Assume some of the sheep didn't make it through a winter or that one of the dogs attacked some of them and had to be put down. So, 125 sheep left from a potential of 144 after 12 years of shepherding seems possible.
Assuming the shepherd lives in a country that still has shepherding as a profession, we'll assume s/he started at 15.
What's scarier than the kids in that video are the number of people on HN who don't seem to have grasped the concept of where "lamb" and "mutton" come from. :-)
Assume some of the sheep didn't make it through a winter or that one of the dogs attacked some of them and had to be put down. So, 125 sheep left from a potential of 144 after 12 years of shepherding seems possible.
Assuming the shepherd lives in a country that still has shepherding as a profession, we'll assume s/he started at 15.
The shepherd is 27 years old
Q.E.F.