Guilty or Innocent?

 The headline intrigued me:

 

2025 Trans-Tasman Sheep Dog Trial Test series set to get underway

No mention of the charges the dogs face and a few questions remain unanswered:

Does New Zealand or Australasian Law specifically cover sheepdogs or are all animals subject to it?

Will the dogs face a jury of their peers? Dogs or just sheepdogs?

Will the trial be bi-lingual and, if so, who will translate?

What punishment do the dogs face if found guilty?

Will there be an appeal?

Test series? What's it a test of? Do they mean internationals?