article_snippet.sent: , Don the border collie did a pretty good job yesterday of piloting a tractor across a motorway.
article_snippet.sent: Like a scene from Wallace and Gromit, Sheepdog was at controls of tractor when Sheepdog sent the vehicle down a steep bank, on to the busy carriageway and into the central reservation barrier.
article_snippet.sent: Don (pictured) was tending to a lamb when Sheepdog took control by nudging controls of tractor .
article_snippet.sent: due to a dog taking control of tractor’, adding: ‘Nope, not joking.
article_snippet.sent: Traffic Scotland tweeted the news that a dog had 'taken control of a tractor' before adding, 'nope, not joking' Officers cleared the motorway within half an hour and Don was reunited with Don relieved owner at nearby Kirkton Farm .
article_snippet.sent: Nor did the black and white border collie (a breed noted for its intelligence and obedience) panic or flee in terror.
article_snippet.sent: Monty, a giant schnauzer cross, was pictured driving a mini down a race track in New Zealand in 2012 .
highlights_snippet.sent: Sheepdog leaned on controls of tractor taking M74 near Abington in South Lanarkshire from a field on to the road .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Don was tending to a lamb when drama unfolded .