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What a tremendous weekend with Gary. We had mainly stock people this school and the caliber of the dogs was up there. Four local people attended which was great. The rest travelled from Oberon, Gilgandra, Sydney and Victoria. Although we had one young dog and beginner handler there was more time spent in the paddockContinue reading “Gary White School May 2022”

ETA 27th June. Ready to leave end of August. 1 Pup sold About Our Dogs Goes without saying our dogs are intelligent, they are Collies after all. Our dogs will work with you, they are easy to train in that they are biddable and want to please. They are catchy and hold type dogs. WeContinue reading “Pups 2022”

Borderville Maddie – Sheep She’s going fantastic she balances the sheep beautifully. She is such a gorgeous girl and so good at paddock work and loves a bit of yard work but I can’t wait to put her in a trial she just absolutely loves to please and is a dream to train! N. UildriksContinue reading “Previous Litter Updates”

We had our first school for 2022 with David. The school was a nice sized school which allowed David to spend extra time with people. David was kind enough to stay with us which meant there was some evening and early morning dog chats. The weather was hot but we manage. What a great weekend,Continue reading “David Motley Working Dog School”

Expressions of interest About Our Dogs Goes without saying our dogs are intelligent, they are Collies after all. Our dogs will work with you, they are easy to train in that they are biddable, they are catch and hold type dogs. We keep high to medium drive dogs so have a variance in softer paddockContinue reading “Future Joining”

Manners in not barging through doors and gates. Different Breeds and different ages Mental stimulation. Also good if you want your dog to back out of something Teaching pup sit and that taking food from her is not a bad thing. Start recall and sit This 10 month old was very sensitive to being touchedContinue reading “Madra Manners Video”

What a great weekend. We had a small group for this school and focused on fine tuning and polishing points of training specific to 3 sheep trailing. A big thank you to Bill for travelling the distance to do this school for us. We hope to get him back again early 2022. This is theContinue reading “Bill Davidson School June 2021”

26th – 27th June Fantastic Weekend Another great bunch of people came to train with Robert last weekend. We had a mix first timers & repeat attendees, season yard trailers & stockmen, with a last minute agility lady who had not worked with Robert for many years. Owen and I even manage to get someContinue reading “Robert Cox Working Dog School”

Ben Coster School 15th May 2021 We had a really good, although cold day for training. Thank goodness Ben and participants where brave enough to face the cold. There was a little drizzle so the new deck came to good use. Ben is a very calm and patient trainer. We enjoyed his teaching style. ItContinue reading “Ben Coster Working Dog School”