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Zigzag hunt

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Zigzag hunt

This competition usually takes place on a steep slope. Three sheep must be pushed uphill in a zigzag direction, between pairs of marker pegs, with the final pair near the top of the slope perhaps 200 metres away. For this work a huntaway dog with a loud bark is best.

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Clive Dalton, Farm dogs – Sheepdog trials, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/15347/zigzag-hunt (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Clive Dalton, published 1 March 2009.