Lawgirl Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 In case any of us are isolated at home and want to fill a few minutes watching some sheep dog trialling, I came across this video of an old (1981) sheep dog trial from New Zealand. https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/a-dogs-show-1981 Interestingly, the first two dogs are New Zealand Huntaway dogs, who have, um, a very different style of herding than I am used to seeing. And I then went down a bit of a rabbit hole and found another video on the site that may be interesting https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/dogstar-1986 (Quote from site) This doco looks at the relationship between dogs and shepherds in Kiwi sheep farming. It covers the history of dog and man, and reveals Dog Show-worthy secrets behind the dogs' training and personalities, from ‘heading dogs' who stare sheep (and geese!) "into submission" to the "loudmouth" ‘huntaways' who drive flocks on vast high country stations. Hope everyone here is staying safe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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