winter range sheepherder

É necessário estar disponível até 24 horas por dia, 7 dias por semana e passar a maioria dos dias úteis no intervalo. Todas as funções de trabalho estão intimamente e diretamente relacionadas com a produção de ovelhas. Execute qualquer combinação das seguintes tarefas para atender ovelhas no intervalo durante a temporada de inverno: administrar cuidados médicos menores de emergência a ovelhas grávidas doentes/feridas usando métodos de amarração para imobilizar suavemente o animal sem causar estresse indevido; auxiliar no transporte de água quando as condições de inverno e seca eliminam fontes naturais de água para ovelhas; auxiliar na alimentação suplementar (quando o clima ou a qualidade da forragem impedem o uso de forragem); cuidar de ovelhas prenhes em temperaturas frias de inverno; quebrar o gelo sobre fontes de água congeladas; detectar a direção de onde o vento ou as tempestades predominantes estão vindo para manter as ovelhas reunidas e seguras; detectar através de métodos de rastreamento de inverno onde o gado de outro (s) fazendeiro(s) tem sido para evitar o sobrepastoreio de forragem; alimentar, regar e cuidar dos cães (cães de guarda e de trabalho) e cavalos; proteger contra predadores predominantes durante os meses de inverno using appropriate tracking, trapping, and hunting methods ; herd sheep to appropriate grazing areas using winter trailing methods to avoid undue stress; intensely monitor and treat sheep vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; maintain and set up supply wagon in appropriate direction to provide wind break/shelter/protection for horses & dogs; make sufficient water from snow for horses/dogs at camp; move pregnant ewes at a pace sufficient to ensure they receive ample water/forage during daylight hours before bedding down at night; operate camp stove appropriately to provide/conserve heat in extreme cold/high winds; properly hobble camp horses; properly use/store food supplies for herder/horses/dogs; repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; report to employer dehydration & other indicators of deterioration in animal body condition/behavioral changes indicating malnutrition or disease; report to rancher on water/forage/weather conditions; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to sheep on the ranch during the winter season: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant ewes using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; break ice over frozen water sources; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses; intensely monitor and treat sheep vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; report to employer dehydration & other indicators of deterioration in animal body condition/behavioral changes indicating malnutrition or disease; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypotherm ia/abortion/death.