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Low-Stress Livestock Handling Part 2 – Observation, Driving and Parallel Movement With a Focus on Sheep

Last week we shared a video from Boyd Holden about best practices for low-stress sheep handling. Boyd is an animal handling consultant from Australia...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling – Best Practices for Sheep Part 1

If you’ve been reading On Pasture for very long, you’ve certainly seen Whit Hibbard’s articles sharing the ins and outs of moving cattle and...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling – Working Cattle in Alleyways

This piece comes to us from Whit Hibbard and Dawn Hnatow. In their first piece in this pen-working series, they described how to move...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling and Corral Work – Part 1

It’s important that we talk about corral work for the simple reason that that’s where we spend a lot of time with our livestock,...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling – Starting Herd Movement For a Successful Drive

For the past few years, Whit Hibbard has been sharing a series of articles on Low-Stress Livestock Handling (LSLH). We've gathered these articles as...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling – Approaching Your Cows Before Driving

Whit Hibbard has been sharing tips for how we can all improve our stockmanship skills. If you've missed anything in this series, here are...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling “Dance Steps”

Kathy's Note: Ever since I attended a Bud Williams Low-Stress Livestock Handling workshop, I've thought of the process as a kind of dance where...

Don’t Let Misconceptions About Low-Stress Livestock Handling Get In Your Way

Having trouble perfecting your livestock handling skills? Maybe these common misconceptions are holding you back.

See Low-Stress Livestock Handling In Action

So you've read Whit Hibbard's series on Low-Stress Livestock Handling Process about all the things you need to incorporate in your thinking process when...

The Moves You Need to Know For Low-Stress Livestock Handling

Now that we have made the case for low-stress livestock handling (LSLH) as an essential component of operating sustainable and profitable livestock operations, reviewed...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling’s 12 Steps to Success

Keeping these principles in mind when you're working your livestock will turn you into a great stockman.

Low-Stress Livestock Handling – It’s All In Your Head

The right mind-set can really improve your chances of becoming a good livestock handler. It starts with thinking about livestock in a new way.

The Case for Low-Stress Livestock Handling

In my first article, I introduced stockmanship as an under-appreciated and under-utilized component of operating sustainable livestock operations, and argued that its one essential...

Definitions of Holistic Management and Low-Stress Livestock Handling

Ben Bartlett is a retired Michigan State University extension agent.  He and his wife, Denise, raise sheep and stocker cattle on their 900 acre farm...

How to Drive Livestock Using Low-Stress Handling Techniques

Driving is one of the most common interactions we have with our livestock. Here's how to make that less stressful for everyone involved.

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