In Germany, German Shepherds are still used for herding sheep. They look a lot like the original German Shepherds back when the breed was created, nothing like modern show lines. They don't just herd, they also protect livestock fiercely. I once went hiking and stumbled upon two old-type German Shepherds working with a herd of sheep, they were not happy about me getting too close and "told" me in no uncertain terms to back off, or else! P.S. The traditional German way of herding you described is still very much alive!
@@Mathguy363 Captain Max von Stephanitz developed the breed by combining native "sheepdogs" from different regions of Germany. Also I believe Captain Max was based in Saxony Germany. You're right that there was an anti-German sentiment after WW1 and some countries began calling the dog "Alsatians". But that doesn't mean they were created in Alsace. Do you have any proof of what you're saying?
I love GSDs, and watching do their natural job. I prefer the working lines. I don't like the show breed standards, with the shorter hind legs and rounded back. I like the GSDs that are closer to the original breed standard. GSDs have such a reputation as military/police and guard dogs, many people forget that they are herding dogs first.
I hate breeders that ruined the GSD with passion. Super hard to find a proper GSD with 2 tone show line coat witouth sloped backs and tiny baby hind legs that remind of deadpool2.
@@Frencho9: Haha ! I'm actually watching DP2 as I am writing this. I couldn't agree with you more. I hate what those elite Kennel club types have done to the GSD with the short legged roachback look.
D Roman I agree with you. Those show lines must have physical problems due to that curved lower back and shorter kegs. It should be a crime to breed defects purposefully.
The german, belgian and dutch shepherd all descent from the same landrace. They are basically the same breed that got split because of political reasons. They then started selecting dogs that conformed to the new standard. The dutch for example started breeding only their brindle dogs even though they had dogs with the colouring of a gsd or malinois. The breed standards have been altered through time which has resulted in the abominiation that is the show version gsd. The breed standard of the dutch shepherd on the other hand has never changed. Which makes it a very healthy breed, just like dutch frisian horses for the same reason. Point being that if youre interested in an ‘original gsd’, youll be interested In the dutch shepherd dog.
I use my German shepherds for all kinds of hunting, one is trained for partridge and duck hunting, 2 are trained to track coyote and bear, i have a female and she will follow any blood trail, or scent that i put her on! I love the 90-100lb shepherds!
I have never seen a German Shepherd actually herd sheep! That is so awesome. And the footage was beautiful. If you could also make an episode about the Belgian Shepherd Tervuren, I would be so happy ❤
This helped me to understand the shepherd I had when my daughter was a toddler. She amazed me one day when she started keeping the toddler in the driveway all on her own. She was following her nature. She had been out with us as I let the toddler play. I always dashed to stop the child when she would start to leave the driveway. My dog understood from my behavior and started doing what she naturally saw as her job. I didn't want the child to get into the horrible devil's club plant sprouts that would come up in our clearing. We lived in the WA rain forest at the time. Many years later after I learned a little about commands I had a cardigan corgi who worked with me to herd our 2 cats when they snuck out of the house. She learned come bye, come away and get'em. The last was when she pinned one and held it until I could run pick the cat up. Then we would go after other when the first was put in the house.
I'd love to train my shepherd with these people. I always wanted to try herding but was never lucky enough to find a sheep farmer/trainer in my area. My shepherd once tracked a sheep herd that escaped its enclosure and was roaming out in the forests. The farmer asked me to try because he was desparate. It was incredible to see, especially since she never worked with sheep before.
I was very happy to see this! My grandparents and uncle were sheep farmers and I can confirm that this how the herding/grazing system works in Europe. The best dog they had was a black belgian long-haired shepherd. Amazing dog!
These people are so knowledgeable, and I love the fact that they have experience with both herding and protection work. I'm not into any of these things, nor am I a GSD enthusiast yet this us quite possibly your best video to date. Thanks!
Dogumentary TV. My favourite dog channel. Good to see German Shepherd herding, not only using for protection work. Always learning something, enlarging my perspective. Thanks for your quality work ❤
Thank you for your lovely video, I have a working line GSD from Holland, he has an awesome drive but we do not have sheep so he is a pet - we use everything possible to try to simulate, i.e. ball throwing etc and lots of exercise. I found your video trying to understand what he was originally bred to do and it has helped me to understand him better, thank you again.. God Bless.
The only video I’ve seen a GSD doing its original job. Really miss my boys, 2 of the best dogs I’ve ever had, both passed after a good long life of 14 and 15 years. This made my weekend that much better, thank you!👏👏👏
LDNGrmn actually their cars are not the best they are Luxurious and innovative and drive really well but God forbid you have to take one to the shop. only lease them.
Thank you for this. I see a lot of complaints from pet owners about their GSD's being GSD's. 🙄 Hopefully these series can help people make humane choices.
My all-time favorite breed of dog. However, I had to give my beautiful German shepherd b**** to my niece because I grew allergic to the heavy shedding. She's still in a loving home and still is an incredibly intelligent dog. She's a great guardian for the family and the little ones.
@@MC-mk3uo Nice! My parents just got a GSD/Husky mix from a shelter. She mostly looks like a Shepherd, but with smaller ears, red fur on her back and almost white fur on her legs and belly. Personally think her coat looks better than the common Shepherd coat that you see everywhere.
Just did my dogs herding instinct test, she passed beautifully but now....I don't know what to do next. Want to do Akc C course , can you make progressive training informational videos that show how to bring your dog to the next levels??? I have lots of sheep farms around but the only trainer I could find is 2 hours away and booked up forever. Ps we do schutzhund too, my dog was super gentle with the sheep, it was fabulous to watch her instincts click in.
I had a Border Collie that worked the sheep, when I got a GSD that BC couldn't understand why she didn't work the same way as she did! As the BC aged she was wary of ewes with lambs but the GSD would pounce towards the ewe barking and they moved away. The funniest thing was when the pair rounded up a herd of feral goats and brought them back to me.
Brilliant and thank you. It gives me the confidence to try with my German Shepherd. I have a feeling he may bark too much. Not met any sheep, but when the friendly cows come up to the fence - he will go to one side of the group and bark before swinging to the other side of the group and bark. the cows back up a little but are used to dogs and seem too laid back to care much. My dog always comes away when asked and looks so pleased with himself.
Absolutely amazing video. Love the information and footage. It's tough to explain to people why they have the structure that they do to people and explain that it's because they were bred to trot all day -- they're not built like border collies. And I love how well explained and, especially, shown that is in this video. I'll definitely have to remember it, so I can link it in the future. :P Save some of my own energy.
I always wanted a video on herding with German Shepherd Dogs. It was magical when I saw the gsd's herd the sheep. German Shepherds are my favourite breeds of dogs. I thank you for this video Mr Zeke. I am So mesh from India and I am a great fan of yours and your videos.
Excellent video. Most people are unaware of the differences between the kind of herding you see in the British Isles versus the type of herding common in continental Europe. It's a shame that few modern GSD lines are bred in favor of herding and so much emphasis is placed on shutzhund. I'd even argue that the German military Captain who developed the modern breed really was breeding a military/police dog. The dogs he used were mostly of herding stock but from his writings it's pretty clear his focus was on developing a marshall dog. He primarily used three types of landraces, two of which were renown for their herding ability. He did use a type of dog from Thuringia that probably originated as herding dogs but were used mostly as guard dogs when thr breed was originated.
Question for those that know the GSD breeds behavior: At the dog park today a big Great Dane was trotting straight towards my boy OttO. He dropped to his belly, with his head and ears fully up, and pounced in a play attack right as she got in range. They did this behavior again about a half hour later. He is very Guard Dog-ish by nature, I wonder if this is part of that behavior?
Thankyou so much for making this video! I would love to see a video on how you train your dog… I’d love to train my 1 year old GSD mix to herd the ducks I’m about to get 💗
I think GSDs have a natural instinct to herd. My family has had German Shepherds for years, and if more than two people come on the walk and one person starts to lag behind, the dog will always start to try and circle around the group to keep us together.
Hey, first of all I love ur channel!! And I would really love to have u make a video about broholmers, if u have time I mean. I'm bad at reading/understanding text and really like watching videos instead. And Broholmer is a breed I have been looking into as a new potential pet for me. Lov ya bye :D
The experience we have so far is that a Rottweiler is great for big cattle and pigs but they’re too rough in the approach to work with sheep and with poultry you CAN NOT trust them. German shepherds basically do good with cattle, pigs, sheep and even smaller poultry like chickens, ducks, geese and guinea fowl. Both the Rottweiler and the German Shepherd are great to put pressure on foxes and the occasional wolf can also be pushed back, certainly by The Rottweiler(s). We never had Border Collies, here in Belgium the Borders are often replaced by Belgian Malinois because they’re just as agile and eager to work but they’re also great guards and they are substantially more decided in the approach against foxes and badgers.
I am working on getting my farm (takeing longer then intended) looking at what dog breed we will choose. I just cant decided. It's a big decision a big responsibility to the dog, but the dog also has a responsibility to work the farm.
Super vidéo merci m'aime si du cou je n'ai pas tout compris vus que je suis en France et ne parle pas très bien l'anglais mai èsse que vous pourrez en faire une sûre le beauceron svp 😘😘😘
In Germany, German Shepherds are still used for herding sheep. They look a lot like the original German Shepherds back when the breed was created, nothing like modern show lines. They don't just herd, they also protect livestock fiercely. I once went hiking and stumbled upon two old-type German Shepherds working with a herd of sheep, they were not happy about me getting too close and "told" me in no uncertain terms to back off, or else! P.S. The traditional German way of herding you described is still very much alive!
@@Mathguy363 False
@@Mathguy363 Captain Max von Stephanitz developed the breed by combining native "sheepdogs" from different regions of Germany. Also I believe Captain Max was based in Saxony Germany. You're right that there was an anti-German sentiment after WW1 and some countries began calling the dog "Alsatians". But that doesn't mean they were created in Alsace. Do you have any proof of what you're saying?
@@SeamHead33original dogs created for the breed were also 25% wolf
@@tvvistedv3nom26wrong. Myth.
You're far too uneducated to be sounding this confident
Not a whole lot of videos demonstrating the original purpose of the GSD. Thanks for the upload Zeke!
Finally, a Herding video about GS!
Yes, Yes, Yes!
I am currently learning how to make how more appropriate correction decisions with my trainer's GSDs, seeing how these dogs work is amazing.
I know
I love GSDs, and watching do their natural job. I prefer the working lines. I don't like the show breed standards, with the shorter hind legs and rounded back. I like the GSDs that are closer to the original breed standard. GSDs have such a reputation as military/police and guard dogs, many people forget that they are herding dogs first.
I hate breeders that ruined the GSD with passion. Super hard to find a proper GSD with 2 tone show line coat witouth sloped backs and tiny baby hind legs that remind of deadpool2.
@@Frencho9: Haha ! I'm actually watching DP2 as I am writing this. I couldn't agree with you more. I hate what those elite Kennel club types have done to the GSD with the short legged roachback look.
When u want the best quality...head to Europe (where they're from)
D Roman I agree with you. Those show lines must have physical problems due to that curved lower back and shorter kegs. It should be a crime to breed defects purposefully.
The german, belgian and dutch shepherd all descent from the same landrace. They are basically the same breed that got split because of political reasons. They then started selecting dogs that conformed to the new standard. The dutch for example started breeding only their brindle dogs even though they had dogs with the colouring of a gsd or malinois.
The breed standards have been altered through time which has resulted in the abominiation that is the show version gsd. The breed standard of the dutch shepherd on the other hand has never changed. Which makes it a very healthy breed, just like dutch frisian horses for the same reason.
Point being that if youre interested in an ‘original gsd’, youll be interested
In the dutch shepherd dog.
Just got into herding
19 years ago
Right on!!! Couldn't agree with you more!!!
Yeah, practically a newbie... geez...
Welcome!
Dogumentary TV! 😲 Producing the best breed documentary,on UA-cam!😁
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@@nalabear97lol😂
I use my German shepherds for all kinds of hunting, one is trained for partridge and duck hunting, 2 are trained to track coyote and bear, i have a female and she will follow any blood trail, or scent that i put her on! I love the 90-100lb shepherds!
I have never seen a German Shepherd actually herd sheep! That is so awesome. And the footage was beautiful. If you could also make an episode about the Belgian Shepherd Tervuren, I would be so happy ❤
This is a really well put together video. I have been wanting to see people put German Shepherds to use as a shepherding dog.
Thanks for this.
I used to have a German Shepherd that naturally herd. He was my best dog that I ever had. I miss him so much.
I bet they are pretty good flock protectors as well. A good all around farm dog.
My German shepherd is a great livestock guardian she’s got three coyotes under her belt now
This helped me to understand the shepherd I had when my daughter was a toddler. She amazed me one day when she started keeping the toddler in the driveway all on her own. She was following her nature. She had been out with us as I let the toddler play. I always dashed to stop the child when she would start to leave the driveway. My dog understood from my behavior and started doing what she naturally saw as her job. I didn't want the child to get into the horrible devil's club plant sprouts that would come up in our clearing. We lived in the WA rain forest at the time. Many years later after I learned a little about commands I had a cardigan corgi who worked with me to herd our 2 cats when they snuck out of the house. She learned come bye, come away and get'em. The last was when she pinned one and held it until I could run pick the cat up. Then we would go after other when the first was put in the house.
I'd love to train my shepherd with these people. I always wanted to try herding but was never lucky enough to find a sheep farmer/trainer in my area. My shepherd once tracked a sheep herd that escaped its enclosure and was roaming out in the forests. The farmer asked me to try because he was desparate. It was incredible to see, especially since she never worked with sheep before.
I was very happy to see this! My grandparents and uncle were sheep farmers and I can confirm that this how the herding/grazing system works in Europe. The best dog they had was a black belgian long-haired shepherd. Amazing dog!
These people are so knowledgeable, and I love the fact that they have experience with both herding and protection work. I'm not into any of these things, nor am I a GSD enthusiast yet this us quite possibly your best video to date. Thanks!
It's beautiful to watch. So many videos of them working protection- none doing what they are really born to do.
Thanks.
Dogumentary TV. My favourite dog channel. Good to see German Shepherd herding, not only using for protection work. Always learning something, enlarging my perspective. Thanks for your quality work ❤
This was a great video. Thank you!
Thank you for your lovely video, I have a working line GSD from Holland, he has an awesome drive but we do not have sheep so he is a pet - we use everything possible to try to simulate, i.e. ball throwing etc and lots of exercise. I found your video trying to understand what he was originally bred to do and it has helped me to understand him better, thank you again.. God Bless.
The only video I’ve seen a GSD doing its original job. Really miss my boys, 2 of the best dogs I’ve ever had, both passed after a good long life of 14 and 15 years. This made my weekend that much better, thank you!👏👏👏
Sorry for your loss
RM Which would is better at herding German Shepard or Border Collie thinking about getting sheep and goats
GSD ARE THE BEST DOGS. LOVE MY GSD SERVICE DOG.
Would love another shepherd. They are the most amazing dogs.
Ah so exciting I just started taking my dog herding at this facility and I've met both of the people being interviewed
Can you share about your experience please
Thank you so much for posting this video, very informative! I have 2 GSD's and I love them so much!
Our male GSD loves to herd sheep. He's just started his training, and he has the tending instinct.
What kind of training and where from?
Now I see why these dogs are so smart! I can't even imagine how to train a dog to herd
What a great video! German shepherds are my favourite and it's awesome to see these dogs at work!
The Germans dont just create the best cars
LDNGrmn actually their cars are not the best they are Luxurious and innovative and drive really well but God forbid you have to take one to the shop. only lease them.
weebly German cars are notorious for reliability issues as they age.
Before I hated german shepherds but after this video I started loving this breed because that's the best way to use them.
Honestly this is my favorite video of 2019. It inspiers me to teach my GS to herd
How do you even teach a dog to herd
Thank you for this. I see a lot of complaints from pet owners about their GSD's being GSD's. 🙄
Hopefully these series can help people make humane choices.
My all-time favorite breed of dog. However, I had to give my beautiful German shepherd b**** to my niece because I grew allergic to the heavy shedding. She's still in a loving home and still is an incredibly intelligent dog. She's a great guardian for the family and the little ones.
I just got a GSD mix two days ago. He’s amazing so far!
M C mix with?
"Mixed" i just started in the wrong direction.
Mark Balonga He’s mixed with Siberian Husky :) he’s so beautiful! His coat is light tan with a dark muzzle and white/blue eyes.
@@MC-mk3uo Nice! My parents just got a GSD/Husky mix from a shelter. She mostly looks like a Shepherd, but with smaller ears, red fur on her back and almost white fur on her legs and belly. Personally think her coat looks better than the common Shepherd coat that you see everywhere.
My grandpa uses a gsd and a Australian cattle dog and it’s just amazing how the dogs work
By far the best dog channel
Beautiful, it's Wonderful to watch the GSD herding. All the dogs in the video were cute , thank you.
There is a hot air balloon flying in the background, how cool
Just did my dogs herding instinct test, she passed beautifully but now....I don't know what to do next. Want to do Akc C course , can you make progressive training informational videos that show how to bring your dog to the next levels??? I have lots of sheep farms around but the only trainer I could find is 2 hours away and booked up forever. Ps we do schutzhund too, my dog was super gentle with the sheep, it was fabulous to watch her instincts click in.
Now I get why you are no more best on UA-cam. Now you are the best on internet, congratulations
I have gsd for last 20 years and that motivated me to start a dog lovers community today..love @monkoodog
Wow great video fam. Those German Shepherds are so beautiful
I had a Border Collie that worked the sheep, when I got a GSD that BC couldn't understand why she didn't work the same way as she did!
As the BC aged she was wary of ewes with lambs but the GSD would pounce towards the ewe barking and they moved away. The funniest thing was when the pair rounded up a herd of feral goats and brought them back to me.
If it's not for shedding gsd would be the king of dog world😊😊😊
Mohan Karthik Doberman if not for cold weather
@@xivwords5448 but not as elegant as gsd
@soup sandwich ya but i live in india its topical climate and my gsd is a wonderful dog and i cannot think of another breed👍👍
Mohan Karthik I think a Doberman is more elegant I mean just look at their coat
Still are even with the shedding
Brilliant and thank you. It gives me the confidence to try with my German Shepherd. I have a feeling he may bark too much. Not met any sheep, but when the friendly cows come up to the fence - he will go to one side of the group and bark before swinging to the other side of the group and bark. the cows back up a little but are used to dogs and seem too laid back to care much. My dog always comes away when asked and looks so pleased with himself.
Day 13 of quarantine, watching dogs herd sheeps
day 300, i'm still watching dogs herd sheeps
Update here day 700+ and another surge, still watching
On the otherside of 'quarentine' and can now laugh at how ridiculous it was... and watch dogs herd 😂
The German Shepherd: One Dog to rule them all, One Dog to find them, One Dog to bring them all...
And into sloped backs bind them into wheelchairs. Thanks stupid looks focused breeders you ruined the breed. Not a working breed anymore.
Oh you must mean Border Collies
And in the safe pen find them....
L-V BORDER COLLIES BRYAN BAQUET Border Collies couldn’t do any protection work, their too big of pussies (compared to German Shepherds)
Frencho9 Look at the working lines. You’ll be able to tell the difference. Still and forever a working breed.
I love my German shepherd
the gsd look so happy herding
Love to see what a breed is meant to do.
Best dogs ever.
Amazing! Thanks for the video!
Absolutely amazing video. Love the information and footage. It's tough to explain to people why they have the structure that they do to people and explain that it's because they were bred to trot all day -- they're not built like border collies. And I love how well explained and, especially, shown that is in this video. I'll definitely have to remember it, so I can link it in the future. :P Save some of my own energy.
Can you please do one on rat terriers please love from chicago 🐕🐶
Love the breed! My aunt has one now my family has one!
7:20-8:00 some of the best advice given.....training, training, and training
I always wanted a video on herding with German Shepherd Dogs. It was magical when I saw the gsd's herd the sheep. German Shepherds are my favourite breeds of dogs. I thank you for this video Mr Zeke. I am So mesh from India and I am a great fan of yours and your videos.
Not So mesh ,its Somesh
🐾🐾🐾🐾Hi from Daphne the German Shepherd puppy ❤️
Excellent video. Most people are unaware of the differences between the kind of herding you see in the British Isles versus the type of herding common in continental Europe. It's a shame that few modern GSD lines are bred in favor of herding and so much emphasis is placed on shutzhund. I'd even argue that the German military Captain who developed the modern breed really was breeding a military/police dog. The dogs he used were mostly of herding stock but from his writings it's pretty clear his focus was on developing a marshall dog. He primarily used three types of landraces, two of which were renown for their herding ability. He did use a type of dog from Thuringia that probably originated as herding dogs but were used mostly as guard dogs when thr breed was originated.
Hello. I just want to say I love your channel, and your videos.
I hope you'll make video about Belgian Malinois herding 😅.
Best till date
Another awesome video!
Really enjoyed this video
excellent presentation!
Great video Zee
I'm going to train my German Shepherd to herd our chickens when we pick them up here in a few weeks
How do you teach a dog to hers
Herd*
I NEED to know where these dogs are from! These GSDs are LOVELY and look like exactly what I need.
Fabulous video! Love the topic; love to see dogs working, especially on other than just protection work.
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Love all your videos great job on this one! Keep up the great job
Please do more vids about GSD
Great video
Question for those that know the GSD breeds behavior:
At the dog park today a big Great Dane was trotting straight towards my boy OttO. He dropped to his belly, with his head and ears fully up, and pounced in a play attack right as she got in range. They did this behavior again about a half hour later.
He is very Guard Dog-ish by nature, I wonder if this is part of that behavior?
Amazing as usual bro
Great video on the GSD original purpose.💕
I forget sometimes that GSDs are actually sheep dogs… even though its literally in their name! Lol
Thankyou so much for making this video! I would love to see a video on how you train your dog… I’d love to train my 1 year old GSD mix to herd the ducks I’m about to get 💗
You mean people come to you with their dogs and you train both the owners and the dogs and teach them herding?❤!
Good video man
I think GSDs have a natural instinct to herd. My family has had German Shepherds for years, and if more than two people come on the walk and one person starts to lag behind, the dog will always start to try and circle around the group to keep us together.
Hey, first of all I love ur channel!!
And I would really love to have u make a video about broholmers, if u have time I mean.
I'm bad at reading/understanding text and really like watching videos instead. And Broholmer is a breed I have been looking into as a new potential pet for me.
Lov ya bye :D
So can GSDs herd and move em like the Border Collies? With the commands and whistles?
Nice to see what they can do besides the usual
The experience we have so far is that a Rottweiler is great for big cattle and pigs but they’re too rough in the approach to work with sheep and with poultry you CAN NOT trust them. German shepherds basically do good with cattle, pigs, sheep and even smaller poultry like chickens, ducks, geese and guinea fowl. Both the Rottweiler and the German Shepherd are great to put pressure on foxes and the occasional wolf can also be pushed back, certainly by The Rottweiler(s).
We never had Border Collies, here in Belgium the Borders are often replaced by Belgian Malinois because they’re just as agile and eager to work but they’re also great guards and they are substantially more decided in the approach against foxes and badgers.
Beautiful working line German shepherds way better healthy strong and beautiful then those shorelines
I am working on getting my farm (takeing longer then intended) looking at what dog breed we will choose. I just cant decided. It's a big decision a big responsibility to the dog, but the dog also has a responsibility to work the farm.
My half brother Ben and his family have a male black and tan
German Shepherd❤
The Best Dog Ever.
I would love to see some dutch shepherds and Belgian malinois herding.
Great insight. Well done.
Can you do a video about white Swiss shepherds? Keep the good work 😁👍🙏
Wow 😳
Ok where can I get that black German shepherd shirt???
Love my GSD!
Me and my GSD watching these videos trying to find a sport she likes,
Do you have a video on Saint Bernards?
Not yet.
For more information on training and the history of Tending Dogs pick up a copy of Hear My Voice: An Old World Approach To Herding.
Next do the original purpose of the Belgian malinois
They are a farm dog
How to choose a healthy German shepherd puppy for herding work?
Super vidéo merci m'aime si du cou je n'ai pas tout compris vus que je suis en France et ne parle pas très bien l'anglais mai èsse que vous pourrez en faire une sûre le beauceron svp 😘😘😘
Can you do one apbt video i really appreciate if you did
he's done more APBT videos than any other breed
God's most generous gift to man is the tree ... His 2nd greatest gift is the dog.