Training

I spent Mother' Day outside most of the day supervising the sheep and lamb on the electronet.

Some (the sheep) knew exactly what it was and required no training, the others (the lambs) needed to learn while others (the kid goats) needed a repeated lesson.

I took them out in separate groups.

For the purpose of less crowding and accidental pushing or shoving into the fence.

With each group, I took a LGD out with them.

True, one got more attention then the other.

And I'm almost at the point they can go off leash...within the electronet.  But not when the sheep are inside.

Not that the dogs require imprinting on the sheep, they are very much aware of them and feel part of the flock.  Especially Samson, the male.  However, it is the sheep who have to accept the dogs.  In their minds still, they are predators.  It will take time and trust development for that to happen.  But they are making progress.  That's them sharing some shade under the trampoline.

But they only accept him while he is tethered, when he is untethered, then his movements spark alarm in the flock, which sparks a stampede, which can harm a lamb.  So they remain tethered for now.