--- description: You're fired, Babe title: This Drone Is Surprisingly Good at Herding Sheep image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Drone Is Surprisingly Good at Herding Sheep by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2015 3:50 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2015 3:50 PM CUT Get ready to cash in your 401ks, sheepdogs, because you can retire now. An ingenious Irish farmer has discovered the sheepdog of the future, and it doesn’t require kibble, a warm bed or even a pat on the head for a job well done. That’s because the sheepdog of the future isn’t a dog at all— it’s a drone. In this video, filmed by [Paul Brennan](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cMavp4BIbSymQMelz8U1g "undefined") in Carlow, Ireland, the aptly named Shep the Drone flies above a flock of sheep, filming as it herds them from one field to another. It’s unclear why the drone is so good at the job (sheep pliancy induced by terror, perhaps?) but it is incredibly effective at moving the flock across fields with no training, breeding or Milk Bones required. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3763301/drone-herd-sheep-sheepdogs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3763301/drone-herd-sheep-sheepdogs/"},"headline":"This Drone Is Surprisingly Good at Herding Sheep","datePublished":"2015-03-30T15:50:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:11.215Z","description":"You're fired, Babe","url":"https://time.com/3763301/drone-herd-sheep-sheepdogs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","Farming","Drones","Viral video","sheep"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3763301/drone-herd-sheep-sheepdogs/","name":"This Drone Is Surprisingly Good at Herding Sheep"}}]}] ```