Scottish Highlands: Working Dogs

    Something fun and interesting to do is a visit to a sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands. Out in the large pasture are some sheep grazing. The farmer whistles and his dogs are out and running. Using just whistle commands the dogs bring the sheep up to the group watching them. The farmer shows you how to sheer them. (See the pile of wool on the lower right.) You can learn to do it. An added benefit for us was that one of the dogs had recently had puppies which would have been adopted in a heartbeat if there was a way through customs. The partnership of man and dog was amazing.