | | them some grip. |
| them along a clear path. This is because sheep | | | | 9) Since sheep can easily get used to the noise and |
| respond poorly to barriers. | | | | signals that you may use to prod them to move, you |
| 2) Allow your sheep to roam in open spaces. This | | | | need to change your sheep handling techniques |
| way, they'll be able to get all the exercise they need. | | | | every once in a while. This will prevent them from |
| 3) Make sure that your woolshed has no dead ends. | | | | getting too comfortable with you or ignoring your |
| Place mirrors where you feel it's necessary to keep | | | | calls. |
| the sheep from getting agitated. | | | | 10) Sheep have great memories so if you have to |
| 4) Another useful sheep handling tip is to hide dead | | | | subject them to unpleasant activities such as tagging |
| ends is to use sheep decoys. | | | | or shearing, try not to do it at the same place 3 |
| 5) If you plan to keep your sheep in pens, you need | | | | times in a row. Mix it up so that they won't be able |
| to make sure to board it up so that the sheep don't | | | | to anticipate what's coming up next. |
| realize that they're locked it get distracted by the | | | | |