ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the information on the variety of flock leaders, to give the main distribution of each type and to define the nature and the function of flock leaders on the basis of field data. The medallion illustrates the ideal relationship between the leader and his followers with the allegory of the flock of sheep, with the ewes following the male. Sheep have a natural disposition to follow and the flock's direction of movement is consequently determined in general by the leading group. The use of a guide wether for flock control, was seen in western Europe as well as in central Italy. According to the shepherds in Abruzzo in central Italy, they train the guide wether as follows. After castration, the shepherd puts a short woollen rope on the wether's neck and walks along with him, like walking a dog, and teaches the wether to respond to his touch.
