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The Sheepdog Trials
Mature & Silver · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A widowed farmer enters her dog in the local sheepdog trials and finds herself drawn to the gruff judge who scores her too low. A gruff, funny two-part mature romance of whistles, wet wool and moorland rain.
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“The Sheepdog Trials” is a Mature & Silver story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 4 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Outrun. Pauline enters her dog Fly in the Pennine sheepdog trials. Harold, the judge, scores her forty-one: the dog is excellent, he says, and the handler is nervous.
- Part 2: The Final Round. Pauline and Fly return to the trials a year later and score ninety-two. Afterward, with the rain stopped and the sheep penned, the judge puts away the scorecard.
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