In an agriculture workforce shortage, dogs prove to be skilled helpers for farmers and ranchers. Their skills were on display at the sheep dog trials at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. Nearly 60 ...

Wayland Lum, a farmer who says he’s recently had numerous sheep mutilated by trespassing hunters’ dogs, sits behind the wheel of an all-terrain vehicle Wednesday on his farm. “There is no indication ...

A farm in central Massachusetts is doing things the old-fashioned way by using dogs to herd sheep, instead of ATVs. It's at Little Brook Farm in Sunderland where 6-year-old sheepdog Bett does her job.