Splitting sheep

Nedan finner ni ett saxat inlägg från diskussionsmailet som nämndes tidigare i bloggen. Det var så humoristiskt skrivet så jag kunde inte låta bli....

Subject: Splitting sheep

I happen to be very excited because someone offered me a dog with breeding and talent, but not much training, and I am reading up as much as I can to learn how to train the dog, and myself, to work sheep. More importantly, to work sheep PROPERLY.
I am reading H. Glyn Jones' book "A Way of Life" and there is this section on teaching "shedding" or how to split a group of sheep into two groups of sheep -- called "splitting" -- and then moving one of the groups away -- which is apparently called "shedding."You start out with your dog positioned on one side of the flock of sheep (at least six sheep) and you on the other. You start out by raising your arm and splitting the flock into two groups. . . . . UM . . . you do???OK -- how the heck do you get the sheep to agree to split into two groups in the first place??? My sheep, being greedy little dairy ewes, will all be looking intently at me, expecting me to feed them something.
Split? They are supposed to split? What is that arm doing? It is scattering oats? Perhaps, they think, they should crowd in and see if there are any oats here? Or corn?Honestly --- how DO you split sheep? It looks more formidable to me than Moses splitting the Red Sea!OK, it is 4AM and I am so excited I can't sleep, and I'm picturing this in my mind. This really works?
Chris in Oswego County, NY -- trying to imagine how to split sheep (without using a sharp blade)