However, the sport's organising bodies regard the first recorded sheepdog trials as those held in Bala, Wales, in 1873.

然而，该种赛事的组织团体认为有史以来的第一项牧羊犬比赛于1873年举行于巴拉·穆尔，威尔士。

In fact, a great many of the problems associated with training dogs for herding or sheepdog trials are caused by the handler not getting close enough to the sheep before sending the dog off to them.

事实上，牧羊训练或比赛中遇到的一大堆问题，都是由指导手过早地让狗跑向羊群造成的。