Belgian sheep herding championships in Bokrijk
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- 19 Sep 2022
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Heritage park Bokrijk is no stranger to herding competitions and is this year staging the class 2 Belgian championships. Twenty-one contenders, each with their own sheepdog, are taking part and face the challenge of showing that they are best at controlling a group of sheep.
Sheepdogs have to show they can part a group in two or take a group to an enclosure. All this requires intensive training says organiser and shepherd Kristel Van Schaeverbeke: “Young dogs need to learn an awful lot. It’s quite a challenge, but the more a sheepdog learns the easier it becomes”. Read More...
