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Lur, the shepherd dog who makes decisions on her own

2021-08-04T03:31:24.699Z


The one who knows her says that she is stealthy and that she tends to move the sheep constantly In the Sierra Norte there is no pollution, no tourists, no franchises. It's Madrid but it doesn't look like Madrid. Neither does it reach the category of Castilian countryside, they do not dedicate books or poems to Madarcos. In the distance you can hear the barking of a dog, sheep bleating. A man yells in French: - ¡À gaaaaaucheeeeeeee! Lur receives the command and runs to the left automaticall


In the Sierra Norte there is no pollution, no tourists, no franchises.

It's Madrid but it doesn't look like Madrid.

Neither does it reach the category of Castilian countryside, they do not dedicate books or poems to Madarcos.

In the distance you can hear the barking of a dog, sheep bleating.

A man yells in French:

- ¡À gaaaaaucheeeeeeee!

Lur receives the command and runs to the left automatically as if she were the protagonist of a video game.

The bitch cares the sheep but the sheep resist, they present pressure, they know that she is a guest and that she is not their usual shepherd.

- ¡À gauche!

On top of that, the mastinas ... are holding her back.

(Whistles) That, let's see, they're doing their job but they're looking for Lur to cut her off.

À droite!

It is that neither Eeeeeeh!

À droite!

they know her.

If I get lost, they run over there ¡À droite!

Quiet!

and I don't want to go looking for them.

À droite, I said!

Lur with Rubén Cano, his owner and pastor, in the Madarcos area (Sierra Norte de Madrid) .DAVID EXPOSITO / EL PAÍS

Rubén Cano yells at Lur in French because he bought it from a French breeder but, above all, because it is shorter than “left” and “right”. Cano is 32 years old and from Orcasitas. During the week he works as a social worker in sheltered flats attending to people with disabilities; on weekends he is a pastor. He takes care of a friend's flock for a few days and has decided to bring Lur, his first dog, to help him herd “although the other two I have are better trained. The first thousand dogs are to spoil them ”he laughs.

Lur is petite with black skirts that sway when she runs. The one who knows her says that she is stealthy, that she tends to move the sheep constantly and that she makes too many decisions on her own. She has little strength but more naturalness than her companions and her lack of corpulence and security means that she is forced to take small bites on the legs of the sheep to make them listen to her, something that Cano tries to avoid, he does not want the owner to complain .

Pongo, his second dog, is strong but also grosser.

It is capable of quickly lowering the entire herd from a mountain.

Suri, the third and youngest, is still in the learning process.

Cano is training him in English, to be tested, because for competitions the commands are usually given in this language and because he plans to go live in England in the summer.

“In Spain you have a dog lying down because you want to have the sheep eating and that's it.

They have another way of shepherding there, they manage larger herds and they usually sweep the field with them. "

The sheep are under the command of Lur, a shepherd dog, in the Madarcos area (Sierra Norte de Madrid) .DAVID EXPOSITO / EL PAÍS

His are waiting for Cano in Somosierra. He has 30 sheep but does not live off livestock, he uses them to keep his dogs trained.

Lur does not stop working for a second, if he gets lost chatting, take the opportunity to move the herd.

- The bitch even detects when I talk on the phone Come here!

Grave!

The bitch comes back panting and coughing.

She is exhausted but cannot stop, she is a

workaholic.

He does not attend to cuddles or caresses.

Cano stands behind the herd, it's time to close them.

The grass is wet, it has rained all night and the animals are not thirsty, hence it is taking them more than normal to go to the pylon.

The dog then takes the opportunity to cool off at the trough.

Little by little the sheep are entering the tenada.

Lur waits outside.

One of the sheep gets lost and runs away.

The bitch looks at her master waiting for order.

Cano gives it to her and Lur gets up like a spring, goes after the sheep and brings it back to the fold.

Cano admits to being exhausted.

In addition to the possibility of going to live in England, he is waiting for the answer of an interview he did to pastor in Cantabria.

Doubt.

He has been working as a salaried shepherd for seven years, with goats and sheep, and like any other young man his age, job instability torments him: “It is a lot of work and little money.

I already want to heal my back, which hurts like hell ”.

Lur enters the van with Pongo and Suri.

He lies down even though he has energy for the odd herd.

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Source: elparis

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