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Dog trialling has been Roughan’s life. When farming at Te Tipua and Mandeville he qualified dogs to compete at a national level every year from 1982 until his retirement “When I started I realised that near enough wasn’t good enough, and I got organised and started doing things a bit better. I never got into the provincials, but I was always there competing. One year I had five dogs – three huntaways and two heading dogs, but that was a bit much and I wouldn’t do that again.’’
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Veteran dog trialist Les Roughan at the Tux NZ sheep dog trial championships