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The 2022 International Sheepdog Trials were held in Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The trials were meant to be at Castle Howard in 2020 but the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and again in 2021. [1] The 2023 International Sheepdog Trials are to be held in Blessington, Co. Wicklow. [2]
A sheep dog or sheepdog is generally a dog or breed of dogs historically used in connection with the raising of sheep. These include livestock guardian dogs used to guard sheep and other livestock and herding dogs used to move, manage and control sheep and other livestock.
A self-taught sheepdog handler, [1] Cropper told First Women in 2016 that she had been "deliberately marked down or penalised [by men] to keep me from winning". [2] Then, in 1990, she (with her dog Trim) was the first woman to win the BBC's One Man and His Dog sheepdog trials television series (Chirk Castle). Twenty-five years later, her ...
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A sheepdog trial – also herding event, stock dog trial or simply dog trial — is a competition or test of the working abilities of dogs of herding breeds. It is a type of dog sport that emerged in the 1860s in New Zealand .
The South African Sheepdog Association (SASDA) is an association responsible for organising and controlling sheepdog related activities in South Africa. This involves overseeing the competitions ( sheepdog trials ) that are held by regional clubs during the year and maintaining the stud book to manage the registration of sheepdogs in South Africa.
The earliest references to Huntaways are in the late 19th century. A sheepdog trial with a specific class for Huntaways was advertised in the Upper Waitaki in 1870. [5] "Wanted" advertisements for "huntaway sheepdogs" were in the Otago Daily Times newspaper in 1884, [6] heading and huntaway collies were advertised for sale in 1885. [7]