Does the horse have to work, too? (Muss das Pferd auch arbeiten?)

According to Valeria, the special thing about shepherding is how you do everything yourself – from the birthing to the rearing of sheep, and sometimes including slaughter. She is the filmmaker Leonhard Pill's sister and leads a life that starkly differs in every conceivable way from that of her siblings. She lives in a mobile home without running water and survives on the minimum wage. She works outdoors under all conditions with her dogs amidst the sheep. She scouts out available pastures, spins wool, serves as midwife delivering lambs into the world, trims hooves, slaughters, cuddles with sheep, speaks to and watches over them, smoking cigarettes all the while. She even makes birthday gifts for her siblings – at least when she gets an idea. And enough time.