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DIgging In

Sheep herding contest at Iowa State Fair to show off dog obedience. The red markings on them were for identification and are not blood.

The sheep will obey but as I observed them, I noticed they never seem to stare directly at the dog as cattle seem to do.

They seem to be glancing away even though they know the dog is there, because the sheep were at a point where they were staring at the herder with a stick in hand at a gate entrance and are actually focused on him. The dog also has his eyes fixed toward the command and not the sheep.

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Uploaded on August 27, 2013
Taken on August 14, 2013