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Dog trial

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Dog trial

This dog has managed to guide three sheep into a pen, and the handler prepares to close the gate – hopefully in the time allowed for this competition.

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by Clive Dalton

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Clive Dalton, Farm dogs – Sheepdog trials, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15344/dog-trial (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Clive Dalton, published 1 March 2009.