What happens when a sheep dog is used to muster the sheep?
Shy dogs may not work well initially but the alpacas will eventually ignore them if they are with the farmer and when they realise that they are not going to harm the sheep they are protecting. When lambing ewes are being moved it may be better to leave the sheep dog at home as alpacas will lead sheep through gates and into the yards without the help of dogs. This makes it much easier to move protective ewes. When a gate is opened alpacas will lead the flock into the next paddock. If grain is used as a reward then they will come running and lead the flock towards you.
