How to Train a sheepdog for trials

three of us went schooling our sheepdogs on the trial course from the nursery trial the Sunday before. it is a great exercise for training working sheepdogs becuase we can simulate the trial situation and help proof our dogs training to help avoid future mistakes on the next sheepdog trials. Sheepdog handlers Matt Murphy and Eamonn Connell share their ideas on it www.churchmountsheepdogs.ie