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Magyar Pásztorkutyák Terelőversenye (part 2)

Like I said, today I have been out and about in the Duna Dráva Nemzeti park at Drávaszentes and here are the first shots.

The whole event is about a special race of dog, bred here in Hungary and called Pulli (sorry, don’t know the correct spelling - officially they seem to be known as “Pásztorkutyák")
Correct me anyone, if I’m wrong

They had some local artist and vendors there, lots of press people with cameras and horse riding, a wagon that took you on a tour through the park, bow shooting, sheep shearing, a small bird show and the main event, the sheep parcours with the sheep herder and the shepherd dog.

More of the above another day. Today I’ll show you just a few of the dog part.

They first had to get the sheep out of the fenced in area,

get them in another corner, from there through some hay stacks in another corner and from there a slalom around some sticks

and back into the fenced in area.
Not easy.
At all.

Some dogs were a bit too eager

Plus, today was the hottest day in at least two months. My brain is fried. I don’t know how the people on that parcours felt, nor do I really want to know how the sheep felt after that day.

Btw. the sheep have a special name too, but I sure as heck don’t know it.

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Magyar Pásztorkutyák Terelőversenye (part 1)

Will be here today.

Duna Drava Nemzeti park at Drávaszentes

There’s a “festival” today with dog show and who knows what else.
Hope the weather stays decent and I can snap some good shots.

And nope, our two precious doggies will stay at home like good doggies, so I have my hands free to snap

Courting each other to make more cuckoos. What else

Birdwatching June 14th in Somogy county, Hungary.

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