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Sheepdog demonstrations. We arrived just in time to watch this.
The shepherd had four truly awesome dogs working.
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Herding geese. Unlike sheep, they can fly away if sufficiently annoyed
- perhaps that's why sometimes sheepdogs are trained on geese, rather
than sheep. Note the intensity with which all three visible dogs
are working.
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The object is to get the geese over the "bridge" without flying.
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In another demonstration, this dog worked the geese alone, herding
them around three groups of children who were acting as obstacles
- each group also was petting one of the other dogs, which were
more interested in the geese than the kids.
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In this exercise, the dogs herded the geese into the circle of children.
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The evening's entertainment was this group - the "Cavern Beatles".
They were quite good, and "Paul" really did look a lot like Paul
McCartney.
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People were really rockin', even some kids.
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Of course, since this is the Fourth of July, the evening ended (around
11pm, since this IS England in the - alleged - summertime)with a
fireworks display.
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