Story: Farm dogs

Short head and yard (2nd of 4)

Short head and yard

Here, the dog handler and a heading dog work together to muster three sheep in a direct line through a gateway and into a pen, with the gate successfully closed behind them.

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Clive Dalton, 'Farm dogs - Sheepdog trials', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/diagram/15346/short-head-and-yard (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Clive Dalton, published 24 Nov 2008