Les Roughan hung up his dog whistle when he retired from dog trialling in 2019, aged 95, after competing at the national championships in Blenheim. But there was no way he was going to miss the Tux New Zealand Dog Trial Championships being hosted by the Greenvale Dog Trial Club near Gore this week. READ MORE:* Dog trialling is a sport for teens to nonogenerians* Sheep dog trials - one day you're a rooster, the next a feather duster* Northerner wins at southern sheep dog trialsDog trialling has been Roughan’s life. Kavinda Herath/Stuff Bruce Parkinson, of Raetihi, competes in the straight hunt with his dog Tune at the Tux NZ Sheep Dog Trials. “We’ve had no complaints so far.’’Kavinda Herath/Stuff Greenvale dog trial club president Garth Cross at the TUX New Zealand Sheep Dog Trials.

Source: Stuff May 18, 2021 04:52 UTC