>> THIS WEEK ON "POINTS NORTH," WHILE HORSES.

WEST FIND NEW STOMPING GROUNDS IN VERMONT.

THEN A HORSE WHO IS NO STRANGE IT OUR AREA, THE MORGAN, AND A LOOK AT CHEAP WOOL AND SHEEP DOG.

>> WELCOME TO THIS EDITION OF "POINTS NORTH," I'M FRAN STODDARD.

MORGAN HORSES USUALLY COME TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF HORSE THIS IS VERMONT BUT WHAT ABOUT WILD, MUSTANGS FROM NEVADA?

THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL FIND WHEN YOU SADDLE UP TO THE BURNHAM FAMILY FARM IN WALLINGFORD, VERMONT WHERE THEY ADOPT AND CARE FOR HORSES FROM THE WILD, WILD WEST, IT'S PART OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, ADOPT A HORSE PROGRAM, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TENDER LOVING CARE.

>> THEY COME FROM THE WEST WHERE THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT LIFE IN THE DESERTS AND OPEN RANGE.

SOME THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S ADOPT A HORSE PROGRAM FIND NEW HOMES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

SOME OF THESE WILD HORSES FIND THEIR WAY TO THE GREEN MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT, AND A LUCKY FEW HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO THE BURNHAM FAMILY IN WALLINGFORD.

>> THE ADOPT A HORSE PROGRAM, THEY ARE PROTECTING THE MUSTANGS IN THE WEST, AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY CONTROL THE GRAZING, IF AN AREA IS GETTING OVERGRAZED, THEY WILL GO IN AND THEY, THEY HARVEST SO MANY HORSES.

ALL THESE HORSES THEY PUT UP FOR ADOPTION.

>> FOR MARYLAND AND HENRY BURNHAM, ADOPTING WILD HORSES BEGAN AS A FAMILY MATTER.

>> WE BECAME INTERESTED IN ADOPTING WILD HORSES SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS LIVING WITH US.

SHE WAS A TEENAGER AND SAW IT, SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE HERALD DESCRIBING THE ADOPT A HORSE PROGRAM, AND SO WE MADE INQUIRIES, AND BEGAN ADOPTING HORSES.

>> THE ADOPTED HORSES ARE WILD.

THEY ARE NOT USED TO PEOPLE, AND THE TRAPPINGS OF PEOPLE.

AMONG THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FOR THE BURNHAMS IS OVERWHELMING THE HORSE'S FEAR IN THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT.

>> PART OF THE PROCESS OF ACCLIMATING THE HORSE AND GETTING HIM TO TRUST YOU IS TO GET HIM TO DEAL WITH FEARS.

MOST HORSES ARE AFRAID OF MANY THINGS.

THEY HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE LIKE A PIECE OF PLASTIC, SO WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO IS GET HIM TO FACE HIS FEAR BECAUSE A HORSE IS WHAT THEY CALL A FLIGHT ANIMAL, AND IF HE GETS FRIGHTENED HE'S GOING TO FLEE, AND IF THAT HAPPENS WHAT YOU ARE ON HIS BACK YOU ARE GOING TO GET HURT.

>> THE HORSE'S FEAR BECOMES ONE OF THE TOOLS USED TO TRAIN THE HORSE.

>> WHEN YOU BRING THE MUSTANG HOME, HE'S MUCH MORE AFRAID OF YOU THAN YOU ARE OF HIM.

>> AREA YOUNGSTERS LIKE TO VISIT THE BURNHAMS AND THEIR HORSES AND ARE OFTEN AUDIENCES OF THE TRAINING PROCESS.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT HE'S A WILD HORSE AND WHEN YOU PUT HIM IN THE CORRAL, HE WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CORRAL THAT YOU ARE ON.

SO IN DOING THE TRAINING PROCESS, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET THE HORSE ACCUSTOMED TO YOU AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT THIS WORKS VERY WELL IN THIS PROCESS.

>> WORKING IN THE ROUND PEN WITH THE HORSES, HENRY AND HIS SON TED GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TRAINING A WILD HORSE TO ACCEPT A RIDER.

>> NATURALLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS BETWEEN GETTING A, THE HORSE'S ATTENTION AND EVENTUALLY PUTTING A SADDLE ON THE HORSE.

♪ ♪ >> IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING TO SEE THE PROGRESS YOU ARE MAKING AND THE PROGRESS THE ANIMAL IS MAKING.

TRAINING WILD HORSES REQUIRES A LOT OF PATIENCE AND SOMETIMES THINGS JUST DON'T GO THE WAY THAT THEY ARE PLANNED.

>> MOST DIFFICULT PART ABOUT TRAINING THE WILD HORSE IS HAVING THE PATIENCE.

EACH HORSE IS DIFFERENT, ONE WILL DEVELOP RIGHT THROUGH THE, TO THE DIFFERENT GOALS EASILY AND ANOTHER HORSE, YOU GET TO A POINT AND IT WILL TAKE LIKE GO FIVE AND IT WILL GO BACK TO GOAL ONE AND HAVE TO WORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT AGAIN.

I BELIEVE THAT ALL THE HORSES THAT I HAVE GOTTEN A SADDLE ON, I HAVE ENDED UP ON THE GROUND, AND I HAD ONE THAT I'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR A WEEK, BEEN ON HER BACK AND SO ALL RELAXED, AND SHE'S ALL SET, AND THE OTHER DAY, I MADE A -- I HAD A FLY ON MY FACE, AND I WENT LIKE THAT, AND THE NEXT I THINK I AM SITTING ON THE GROUND OVER HER HEAD.

>> THE BURNHAM FAMILY'S HORSES ATTRACT THE INTEREST OF STUDENTS FROM NEARBY RUTLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

>> RUTLAND HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED YEAR END STUDIES.

AND IT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO TAKE A COURSE OF THEIR INTERESTS, PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 80 COURSES THE STUDENTS CAN TAKE, AND ONE COURSE WAS THE INTRODUCTION TO HIMMOLHIPPOLOGY, AND THAT'S THEY OF HORSES.

>> WHAT INTERESTS ME IS THAT THEY ARE, THEY HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE WILD AND I WANT A CHANCE TO TRAIN ONE OF MY OWN HORSES TO DO WHAT I WANT TO DO, INSTEAD OF JUST FINDING A DOMESTIC HORSE, AND USUALLY THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED FOR SOMETHING, SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TRAIN MY OWN HORSE.

>> THE WILD HORSES HAVE SOME UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS, WHICH DISTINGUISH THEM FROM THEIR DOMESTIC COUSINS.

>> THEY ARE FAIRLY SHORT ANIMALS, THEY ARE BETWEEN 14 AND 15 HANDS HIGH.

THEY TYPICALLY HAVE THICK NECKS, AND THAT'S ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF THEM.

THEIR FEET ARE VERY RUGGED.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GENETICALLY HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS.

THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT BRAND.

IT'S A FREEZE DRIED BRAND THAT DOES NOT HURT THE HORSE BUT IT'S PERMANENT.

>> THE BURNHAMS HAVE ADOPTED SOME OF THE HORSES.

ALL OF THESE ANIMALS ARE A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY AND REQUIRE A LOT OF WORK.

>> I FEEL IT'S CHANGED OUR LIFE.

SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO DO BUT I ENJOY THE HORSES AND I WILL ENJOY HAVING THEM.

>> IT'S CLEAR THAT ALL OF THE WORK HAS GREAT REWARDS FOR THE FAMILY.

THEY SHARE A BOND OF AFFECTION WITH THESE GENTLE BEASTS FROM THE WILD.% THEY ALSO ENJOY THE FUN THE HORSES PROVIDE.

[TROTTING HORSE SOUNDS] >> DOMESTIC KATE HORSES PROVED TO BE AS VALUABLE AS AN AUTOMOBILE TODAY, IN 1789 A COLD-NAMED FIGURE WAS BORN, AND WITH THE STRENGTH, SPEED AND ENDURANCE AND GENTLE DISPOSITION FORMED.

THIS COLT WAS THE FIRE OF THE MORGAN HORSE.

THERE ARE FEW SIGHTS AS MAGNIFICENT OF THAT AS HORSES RACING THROUGH THE VERMONT COUNTRY SIDE.

ESPECIALLY MORGAN HORSES.

YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THE MORGAN AT A GLANCE.

THE BREED'S CONFIGURATION, VIGOR AND NATIVE INTELLIGENCE ARE UNMISTAKABLE, AND THESE ARE JUST THE MOST OBVIOUS TRAITS THAT GO INTO ESTABLISHING A CLEAR STANDARD OF PERFECTION APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE MORGAN WORLD.

>> WE ARE TAUGHT AS JUDGES TO RECOGNIZE THE POSTURE OF THE HORSE FIRST, THE UPRIGHT CHARACTER, WHICH TRANSLATES INTO AN EXTREMELY PROUD BEING.

THE COMPACTNESS, WHICH WAS EVOLVED OVER SELECTIVE BREEDING PROCESSES FOR STRENGTH, FOR THE DRAFT ANIMALS IN THE NORTHEAST REGION.

SO THOSE CRITERIA ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AND IT IS BEAUTIFULLY TYPIFIED IN THIS STATUTE.

>> THE STORY OF HOW THE MORGAN HORSE CAME TO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF VERMONT AND AMERICA READS MORE LIKE FICTION THAN FACT.

IN THE EARLY 1790s, AT ABOUT THE TIME THAT VERMONT WAS A STATE, A TEACHER, JUSTIN MORGAN BROUGHT A HORSE HE CALLED FIGURE FROM SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS TO HIS RANDOLPH, VERMONT FARM.

MORGAN DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS SEVEN YEARS AFTER ACQUIRING THE HORSE THAT WOULD MAKE HIM FAMOUS.

IN THE YEARS THAT JUSTIN MORGAN OWNED HIM, AND THOSE LEADING UP TO THE DEATH IN 1821 THE HORSE WAS BRED TO HUNDREDS OF MARES PASSING ON HIS EXTRAORDINARY QUALITIES.

>> THAT'S THE INTANGIBLE THAT WE'RE SO PROUD OF IN THE HERITAGE OF THE BREED AND THE DESIRE ASK THE STRENGTH, AND THE STAMINA AND SUBSTANCE OF THE BREED IS UNIQUE ALONE TO JUSTIN MORGAN AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

>> ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS DESCENDANTS WAS BLACKHAWK.

DANIEL CHIPMAN LINDSEY WROTE A TEXT ON MORGANS IN 1856, IN IT HE OFFERED THE FOLLOW ASSESSMENT.

>> HE COMES NEAR OUR IDEAL OF A PERFECT DRIVING HORSE, AND ANY OTHER ANIMAL, THAN ANY OTHER ANIMAL WE HAVE SEEN, POSSESSED WITH ABUNDANCE OF SPIRIT AND LIFE, THERE IS ALSO MANIFEST AN EVENNESS OF TEMPER THAT MAKES HIM UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES PERFECTLY CONTROLLABLE.

>> IN THE 19th CENTURY MORGANS EARNED A REPUTATION AS TIRELESS WORK HORSES PULLING CARRIAGES OF ALL TPES.

IT WAS OFTEN SAID THAT MORGANS COULD OUTRUN, OUTPULL AND OUT LAST ANY OTHER BREED.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR THEY CONFIRMED THEIR VERSATILITY AS COURAGEOUS MINUTES FOR THE SALVERY.

A JOURNALIST OF THAT TIME REPORTED PEOPLE'S REACTION UPON SEEING THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS A TOP THEIR MORGANS WAS ONE OF AWE.

>> IT WAS A GEM GENERAL MARK THO SPLENDID ANIMAL HADN'T BEEN SEEN TO GO.

>> IT HELPED WITH THE SURVIVAL IN THE CIVIL WAR.

WHAT IS NOW THE UVM MORGAN HARASS FORM IN WEYBRIDGE WAS ONCE OPENED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND USED TO PERFECT THE UNIQUE QUALITIES OF THE BREED.

THE PROPERTY WAS DEEDED TO THE UNIVERSITY IN 1951, AND THE YOUNG ANIMAL SCIENTIST WAS HIRED TO RUN IT ALONG WITH HIS TEACHING STUDENTS.

>> I HAD JUST FINISHED MY MASTER'S DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WAS LOOKING FOR A POSITION.

I HAD A WIFE AND YOUNG DAUGHTER, AND AN OPENING CAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE TO THE UNIVERSITY THE MORGAN HORSE FARM AT WAY BRIDGE, VERMONT, AND THEY NEEDED SOMEONE TO DIRECT THE BREEDING PROGRAMS OF THE HORSES, AND MY WORK WAS TO DEVELOP A GENETICALLY UNIFORMED GROUP OF MORGAN HORSES AND THEY ARE RECOGNIZABLE, I THINK, IN ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY.

PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT'S A UVM MORGAN.

>> TODAY ENTHUSIASTS ARE FANICAL FANATICAL, PEOPLE LIKE LINDH WLINDAWARD, WHO LOVES TO SHOW HN THE CARRIAGE DRIVING.

>> THIS HORSE THAT I WAS DRIVING, I BOUGHT AS A 20-YEAR-OLD TO DO COMBINED DRIVING WITH.

THIS WAS A DEMONSTRATION AS TO THE MANEUVERABILITY IS, MOST OF THE COMBINED DRIVING IS DONE, THE HAZARDS ARE WITHIN TREES OR LOG PILES, AND WAS TRYING TO JUST SHOW THAT -- HOW SHARP HE WOULD TURN A CARRIAGE AND HOW WELL HE LISTENED TO ME, AND ASKING HIM TO DO, YOU KNOW, HOW HE CAME CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE, AND MANEUVERING AROUND, IF IT WERE A TREE RATHER THAN A TRAFFIC CONE, THE PERSON ON THE BACK MANEUVERS THE BACK AND THE HORSE MANEUVERS THE FRONT OF THE CARRIAGE, AND THEY ARE VERY INTELLIGENT.

YOU HAVE TO -- YOU CANNOT BREAK THEM.

YOU HAVE TO TRAIN THEM TO WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO, AND WITH PATIENCE YOU CAN TEACH THEM TO DO A ALMOST ANYTHING.

>> THEY CAN SHOW OFF THEIR TREASURES AT THE MORGAN HERITAGE DAYS.

THE JUSTIN MORGAN COMPETITION IS A COMBINED EVENT DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE THE LEGENDARY VERSATILITY.

FOR TWO YEARS RUNNING THE WINNER OF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN A 12-YEAR-OLD STALLION NAMED MILL RUN SEAL SKIN OWNED BY BRUCE AND JACKY MARSTON OF BELMONT.

THEY PICKED HIM OUT OR VICE VERSA WHEN HE WAS ONLY A-MONTH-OLD.

>> THIS HORSE STOOD OUT OF THE CROWD.

HE PERHE PRANCED AROUND.

>> HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL HORSE.

I LIKE PEOPLE TO SEE HIM, AND THERE IS A LOT OF FUN IN THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT HE'S A BEAUTIFUL HORSE AND PEOPLE WILL APPRECIATE HIM AND THAT HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW HIM WEL.

AND TO SHOW ALL THE THINGS THAT HE CAN DO.

FOR ME IT HAS BEEN A DREAM COME TRUE.

>> AS WITH ALL THE LIVING CREATURES, MORGANS HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.

>> I HAVE SEEN THEM IN THE 33 YEARS, A LOT OF CHANGES, AND A LOT OF THE CHANGES IS VASTLY AND INCREASED THE NUMBER OF HORSES NOT ONLY VERMONT BUT THE UNITED STATES.

AND I HAVE ALSO SEEN A CHANGE IN THE EQUAL OF THE HORSES, AND OF COURSE, THERE'S BEEN A BIG CHANGE IN THE USE OF THE HORSE.

ORIGINALLY, THE MORGAN WAS A CARRIAGE HORSE AS WELL AS SADDLE WORK BUT NOW IT IS A HORSE USED IN RECREATION AND WITH ALL AGES AND SIZES OF PEOPLE, THE MORGAN HAS BEEN THE SELECTION OVER THE YEARS.

>> DURING THE 19th CENTURY A PRICE OF 200 TO 300 WAS CONSIDERED A LOT FOR A GOOD HORSE.

NOW, IT USUALLY TAKES THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ACQUIRE A REGISTERED MORGAN.

SO WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT TO SPEND?

>> OUR ANSWER AT WEYBRIDGE IS A SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA.-TO BUY E IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF SHORING COMPETITION, YOU CAN SPEND, IF YOU ARE LUCKY YOU CAN BUY A HORSE INEXPENSIVELY BUT TO DEVELOP THEM YOU CAN GET INTO A SIX-FIGURE SHOW ANIMAL.

>> THE IMPACT OF THE MORGAN HORSE ON VERMONT'S ECONOMY IS SIGNIFICANT.

IN ADDITION TO THE UVM FARM, VERMONT IS HOME TO THE AMERICAN MORGAN HORSE ASSOCIATION, AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MORGAN IN SHYBURN, THESE SIGHTS ATTRACT THOUSANDS OF VISITORS A YEAR.

THE BOND BETWEEN VERMONTERS AND THEIR MORGANS IS STRONGER THAN EVER.

THE MORGAN HORSE IS OUR OFFICIAL STATE ANIMAL.

IT HAS COME TO REPRESENT THE SPECIAL QUALITIES AND STRENGTHS OF THE STATE AND THE INHABITANTS.

IN YEARS PAST YOU DID NOT HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR TO FIND A HORSE OR SHEEP.

SHEEP ONCE DOTTED OUR COUNTRY SIDE, AND PROVED TO BE QUITE VALUABLE FOR THEIR WOOL.

WE VISITED A SHEEP AND WOOL FESTIVAL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR A FESTIVE LOOK AT SHEEP, THEIR WOOL AND THE WORKING DOGS THAT MANAGE THE HERD.

>> WE NEED TO FLIP IT ON ITS BACK SO WE CAN SHEER IT WITHOUT THE SHEEP RUNNING FROM US.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, YOU TURN THE HEAD AND PUSH DOWN.

IT GOES DOWN LIKE THAT.

IT IS FLIPPED AND SITTING ON ITS BUTT, AND A HAPPY SHEEP.

RIGHT.

NOW, SLIDE THE HEAD OVER THERE.

SO IT'S OUT OF THE WAY WITH THE OTHER LEG OUT OF THE WAY BEHIND MY LEG.

THIS OPENS THIS UP SO THAT I CAN SHEER IT.

PUT THE OTHER LEG UP, STRETCH OUT THE BRISKET.

THIS IS THE BRISKET RIGHT HERE.

>> NESTLE IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE HAVING SHOWN TODAY.

THEY HAVE AN ALL WOOL STAPLE THAT LONG.

WELL, MAYBE LONGER.

AND THEN THE SHEERER WILL SHEER IT, AND WE WILL GRAB WHAT WE THINK THAT WE NEED AND START SPINNING IT.

WE HAVE FOUR SPINNERS, AND WE SPIN ENOUGH YARN TO WEAVE THE SHAH ON THE LOOM.

WE HAVE THREE HOURS TO DO THAT.

WE ARE GOING.

[WHISTLING] >> WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS A BORDER COLLIE, ONE OF THE FEW BREEDS OF DOGS THAT DO HERDING IN THE WORLD.

THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST HERDING DOG, AND WHAT MAKES THEM SO SPECIAL IS OVER THE YEARS, INSTEAD OF BEING BRED FOR THEIR LOOKS LIKE AKC TYPE STANDARDS, THEY HAVE BEEN BRED FOR THEIR HERDING INSTINCT, AND BY THAT, I MEAN THESE DOGS GO OUT AROUND THE ANIMAL THAT'S BEING WORKED AND BRING IT BACK.

ALL RIGHT.

CONSEQUENTLY, IF YOU ARE A SHEPHERD IN SCOTLAND, WHICH IS WHERE THEY CAME FROM YOU NEED TO GET THE SHEEP OFF THE HILLS, INSTEAD OF SENDING A DOG OUT THAT WOULD CHASE THEM OVER THE HILL TO THE OTHER SIDE, THESE DOGS DO WHAT WE CALL A PEAR SHAPE, THEY RUN OUT UNTIL THEY SHEEP SEE THEM THEY RUN BEHIND THE SHEEP AND LIFTING THEM UP.

THAT'S EQUALED THE LIFT.

AND THAT BASICALLY IS THE INSTINCT OF THE DOGS IN A NUTSHELL.

THE WAY THEY MOVE GREAT QUANTITIES OF SHEEP IS WITH THEIR EYE AND BALANCE.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY BALANCE IS THEIR INSTINCT IS ALWAYS TO PUT THE SHEEP OR CATTLE OR WHATEVER IT IS THEY ARE WORKING BETWEEN THE HANDLER, ME, AND THEMSELVES.

[WHISTLING] >> WATCH OUT.

YOU NOTICE WHERE I PUT MY LEFT-HAND.

I PUSH THAT SPOT RIGHT HERE, AND HE PICKS THE FOOT UP AND IF YOU PUSH WHEN, THEY KEEP THE LEG OUT STRAIGHT BECAUSE THE ACHILLES TENDON IS RIGHT THERE.

IF YOU CUT THAT, THE SHEEP WILL NEVER WALK AGAIN.

>> LOOK HOW BLACK THIS UNDERNEATH, GUYS.

OH, MAN, GUYS, THIS IS GORGEOUS!

>> I AM STOPPING THE TWIST WITH THIS FINGER, AND I AM TRYING TO KEEP MY FIBERS MORE OPEN.

WITH MY LEFT-HAND.

YOU TRY TO KEEP THE RIGHT HAND, THE RIGHT HAND KEEPS THE TWIST FROM GETTING BACK INTO THE CL CLUMP.

BRING THE EAR OVER SO I DON'T CUT THE EAR.

FOUR COMMANDS WILL MAKE THE DOGS DO ANYTHING WITH THE SHEEP.

CLOCK-WISE, WHICH WE SAY COMBINE, AND COUNTER CLOCKWISE TO, WALK IN MEANS TO WALK STRAIGHT IN NO MATTER THE DIRECTION OF THE DOG.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PUSH THEM AWAY, YOU PUT THE DOG BETWEEN ME AND THEM.

THEY WILL PUSH THEM AWAY, IF YOU WANT TO BRING THE SHEEP TO YOU PUT THE DOG IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND BRING THEM BACK.

>> YOU HAVE GOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY.

HE'S PUSHING THEM RIGHT UP TO THE FENCE.

IF THE DOG HAS TOO MUCH EYE, HE'S APT TO GET THE ANIMAL VERY NERVOUS.

WE WILL TAKE A STRONG EYED DOG AND USE IT ON HOGS OR BEEF COWS WHERE'S A GENTLER ONE WE MIGHT USE ON SHEEP OR GOATS.

>> WE ARE WINDING DOWN TRYING TO DECIDE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE US TO TIE THE KNOT.

WE ARE GOING DOWN WITH ONE ROW OF KNOTS AND BACK WITH ANOTHER ROW.

>> A COUPLE MORE.

I WILL BE DONE.

>> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

BYE, GUYS.

LET'S GO, COME ON!

>> WHEN THEY ARE ALL DONE, WE SAY EACH OF THEIR NAMES, AND PANDA, GINOSTERA, JACK, ROSEY, OUT!

COME HERE, ROSE, COME ON, COME ON, LET'S GO.

COME ON.

COME ON, BABY.

GOOD GIRL.

LET'S GO.

HEY, COME HERE.

GOOD GIRL!

>> HE'S SHOWING SHEEP.

>> AND THAT'S "POINTS NORTH" FOR THIS TIME.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW.

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