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Man. Dog. Sheep. This was an unlikely formula for Kiwi TV gold; A Dog's Show was familiar as a homespun in its long-running Sunday night slot. The show featured sheepdog trials from around the country, with commentary provided by a sagacious, bearded John Gordon. In the final from a 1981 series, three farmers wield sticks and whistles and put their dogs through their paces to wrangle the "sticky sheep". It's 1981, but the only riots here are ovine. Trivia: the opening tune is a version of the song 'Flowers on the Wall', also used in the film Pulp Fiction.
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I loved watching the sheepdog trials. When i was young lived not far from a Mr Bob Wilson from Kirwee, Canterbury, South Island. It would have been around 40 plus years ago. He won a lot of cups, ribbons etc, remembering as a small child looking at them. He was a really nice and his wife was. His other passion was outdoor bowls,a member at the Kirwee club. Anyone remember him? Called have been called Robert also.
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Television, 2008 (Full Length)
Features champion wrangler Lionel Winstanley
Television, 1999 (Full Length)
Featuring more remotely controlled dogs
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janine
Posted at 08.42PM - 16.08.2010
hi very good but, i am trying find the whistles made in NZ for sheepdogs for those of us whom do not have a loud whistle... :) .. they are shaped like a bottom of a tin can, folded in half, with a sml hole on one side .EXTREMELY hrd to use at first, till you get the nack of it. Any help Emenssly appreciated,,