See the video below. The rancher/farmer says it takes 7-10 days to gather the sheep. This is not a bucolic, small range. This is remote, scrubby and vast wilderness.
And guess what…their dogs guard the flock the whole time. They are not 100% effective but they ARE effective and well worth having. These are not herding dogs. These are guard dogs. (And yes…it takes a particular kind of dog and they need a lot of training…a lot is the right dog but also needs its humans to get it all working well.)
