Why are sheep such wimps when being herded by herding dogs?

[brentspeak]

After all these millenia of sheep being herded around by dogs who boss them around with "the eye" and a few menacing barks, you'd think that at least one of them would finally be the Joan of Ark/William Wallace/etc. of sheep and say, "Guys, guys - there's a bunch of us and only one of him. Five against one! Let's stop being people and let's start being sheep!"

[graywarrior]

1. They remind me of a political following.....I can't put my finger on it.

[cwydro]

2. Sharp teeth. nt

[Iggo]

3. Artificial Selection. (n/t)

[Orsino]

4. The sheep who strike out on their own tend to be culled.

Obeying the herding dog has survival value. Today's sheep are the offspring of many. many generations of successfully herded animals.

[nuxvomica]

5. It's probably something like Stockholm Syndrome

The dog is, after all, a natural predator.

[NMDemDist2]

6. wooooolllfffff woooollllllfffffffff !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ala BABE the movie

[MineralMan]

7. Wooolf! Wooolf! Wooolf!

GMTA, apparently...

[NMDemDist2]

8. ROFL GMTA! n/t

[MineralMan]

9. Yah. Identical posting times. It was pretty obvious, though...

[LynneSin]

10. This explains Rush Limbaugh

n/t

[hunter]

11. If you don't listen to the dog the terrorists will get you...

Don't you know anything?

[grasswire]

12. where'd you get that picture of my dog Duffy?

Gee!

As to your question, it's the evil eye. Border collies possess the ability to terrify just with that look. Duffy has our cats totally in awe.

Hey have you seen that you tube of the UK border collies who herded a flock of LED-lighted sheep into figures, at night? It's pretty cool.

[brentspeak]

14. Thanks for telling me about it

Very impressive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw

[bikebloke]

13. Not always

At the Alexandria Scottish Games, long, long ago, I saw a sheep charge the dog. They're evolving. One day we'll see sheep herding border collies.