Sheep And Shepherd

Joan Agie
Sep 16, 2022 By Joan Agie
Originally Published on Jan 12, 2021
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The little ones find animals cute and amusing. But, many of them are unaware of rearing animals since most of them stay in cities. Therefore, these free printable sheep and shepherd coloring pages resources are an informative and fun way to learn about the relationship shared between a sheep and a shepherd.

Sheep are innocent animals, which have been domesticated by humans for their fleece, meat and other purposes. Sheep husbandry has been common across the globe.


A shepherd refers to a person who tends to sheep. They feed the sheep, guard, and groom them. Not all shepherds are the owners of the sheep, but the caretakers of the sheep.

They are paid by the owners to look after the sheep. Profession of shepherd is the oldest profession. It goes back to five thousand years ago.

Shepard in ancient times played a significant role in the economy. Most of these shepherds were the young male kids of the farmers and peasants.

This profession has changed drastically in today's modern day and age. Earlier, shepherds were independent nomads but now their status changed to employees of estates. Sheeps are very affectionate with shepherds.

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