HRD Trial course
Date: September 13 & 14, 2008
4 sheep start in Field 2 – 4 sheep in each
Take Pen
1st step – Take Pens
- Enter at Gate 1
- Time will start when you open your
designated Take Pen
Gate
- Go to your designated Take Pen and take
out sheep into Field 1 – 5 points
2nd
step – Field 1 Course:
- Take sheep clockwise past Handler’s
post
- Go straight up through obstacle 1 – 5
points
- Cross drive to obstacle 2 – 5 points
- Down through obstacle 3 – 10 points
- Take sheep through Gate 1 into Field 2
– 5 points
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Level I can walk with sheep anywhere
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Level II can walk up to obstacle 1 but not through, dotted line is
handler’s line for cross drive, can cross handler’s line when sheep pass through
panels of obstacle 2
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Level III stays at handler’s post, can leave post when sheep pass through
obstacle 3
- tie breaker
4th step – Field 2 Course:
- Gather all sheep together and settle at
sheep post – 5 points
- Call off dog and both dog and handler
goes to handler’s post – 2 points
- Out run, lift and fetch – 3 points
- Level I can set dog at dotted line
and go to within 15’ of sheep
- Level II must set dog at handler’s
post and go to dotted line
- Level III must set dog at handler’s
post and stay at handler’s post
- Fetch to handler’s post and go
clockwise around handler’s post – 5 points
- Go to obstacle 1 – 5 points
- Up through obstacle 2 – LI & LII = 5
points & LIII = 15 points
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Level
I goes through ends of panels and between panels and fence, handler can walk
anywhere on field (up left side of all three panels and out right side of
all three panels
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Level II drives sheep through either hole between panels and then between
panels and fence (through a hole and out right side of panels)
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Level III drives into left end of panels and does an “s” through panels
(up left side of all three panels, then down then up then down right side of
panels)
- Down through obstacle 3 – 5 points
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Level I can go anywhere on the course
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Level II stays behind handler’s line
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Level III stays at handler’s post
All until the sheep are past the panel of obstacle 3
- Go to Sorting chute
- tie breaker
5th step:
- Sort the two different colors
- The color you started with will go into
Field 2 through guillotine gate or right side gate; the color you picked up in Field 2 will go
into Field 1 through left side gate – 20 points
6th step:
- Go into Field 1 and put sheep back into
the Take Pen you took them from – 5 points
- When Take Pen Gate is closed time will
stop *
* - All Gates must be closed for time to stop.
Time allotted – 15 minutes (estimated)
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