When you have many cattle or sheep to catch and put into a certain area what do you do. Do you go out and pick them up one by one? No, you get on horseback and round them up and drive them to the holding area. You get on horseback and use dogs to muster sheep and drive them to the paddock. You have one dog, usually the smaller one, who is the designated killer used for those sheep who just won't join the flock.