Sometimes Maremma sheep dogs have SELECTIVE hearing! But they usually obey EVENTUALLY! Moving the sheep on pasture gets dogs AND sheep excited, so it’s good to have trained a “no” command or a vocal “disapproval” sound (or use a shock collar) to communicate to the dogs what is NOT acceptable behavior when you can’t physically correct them with a slip lead. In this action packed episode of Starting a Farm From Scratch, Spike & Luna displayed their selective hearing and perhaps a bit of genetic herding (or chasing) instinct. But eventually they settled down and got back to licking and protecting their friends the sheep…
We CAN do this!
– Mark