Herding
The purpose of the competitive herding trial program is to preserve and develop the herding skills inherent in the herding breeds and to demonstrate that they can perform the useful functions for which they were originally bred. Although herding trials are artificial simulations of pastoral or farm situations, they are standardized tests to measure and develop the characteristics of the herding breeds.
Gemini and Apollo both herded goats successfully in April 2005 at the Ridgeback National Specialty show; they both achieved their Herding Instinct Certificates.
