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Australian Shepherd Who 'Loves His Job' Herds Dog Brother Instead Of Sheep

People are obsessing over the adorableness of a recent TikTok video that gave viewers a glimpse into how eager herding dogs are to be put to work.

Herding breeds were developed to gather, herd and protect livestock, but their instinctual ability can stretch into their daily lives. Also known as working dogs, these canines will use their herding drive with whatever is available, such as other pets, kids or their owners, the American Kennel Club reported.

Owner Alyssa, known on TikTok as @alyssa_tackett, called on her Australian shepherd to do her a favor, and as a herding dog breed, Winston couldn't wait to get to work even if it meant no sheep. The dog sat in front of Alyssa and looked up with alertness. His body wiggled with excitement. She asked if he would get his doggy brother, Moose, and bring him upstairs.

Winston sprinted downstairs like he had been waiting all day to do a job. He paused at the bottom to confirm he was doing what she wanted before going out of the frame. Viewers could hear Moose grunt in protest, but Winston wasn't giving up. He had a job and was determined to get Moose to herd upstairs whether he liked it or not.

The next thing viewers saw was Winston running back upstairs with a giant smile on his face. Moose followed suit, a little less enthusiastic. But the job was done and Winston got his well-deserved praise.

The caption reads: "He loves his job."

The owner shared in a separate video what the herding process looked like from Moose's perspective. As it turns out, Moose "hates mornings and is very stubborn about coming upstairs." If it weren't for Winston to perform his job, who knows if Moose would ever want to get up in the morning.

Newsweek reached out to @alyssa_tackett via TikTok for additional information.

The clip amassed over 2.8 million views, 473,500 likes and 454 comments as of Wednesday. People quickly fell in love with this dog's eagerness to get his sibling, but what got them laughing was Moose's reaction to being summoned.

"I lost it at the grumpy Moose part," said a viewer.

Another wrote: "The way he sprinted up like he knew you just sent him on a dangerous mission."

A third person posted: "Oh my God, the way he paused at the bottom of the stairs ... "

Stock image of an Australian shepherd sitting inside. An owner asked her dog of the same breed to herd his doggy sibling and he happily obliged. Stock image of an Australian shepherd sitting inside. An owner asked her dog of the same breed to herd his doggy sibling and he happily obliged. Carlos Perez/Getty Images

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Instrument Known To Echo In The Mountains Joins Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra

Principal hornist Louise Little-McMurray will play the alphorn at the Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra performance on Oct. 27, 2024, in Red Deer. (Photo contributed by Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra)

The metres-long wooden alphorn, once used for communication and entertainment by Swiss mountain shepherds, will dominate the stage at Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra's season opener on Oct. 27.

Principal hornist and alphorn soloist Louise Little-McMurray will perform Dennis Armitage's Alphorn Ballad, and Amazing Grace for Alphorn and chamber orchestra.

Orchestra founder Karen Gustafson said it's the first time the alphorn will be part of a Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra performance.

She said for an instrument with a sound strong enough to echo in the mountains, the alphorn works well on stage together with other instruments.

"It's not overpowering. It's wonderful how it blends with a normal orchestra with violins and clarinets and flutes," Gustafson said.

Since it's not a traditional orchestra instrument and there happens to be solo pieces written, it's exciting for a alphorn to be part of Sunday's music, she added.

She said alphorn musicians continue to play outdoors, and there's even a group who meet in the Rocky Mountains. Little-McMurray and her husband Adam Newmann, who built the alphorn in Red Deer that will be on stage, have also been travelling around the province to find spots to hear the horn echo.

"I've even heard it in my backyard because they've been playing it along the Red Deer River near MacKenzie trails. I've had neighbours say, 'What was that?'" Gustafson laughed. 

The 4 p.M. Concert at Red Deer's Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, located at 40 Holmes St., will be built around the alphorn solos with something for everyone.

Sharon Braun will sing Climb Every Mountain from The Sound of Music with the orchestra, and Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (featuring In the Hall of the Mountain King).

The program will round out with Canadian composer Morley Calvert's Suite from the Monteregian Hills, and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain.

The program runs about one and a half hours, including a 15-minute intermission.

Tickets are available on eventbrite.Ca or at the door. Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for seniors and up, $10 for students 13 and up, and children 12 and under are free.

The orchestra presents four main series concerts each season, in addition to several small ensemble concerts and performances throughout Central Alberta. 

More information about the orchestra's season can be found on www.Centralalbertachamberorchestra.Com.


Marshall Shepherd

Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, a leading international expert in weather and climate, was the 2013 President of American Meteorological Society (AMS) and is Director of the University of Georgia's (UGA) Atmospheric Sciences Program. Dr. Shepherd is the Georgia Athletic Association





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