A border collie from Northumberland has become the world's most expensive sheepdog after being sold to an American ranch owner for £18,900.
Two-and-a-half year-old Megan was sold by shepherdess Emma Gray at an auction in North Yorkshire.
Ms Gray, 33, who farms and trains sheepdogs near Morpeth, has broken her own record set a year ago, when a similar dog sold for almost £15,000.
The average price for a working dog is about £2,000.
Megan will go from herding sheep in the north-east of England to rounding up Wagyu cattle in Oklahoma.
Ms Gray, who has represented England at the World Sheepdog Trials, said she had to double-check the price after the auction in Skipton on Friday.
"I had to ring the auction and just make sure it wasn't a hoax and that I wasn't dreaming," she said.
"Afterwards I went to Marks and Spencer and bought Megan some chicken and let her sleep on my pillow."
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