DRIVE (30 point)
By means of the drive, the dog must demonstrate that he, besides your sheep during the fetch, also the drift of sheep controlled. For this purpose, a triangular route with two drive ports plotted where the drift component of the handler and the sheep remotely parallel to the handler float, return. The two ports that are in them have an opening 6,30 meters wide. With a good drive is all about retaining the right lines (through the center of the gates and the last line runs into the center of the division ring), not missing the gates and allow the sheep in a quiet, even speed walking.
The drive starts when the sheep are going to start pole. Upon completion of the fetch and the start of the drive does not stick rigidly to the handler stand. He may in his movements the sheep in the right direction float; however, it is forbidden for the handler is more than 4 meters from the first pole to go. The correction of the error is not immediately, so the sheep even longer line hands off costs points: the complete lack of any lines costs basically all available points. When the dog is - regardless of whether he is the port has been taken in the right way - the sheep back through the floating gate rather than surrounding it to lead, this can cost a lot of points. Throughout the drive, the dog good contact with the sheep: too often go down, to keep large distances or flanks - whether the sheep of line going through, run or stop - cost points. Also an excess of commands cost points, like a dog that frequently looking back to his handler. As with the fetch is in the drive, that at each port but 1 attempt - successful or not - may be done: still a second attempt leads - successful or not - just to deduct points. "An attempt was made" when the sheep the left and right by imaginary line drawn between the two gates of the port, passed. If the five sheep you have two left or right of the gate on this line and the dog stepped quickly through the remaining three sides or all five of them still get through the gate, than the two that should already have passed through the line, considered as sheep that have missed the gate and they cause in this case two points deduction (apart from the deduction for deviation from line). When the sheep through the gates, they should as soon as possible to be aligned. Too wide arches after the gate has come to be, cost points. The drive is only over when all the sheep division ring within its. Check with the trail exploring, After the briefing, or cross in front or behind the drive runs along fetchpoort! Depending on the course it is possible that the last line is not at the center of the ring is, but to the pole. Turns out that is not clear from the trail, discuss this at the briefing!
Points Deduction:
• Sheep off the line are
• Errors are not corrected
• A port is missed
• Too many commands
• 2nd attempt part
• Too wide bends after passing gate
Disqualification:
• Handler too far away from the pole
• Hunting, bite, dog not under control
• Consciously skip a port