Tour Scotland Video Scottish National Sheep Dog Trials Tulliemet Ballinluig Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of shepherds and Border Collie sheepdogs at the Scottish National Sheep Dog Trials at Tulliemet by Ballinluig, Perthshire, Scotland. The first Scottish sheepdog trial was held at the Carnworth Agricultural Society Show in Lanarkshire around 1874. A Sheepdog trial is a competitive dog sport in which herding dog breeds move sheep around a field, fences, gates, or enclosures as directed by their handlers. Such events are particularly associated with hill farming areas, where sheep range widely on largely unfenced land. While every shepherd is free to use whatever commands they wish, the basic norm as well as whistles is " come by " to get the dog to move on the right flank and " away to me " for the left.

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