# The sheepdog and the lawn roomba **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sheepdog-and-the-lawn-roomba/854287 "2020-05-22T14:05:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sheepdog-and-the-lawn-roomba/854287/1 "2020-05-22T14:05:39Z")
[The sheepdog and the lawn roomba (on tumblr)](https://pendragyn.tumblr.com/post/618742259502989313) Spoiler, for those who don’t want to go to the link Someone’s next door neighbor was using a robot mower, and their part sheep dog decided it was a sheep, and figured out how to herd it Sharing because I was cackling by the end, and because not only is it a good dog, it’s a smart doggo ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sheepdog-and-the-lawn-roomba/854287/2 "2020-05-22T15:00:11Z")
I was disappointed. No dog herds a Roomba in the video. They just look at it. Someone mentions in the text that their sheepdog does this, but “Pics or it didn’t happen!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sheepdog-and-the-lawn-roomba/854287/3 "2020-05-22T16:00:30Z")
It’s only funny until it devolves into this [dogs and mowers don’t mix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaJR6l0lzoQ)