Focussing on the flock

By Follow on Saturday, October 22, 2022
  • Rosalio Rodriguez’s grandson, 8-year-old Rosangel Rodriguez, Jr., stands near the barn with some of his grandpa’s 45 sheep. PHOTOS BY ANDY SHARP
    Rosalio Rodriguez’s grandson, 8-year-old Rosangel Rodriguez, Jr., stands near the barn with some of his grandpa’s 45 sheep. PHOTOS BY ANDY SHARP
  • Rosalio Rodriguez offers Rambo a cool drink, taking a brief break.
    Rosalio Rodriguez offers Rambo a cool drink, taking a brief break.
  • Rosalio Rodriguez and his herding dog Rambo watch over their sheep as a cyclist rides past them.
    Rosalio Rodriguez and his herding dog Rambo watch over their sheep as a cyclist rides past them.
  • A sheep, only four days old, stays close to its mama.
    A sheep, only four days old, stays close to its mama.
  • Focussing on the flock
    Focussing on the flock
    The first time I met Rosalio Rodriguez was over a decade ago, as he and Charlie, his dog, were herding sheep along a barely-used county road south of Granger. The two of them were sometimes running to keep up with the pack of about 60 sheep as they munched on grass along the roadside. Then in his late-50s, this was a daily ritual, a task he enjoyed every day after working full-time at a printin...

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