Examples of sheepdog

• As the social prominence of the aristocracy and gentry receded after 1880, so too did their role in defining the nature of the sheepdog trial.

• If a good sheepdog seems 'almost human' that is because a good shepherd has made it so.

• At the same time, the shepherds and farmers, who made practical use of sheepdogs, assumed direction of the sport.

• The gather is thus what the sheepdog is quintessentially about: bred for its ability to aid the hill shepherd in collecting his charges over vast distances and exceptionally irregular terrain.

• But as the social prominence of the aristocracy and gentry receded after 1880,4 so too would their role in defining the nature of the sheepdog trial.

• There might be a case of a sheepdog in wild open spaces, and there poison would be a very considerable danger.

• But these could surely be exempted from the tax, just as sheepdogs are exempted.

• The sheepdog is a highly skilled worker, as is his master.