Australian Working Stock Dog Magazine - Issue 23, June 2023

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Stockman’s Profile Mitch Perez

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A DOGS LIFE:

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Editors Thoughts Another issue has come and gone along with so many trials, training days and auctions across the country. As I always say it is great to see working stock dogs promoted so highly throughout Australia - whether is be at Royal Agricultural Shows, little trials or on television like the National Sheepdog Trial at Hall, ACT I feel it is so beneficial for postive awareness of the sport and industry.

As things start to slow down for trialing during winter (although looking at the coming events calender it doesn’t seem to be the case) it is quite often a busy time of year for our farmers and producers across the country, fingers crossed for a great season.

As for my comment last issue wondering if anyone actually reads my editors thoughts, I was genuinely shocked how many people took the time to message, ring or email me to let me know that they are enjoying my efforts with the Australian Working Stock Dog Magazine. I am really thankful for those people who did, each one really took me by surprise.

It has been great to see some new contributors come on board this issue and I hope to continue to work with these wonderful and talented writers, storytellers and associations.

I am always looking to work with new people and hear ideas for articles, content and the likes that people would like to see included in the magazine, so please do not hesitate to send me a message, email or call with an idea.

I feel there are some wonderful stories in this issue and really hope that you as readers enjoy it as much as I have putting it together. As things start to finish up with Issue 23, June 2023 I am already hearing some great ideas and content for Issue 24 in September and am looking forward to getting wrapped up in it.

All the best for winter and I hope you stay nice and toastie.

Cheers, LM

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Publisher and Editor: Laura McKillop Email: laura@stockdogs.com.au Phone: Laura – 0459 031 729 Advertising Enquiries: Laura McKillop Advertising, Articles & Stories Email: laura@stockdogs.com.au Mail: PO BOX 3003, Grose Vale, NSW 2753 Front Cover Photograph: Morgans Beau owned by Matt Maliki

Contributors: Peter Brown, Mitch Perez, Jan Lowing, KellCo Rural Agencies, Melissa Matthews Photography, Ken Sykes, Robert Cox, Hooked On Hounds, Matt Maliki, JMC Photography (Jess Coster), QLD Yard Utility Trial Association, RayWhite Livestock Rockhampton, Jeanel Dalgrin, Sarah Murphy, Kay Howell

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More than Meets the Eye QYUTA Trials March - May Boonah Working Stock Dog Club Yard Trial NSW State Utility Championship St George Cattle Trial

08 Reading a Dog Food Bag

40 5 Ways to Grow Your Pup

12 Stockman’s Profile - Mitch Perez

Confident & Well Rounded

18 Eclampsia - Milk Fever

42 A Dogs Life - Morgans Beau

22 Save the Date - New Working Dog

46 Keeping it in the Family

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Auction, Monto Queensland

53 Kelly’s Kennel

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26 Taking it in his Stride - Bailey

54 Coming Events

83 Mail Order Form

Knight

58 - 78 Around The Grounds • 2023 Ultimate Stock Dog • QYUTA Inaugural Yard & Utility Trial • Ray White Working Dog Trial & Auction

84 Business Directory

34 In the Training Pen 36 Master Class 38 Black & White for Black & Tan

85 Breeders Directory

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Reading A Dog Food Bag

Article by Peter Brown, Serrano Border Collies

Many users of dog food only read a small portion of the packaging. To make sure that you are feeding your dogs the most suitable product for their workload and stage of life it is important that several panels of information displayed on the packaging are read and understood.

Firstly, don’t allow the name on the front of the packaging determine your purchase. The heading Working Dog may influence your decision but is it the right product for your dogs. Is there a better product that should be considered that does not have Working Dog as it’s heading?

Secondly, don’t just buy on price. If price is a concern do a quick calculation, grams fed per dog/ price to feed each dog, you may find that purchasing a slightly more expensive product may in fact be cheaper to use because the dog doesn’t require as much by weight to maintain himself and perform satisfactorily.

Thirdly, don’t be swayed in your purchase by fancy packaging and sharp language. Some of the poorest quality products of any type may be sold in smart packaging with bright colours, snappy photos and script that is designed to attract the target customer. Packaging is a science in itself and there are many companies that specialise in packaging and design. Studies have been done on things like colour, script, pictures on packaging and lustre of the bag to determine which has the greatest effect on a potential customer and attracts them to that product. This is all designed to influence the purchaser’s decision.

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Fourth, when reading the information on the packaging look at the information that is there to give you the most accurate information to allow you to make an informed decision.

Remember you are feeding an athlete; human or canine diet is an important part of performance. Energy is the key, look for a disclosed ENERGY LEVEL. Energy in dog food is calculated and shown in kcal per kilogram or kcal per 100 grams. Aim for a number close to or above 4000 kcal/ kilogram or 400kcal/100 grams. Energy is mainly derived from fats, oils, and some proteins. This can influence how much food is fed to a dog particularly an adult dog.

Pups and growing juveniles have a greater need for energy and protein so should be fed an appropriate quality food.

Next consider the PROTEIN and FAT levels. These two measurements are normally shown in conjunction on the packaging and are expressed as percentages. Remember that both these measurements influence energy. It’s important to know that when dog food diets are formulated, they are normally calculated on a 1 tone batch and ingredients are on a by weight inclusion. Some ingredients may contain high levels of moisture, particularly protein meals like meat meal, chicken meal, lamb meal, fish meal and to a lesser extent grains. Moisture is removed during manufacture by cooking which affect the volume of these ingredients in the end product.

Let’s look at ingredients, these are the things when mixed according to the formulation should result in a balanced diet. Remember that it is a requirement by law for ingredients to be listed from most to least (by weight of inclusion) on the packaging. Again, this refers to the volume included on the formulation and may vary after manufacturing due to moisture removal. Any product that names a protein from an animal source as the first inclusion should always be considered before one that lists grain as its first ingredient, you are feeding a canine.

Animal protein is normally derived from animal meals such as beef, chicken, lamb, fish, or kangaroo, but the use of digests (soup like product) such as chicken will influence protein levels. If on the front of the packaging there is a picture of chicken legs, lamb chops or steak, it is highly unlikely that someone would be dicing up any of these proteins for inclusion in the food. This is part of the sell based on how we as customers relate to those products in our own diet.

Next item in most Working dog formulae will be a grain.

Wheat is probably the most common but is normally the most expensive, so often you will see language like “cereal grains” which means that any of the grains that reduce the cost of production or are available when others are not can be included. Grain does supply some protein to the product. Keep a watchful eye for grain related fillers such as various brans (rice, wheat etc), middens or millrun. A lot of these products are by products of flour production and are relatively cheap and may have very little nutrient value but do work as a fibre in the diet. Quite often, closely following on from these products will be a protein source from pulse plants like soybean. These grains can quickly lift protein levels in the product because of their high protein levels.

Oils make the list around about this time and can be derived from animals or vegetable. Examples are beef tallow (rendered fat), canola, soybean of flax seed oil. All are contributing to the energy levels in the product plus delivering good levels of Omega 3 and 6. From here on it is normally the ingredients that are added in very small amounts and will include a vitamin/mineral mix, salt and other ingredients that may have a benefit for the dog, or it may be thought that they help control fleas and ticks (Garlic), reduce the smell of faeces (Yucca Schidiigera) or act as a preservative/ antioxidant for the product (Vitamin E). They may include Kelp (a natural source of vitamins and minerals), Rosemary extract ( contain oils such as carnosic acids and carnosol which inhibit lipid pre-oxidation in cells; important for dogs that are working hard or running) and Sugar Beet Pulp an insoluble fibre source beneficial to the bacteria in a dogs gut.

In summary, it is always the buyer’s choice, but I always look for an energy statement before moving on to any other information on packaging. If there is not an energy statement don’t be hesitant in contacting the manufacture to ask about the energy level or any other aspect of the diet.

Most display contact details and encourage consumers to contact them. There is always a summary sheet produced when a product is formulated that sets a host of information on protein levels, fat content, vitamin, and mineral levels etc. All good manufacturers regularly test a sample of their product at regular intervals during manufacture to ensure that the finished product meets those specifications set out in the original formulation sheet.

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STOCKMAN PROFILE -

Mitch Perez Article by AWSDM | Photos Provided by Mitch Perez

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rowing up in Townsville, Mitch Perez had no agricultural experience a tiler by trade for 17 years Mitch decided it was time for a career change.

After 14 years running his own Tiling business and having a young family, he took the leap soon after the birth of his third child moving to a remote cattle property Northwest of Richmond in Queensland to start his agricultural career his youngest being only 4 weeks old.

The country lifestyle had always appealed to Mitch, in Townville he had a keen interest in the racehorse industry and owned a few of his own horses on the 20-acre property he lived on. At the time Mitch’s only experience with dogs was owning his faithful red cattle dog. A week before moving the owners of the station mentioned there was a Steve Elliot dog school being held in Winton which they would pay for him to attend before he started work. Within the first demonstration, Mitch was hooked.

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The control and ability of the dogs amazed him, and he then knew this was something he wanted to achieve with his own team of working dogs one day. A couple of weeks later, Steve rang Mitch mentioning he had a 12-month-old pup that he thought would suit – Kenny.

After working on the privately owned Richmond Cattle Station for 12 months, Mitch and his wife decided they would like to move closer to a town so that their eldest child could attend a local school, this led them to relocate to NSW to work for a corporate company, Paraway who run 4,000 to 6,000 head of cattle depending on the season, based just outside of the small country town of Warren.

With the move, Mitch accepted a Station Hand position and has worked his way up into an Assistant Managers Role in the 2 years of being there.

It was not until the move south that Mitch got serious with his dog training and aimed to attend some working dog trials. His first being last year in Ray White Rockhampton working dog trial, never stepping foot in an arena before in a sport you are quite new at was intimidating to say the least and although he didn’t get a placing Mitch went away with a newfound confidence and eager to attend his next trial.

The next trail Mitch attended, was in Scone the Upper Hunter Stock Dog Challenge, he was lucky enough to come away with Kenny placing 5th out of 120 dogs.

Paraway have also started a dog challenge, to tie in with their colt challenge they do for their Northern Stations. It involves two sections and a final. The first section is a sheep utility trial, and the second section is a cattle trial. The top six go into the final, where you work a pair of dogs to complete the cattle course. Mitch took Kenny and his daughter Shelly into the finals where Kenny won the Open and Shelly won the under 3 years. It was an extremely proud moment for Mitch as he competed father and daughter, with Kenny being his first dog and Shelly being his first bred dog.

With the few trials mitch has attended this year he was lucky enough to win the Dorrigo novice trial with Kenny and come away with a few other placings.

Currently Mitch has a team of ten border collies. Mitch has found a line of dogs that suits the type of work he does. His aim is to breed generations of consistent dogs that have brains and can think for themselves, have a lot of confidence to give everything a go.

A dog that is stylish with a good amount of eye, good conformation and a motor to travel all day. He wants his dogs to be able to read stock and be able to understand the pressure needed between different types of stock. Mitch has started this journey with having two litters and keeping a pup from each, MDP Shelly and MDP Tuff.

Mitch’s most influential dog is Kenny as they have trained each other along the way.

He finds that with your first dog you don’t really know what you’re doing so you always do your best to help them out, you can learn a lot watching a dog that can naturally work a mob and hold stock together, for him Kenny is that dog.

When it comes to training a dog, Mitch claims he has modelled his methods from everyone as he will watch and read everything, he can about training dogs. Mitch’s first point of call when a dog isn’t working like it should is Steve Elliot.

He has based a lot of his training from him…

Mitch has also found the Mick Hudson videos and Dave Motley a big help.

Mitch also finds the dog schools a great help as they provide you with a fresh set of eyes, and they spot things in his dogs that they are doing that he hasn’t picked up on.

When it comes to someone who wants a change of lifestyle and move to the country to work in the agricultural industry, Mitch’s advice to them would be to surround yourself with people who inspire you or that you look up to.

If you’re surrounded by those people, you will always grow and look to them to better yourself, your personality and your training of animals and livestock.

You will always strive to achieve better.

Mitch’s favourite thing about the agricultural industry, is that you get to see the reward of all the hard work you have put into something, whether it be the stock that have been educated or to see your dog starting to read a situation without commands – if you put the time and effort in, you will get rewarded.

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Eclampsia - Milk Fever Article and Photos by Jan Lowing, Karmala Kelpie Stud

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fter breeding working kelpie pups for over twenty years, I had my first bitch go down with this scary disease. Several things all happened at once to cause Jess, a young, rather nervous bitch, to succumb. a. She had been eating less prior to whelping, probably because of the large litter she was carrying (ten pups). b. She had a big litter of hungry pups to cope with and she still wasn’t eating well. c. The weather was very hot, causing the pups to complain noisily despite frequent cooling down...Which can be very distressing for all concerned.

When the pups were about a week old, I found her flat out on her side with a huge temperature, shaking and very distressed. She had appeared normal an hour prior.

I rang my vet who is 40 minutes away, and warned them I was bringing her in. I gave her 5-10mls of oral calcium, packed her and the pups up, and headed off.

She had stabilised a little by the time we arrived. Her temp was way up and the first thing they did was start slow intravenous calcium while she was cooled down with running water and a fan.

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Her heart rate had peaked at 180 and slowly dropped to 120 over a couple of hours.

Her temp came down as her blood calcium stabilised, from 41.5’ to 38.9’, and I was able to take her home that night with advice to continue the oral calcium syrup. The pups had settled beautifully in the air-conditioned vet building and slept all the way there and home again. Peace!

I am so lucky having a wise friend who is very well educated in natural therapies and canine nutrition, she never fails to give excellent advice. I had been in touch with her from the beginning, and while Jess was being treated, I went on the hunt downtown for the correct food to help her recover.

The vets advice was to continue oral calcium but she kept vomiting everything up. I asked my friend about it and she said stop the calcium syrup, but continue offering small, tempting, calcium rich meals. There is a very good reason for this. Dogs in the wild tend to avoid eating anything that has made them feel nauseous, it’s their natural defense against poisoning and what makes poisoning campaigns difficult.

They tend to relate the smell and taste of their regular food with their nausea, so it’s very important to tempt a poor eater like Jess with something different but also highly nutritious. Seafood can be a great appetiser and proved so here.

Last year I registered one hundred pups and didn’t lose one, even from old bitches at whelping time. The number was unintentional, they all had big litters and all pups did well. I hope never to repeat that really hard slog… feeding raw involves a lot more physical work.

After ringing the vet a couple of times and being told to reduce the amount of syrup, they finally admitted some bitches don’t cope with it! She could easily have died if I’d continued with their advice.

Please read some collated facts below from veterinary advice I Googled. No matter how careful we are, things can go wrong and knowledge is gold.

The veterinary information below is well worth studying, but there are a few very important things they don’t tell you unless you’re very persistent, as in the above instance.

What you very seldom hear from a vet? Not their fault usually, as they’re not taught canine nutritional requirements in vet school. Calcium is most easily absorbed from raw bones and uncooked ground bonemeal – Green Lipped Mussel powder is also excellent. This is the natural way for a bitch to restore her calcium stores and the safest. However, you will always be sold expensive bottles of Calcium Syrup (which I returned).

The natural way of replacing calcium is to feed a top of the range food which contains ground bone, as it is absorbed faster than anything else. I used Ziwi Peak organic, air dried, uncooked, lamb and mackerel. The vet advice was to continue oral calcium and feed tinned puppy food. An alternative is Big Dog salmon patties which also include uncooked, easily digested bone. Luckily, Jess took a fancy to the very pricey diet and improved rapidly. I syringed 1/4 tsp of ginger plus 1/4 tsp of slippery elm to settle her tummy after the vomiting, and she started to eat small, frequent meals which I tried to make interesting.

The other advice often given is to remove the pups and hand feed them to reduce the stress on the bitch. WRONG... in many cases at least. As always, generalisations are not wise as there are always exceptions. Apart from the bitch stressing out about her pups, she’s likely to develop mastitis! I had a visitor shortly after this happened and he’d nearly lost his bitch through complying. Jess was fine, and she was feeding 10 pups.

If the bitch is on a very good diet, she shouldn’t need the syrup unless she gets wobbly again which is unlikely.

If your bitch can tolerate the calcium syrup, add some spirulina or carrot, as it can deplete potassium. Apart from fresh bones, bone meal is the only other source of calcium that should be fed to puppies and pregnant dogs.

Because it contains both calcium and phosphorus in the right ratio, larger amounts will deliver enough calcium without creating the imbalance between calcium and phosphorus seen with other calcium sources.

I have reared very many litters of pups on a raw diet without any problems, so this was a big shock! Normally the bitches get their calcium needs from the lamb bones I feed daily. Three weeks from whelping they also receive a big spoonful of pup mince, a brew I mix with many added bonuses - omega oils, vitamins, minerals, kefir for gut health, DE for worms. The basic mince is composed of minced up, boned out chicken frames, so calcium rich.

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Eclampsia in dogs is due to a low concentration of calcium in the bloodstream

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Early signs include shivering, restlessness, panting, muscle tremors, and a rapid heart rate

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Symptoms include muscle spasms, difficulty breathing, and eventually, convulsions

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Treatment involves an intravenous solution of calcium injected slowly over 5 to 30 minutes

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Prevention involves feeding a high-quality diet, rich in calcium to fulfil needs

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Demand for calcium spikes at whelping and lactation, peaking when the puppies are two weeks old

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Calcium helps build strong bones and teeth, plus it is important for digestion, nerve function, muscle building and blood clotting.

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Dogs cannot produce calcium it must be consumed through diet

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Article and Photos by KellCo Rural Agencies

NEW WORKING DOG AUCTION IN MONTO, QLD KellCo Rural Agencies is an all-encompassing rural agency with offices located in Monto & Dalby. KellCo Rural Agencies holds an Annual Monto All Breeds Bull Sale & Working Horse Sale and this year they have the exciting addition of a Working Dog Sale.

Business Owner and well-known Monto based Livestock agent Andrew Cavanagh says “The annual Bull Sale and working horse sale is a big event on the calendar for KellCo and for many in the Monto area. The event has been running for more than 30 years with the addition of the horse sale in 2020 and the working dogs this year. This event is supported by many local and away vendors and is a great day out for the whole family.”

Andrew says “The primary reason for adding the working dog section to the sale is due to having such a high number of clients in the local area using working dogs in their dayto-day work. I believe that this is due too many reasons, one being that a handy dog is much cheaper, often more reliable and easier to keep around than another full-time employee. There are not many places that I go to assessing or weighting cattle that don’t have a dog in the team.”

Andrew says that they are hoping to secure both local and away vendor support for the first year and expressions of interest have resulted in quite a few enquiries.

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The dogs are not required to be registered or trialing, they just need to be working or if young showing genuine interest and sign. This year dogs are required to be 6 months and over with pups 6-11 months having sheep to work and dogs over 11 months the option of cattle or sheep. Andrew has said “This year we are hoping to get about 15 nominations for the sale, and that nomination requirements maybe reviewed after this year’s sale to allow the sale to grow in years to come.” The nominations for all sections of the sale are currently open and the dog sale nominations close Friday, 9th June.

With the addition of the dog sale the KellCo team has made the decision to have Pre works for both the dogs and horses on Friday, 8th September at the Monto Selling Complex.

As mentioned above cattle and sheep will be available for the pre works dependent on dogs ages. The pre works will be able to be viewed on-line via a live stream on the KellCo Rural Agencies Monto Facebook page.

He believes that the Annual Bull Sale along with the Dog & Horse sale is very attractive to a lot of buyers as it gives them the opportunity to buy and assess more than one addition to their business with the convenience of it all being in the one place rather than having to travel to three different events, saving buyers time and money.

2023 will be the second year that the sale has had Auctions Plus video & audio coverage.

Andrew believes that the AuctionsPlus coverage is extremely beneficial to the success of the sale, allowing buyers to bid from the comfort of their own home. Andrew said “Last year we saw Auctions Plus purchased bulls go to Wallumbilla & St George with active bidders all over the state.” Andrew said for anyone that is interested in buying a dog and aren’t present at the sale, the KellCo team will be happy to work in with purchasers to help arrange transport or board until buyers are able to collect.

The 2023 sale will be held on Saturday, 9th September 2023 with the sale of the bulls beginning at 10am, followed by the working horses and then the sale of the dogs at the Monto Selling Complex in Monto Central Queensland. However, if you are unable to make it to Monto on the day you will be able to find all three parts of the sale on Auctions Plus for bidding with Video & Audio coverage of the day.

This event is one not to be missed for anyone in the rural industry or if you are looking for a good social day out.

Taking it in His Stride

Article and Photos by Melissa Matthews Photography

“Get the sheep in the pen, and keep as many points as possible”, said 23 year old Bailey Knight from Dalby, Queensland when I asked him what is his aim in the sport of 3 sheep trialing.

I first met Bailey on Sunday 19th February, 2023 just before he was about to compete in the Queensland Working Sheep Dog Association Inc (QWSDAI) Clifton Show Society Sheep Dog Trials Open final with Knights Ron. Bailey and Ron were on their way to achieving an almost perfect score, and as Bailey was closing the gate on the pen my camera captured one sheep about to take off, but my lens also captured Bailey’s reaction, which was to simply smile! You could literally see Bailey’s reaction was to calmly accept it and move on with his 6-foot 2-inch stride.

I asked Bailey how he felt in that moment when that damn sheep went the other way, because even though Bailey was smiling my heart had sunk for him, but Bailey said

“I wished they stayed in there, and I was a bit annoyed at Ron, because he moved, and he should have stayed there and blocked the sheep. Oh buggar - I should have stopped that from happening, but it’s not like the world ended”.

Bailey then heads home to resume his plumbing trade, and prepare for his next event.

Stan Hughes from Husanley Working Stock Dogs in Aubigny Queensland said he wasn’t surprised by Bailey’s reaction, and that it “Showed his great character, and true sportsmanship”. Stan gave Bailey’s Dad Barry Knight his first working dog around 1988, after Barry was completing school work experience with Stan. Barry has gone on to achieve great things in the sport, and owns Knights Working Border Collies in Toowoomba.

“I obviously got into the sport because of Dad” Bailey said. Growing up with dogs his whole life Bailey didn’t have his very own dog until the age of 16.

It was a tri colour border Collie named Fiesta Clancy that Danny Bougoure gave to Bailey as a pup, but sadly they were only together for 3-4 years as Clancy passed on too early in life. Bailey went on to win his first Novice event with a dog called Panda. Bailey remembers “I was 16 when competing for my first time at Boonah with Panda, and I think my score was 93 or 94”. When I asked Bailey about how it feels to be competing against his Dad he responded with a very emotional reaction “I love the competition between Dad and I. We are probably even on wins at this stage, and I wouldn’t say one is better than the other”.

Bailey is very modest when asked to share his results in the sport responding “I have won many trials, but last year was my most successful so far winning 5 Opens which included the Queensland Supreme”.

Bailey is the eldest of four children to Barry and Kate.

His younger brother Charlie also competes in the sport, and he has two younger sisters, Matilda and Heidi.

Having not had the pleasure of meeting Bailey’s Mum it is hard to say where Bailey inherits or has learnt his calm measured manner from. Bailey made it into the Heritage Bank Toowoomba Royal Show QWSDAI Open final on 23rd March, 2023 with 3 dogs. I witnessed Barry’s cheeky grin firsthand knowing he was beating his son Bailey by 2 points with his only finalist Larners Mavis. As Bailey was entering the arena with his third and final dog Melnunni Duncan I wanted to put my camera down, because I felt I was jinxing Bailey. Barry actually said to me “Bailey will have you evicted if this goes wrong”. Bailey went on to lose to his Dad with Knights Champ by the two points, and he wasn’t surprised nor fazed by it. Bailey just took the loss in his stride.

When you are taking things in your stride you are successfully anticipating obstacles and challenges by using what you know, and what you have learned in life.

Bailey is an experienced handler that competes with so much ease and confidence with his dogs. Bailey described competing as “It is always a challenge to figure out where to put your dog, and not lose many points. You get 3 sheep out of a mob, and they are all different at every trial. The best bit is working my dogs. It takes time, but it is worth it. What I really get out of the sport is that I have now travelled from Winton to Tasmania trialling dogs. I am getting to go to places that I probably would never have ever gone to”.

In the lead up to a trial Bailey will train with his dogs every day after work if time allows, but he mainly trains on weekends. It really depends on where he is working. If work takes him to Toowoomba he will stay at his parent’s during the week, and train there. Bailey isn’t sure how many dogs he has competed with since starting out with Clancy 8 years ago, but he currently has 12 dogs. Not prepared to commit to admitting which of his dogs has been his favourite over the years, Bailey did lean towards Melnunni Duncan as being the reason he has most of the great dogs he owns now. Bailey’s voice livened up as he described “Duncan is pretty good, and he is the Father to a lot of my dogs. I haven’t bred any litters of my own yet, and I haven’t gotten my own prefix yet like Dad, but I am pretty keen to get into it one day in the future”.

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The future of 3 sheep trialling in Australia is looking brighter with Bailey Knight as the up-and-coming next generation. He is already judging competitions, and really enjoys this aspect of the sport. “I judged the National Maiden earlier this year in Canberra. Judging is good.

You get a good aspect of dogs, because you are watching so closely all the time, and you see how other people handle their dogs. You learn a lot where you lose your points, and where you can save your points”.

Geoff Gibson has been described to me as a successful legend of the sport, and was happy to share his feelings about young Bailey. Geoff vividly remembers Barry bringing his sons Bailey and Charlie to do some schools with him when they were around 13 or 14 years of age.

“Both boys are going well, but Bailey at the moment is excelling in the sport, and he is running some real good dogs”. Geoff thinks that “Bailey might be leading the pack with QWSDAI Dog of the Year with Ron, and it will be decided at the end of May”. “Bailey is also currently winning the QWSDAI Leading Handler, and I don’t think he can be beaten for 2022/2023”.

Julie Spry is the Secretary of QWSDAI and explained the points system (or trophy year) for QWSDAI goes from 1st June through to 31st May annually. Julie said “I am really excited knowing that I am currently organising a certificate for Bailey for our upcoming QWSDAI presentations in a few months. So far, Bailey has been the only competitor in this points year to achieve the perfect score of 100.

Bailey achieved this at the Surat Open/Improver Trial with Camara Gwen in September 2022”.

Geoff Gibson finished off by saying “To the best of my knowledge nobody has achieved these accolades at such a young age, and it is unreal for Bailey”.

Mick Hudson from Mick Hudson Virtual Dog Training and Livestock Handling Education in Dubbo NSW said “Bailey is a gooden, and is the next top thing in sheep dog trailing. I guarantee he will represent our country in the future”. Mick believes it is very hard for young people to compete at the top level like Bailey currently is, because it would be hard for them to juggle their work commitments when they are starting out in life. Mick went on to say “Bailey would be devoting a lot of time working to be able to have the time off needed to commit to compete at the level he is currently at.

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On top of being able to afford the time to get away he also has to find time to train his dogs”. Mick added “I would like to see more young people competing at a higher level. Under the variety of current processes throughout Australia it is very difficult for this to happen. Introducing a separate class of competition for under 25’s to enter would help encourage and keep younger people in our sport”.

Mick finished off with “It would be good to see more short course events introduced in the rest of Australia like they have started to do in Queensland”.

Bailey is keen to step up and support the generation that have come before him in the sport, and what they have created in Queensland. Bailey is currently on the Management Committee for QWSDAI. Upon asking Bailey where he would like to see the future of the sport end up “Honestly, anything for the sport to be promoted would be so great. There isn’t too many of us young ones out there, and I would like to see it keeping on being promoted. I would like to see the best working sheep dogs, and the best breeding of working sheep dogs to keep trailing at the best level it can be at”. Bailey estimates at the 2023 National Sheepdog Trials in Canberra there were nearly 2000 spectators, “I love to see bigger crowds at events, it is great for the sport I think”.

Bailey has a clear vision for the future of the sport that has given him so much in return for his short time competing.

He is clearly committed to helping it stride into the future, no matter what challenges are met along the way.

Life can throw all sorts of things at us, and no one really gets to experience life without facing problems, or dealing with pressure. This is apparent when you are trailing with dogs and sheep! As humans it is a challenge to learn how to be flexible, and cope with the things that are thrown at us. It is a skill to take things in your stride, and when you learn this skill you become capable of handling whatever is thrown your way - whether that be trailing sheep, being a plumber, or guiding the future of the sport you are currently competing in against your own Dad. Bailey Knight is doing this successfully with his big strides at the age of 23, and the sky is his limit.

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The Training Pen with Ken Sykes Getting Back To Basics KEN SYKES

Ken Sykes has been working with sheepdogs most of his life. A successful competitor at sheepdog trials, Ken has now retired from running training days for livestock producers and giving working dog demonstrations. He is a feature writer and speaker. His expertise draws on a broad range of research as well as practical expertise.

One of the most obvious mistakes I have encountered over the year is setting yourself up to fail. I will describe two from my personal experience.

A young couple with no livestock experience bought a small block of land, a border collie pup of unknown breeding, and a small flock of Dorper sheep. Their first attempt to pen the sheep with their pup did not go well. Fortunately, the boundary fence was secure with hingelock, and they were able to catch the pup and tie it up before too much damage was done. Their next attempt to pen the sheep involved running around behind the sheep, waving drafting canes. Probably not a bad fitness regime but not an excellent approach to low-stress stock handling.

The second I will describe involved a young man from a dairy farm who sent me a promising young kelpie to train.

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The pup responded well to training, and after working with him for a couple of weeks, I sent him back. A couple of days later, I got a call from the young man complaining about my training and the useless dog that couldn’t even walk up on calves. I arranged to call the following day.

The young man had a half a dozen calves in a large yard.

He walked into the yard with the pup and cast him behind the calves. The pup was straight around behind the calves and dropped. The young man stood squarely in front of the calves commanding the dog to walk up in an increasingly aggressive voice. The confused pup froze in place as the young man turned to me, complaining about my training and wasting money on a useless pup.

To address the first young couple, an old bushman told me many years ago, “it’s much easier on your back if you pause for a minute and use your brain.” With a small mob of sheep in a small block, they can be easily penned by getting the sheep used to being fed and then start feeding in the yard. Their pup loved to chase and bark without the inclination to go to the head. I suggested finding a pet home for him and make every endeavor to find a going dog or at least a well-bred pup and, most importantly, have some lessons on working a stock dog.

With the young dairyman, I asked him to bring the dog out of the yard and hand him to me. I patted the pup and spoke quietly to him before walking back into the yard and casting him behind the calves. Once again, the pup was behind the sheep and dropped. I said, “good boy, walk up,” and turned and walked away. I looked over my shoulder to see the calves walking behind me, with the pup confidently trotting to and from behind them. I did a lap of the yard before opening the gate into an adjoining yard, stepping back, and using directional commands; the pup put the calves through the gate and, with a further command, brought them back through.

Standing squarely in front of the stock and the dog and speaking aggressively, his body language and voice clearly said, “I’m blocking you, and you had better not move.”

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When things are not going well for you and your dog, whether working a half a dozen calves in a yard or four hundred head in a thousand-hectare paddock, your first thought should be, what am I doing wrong, and how can I better help my dog?

The takeaway message from these two instances is to be aware that animals communicate primarily through body language, and you need to be constantly aware of what your body language is saying to your dog. If you are investing in a working dog, buying a pup from good working lines is usually no more expensive than purchasing a pet.

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Emily Ellis, Chloe Owen, Bill Bryant, Jack Bryant, James Lingard, and Ned the Kelpie.

MASTER CLASS “We all understand how dogs work, but we didn’t understand how many rules are involved in trialling” said Emily Ellis from Grade 9 at Border Rivers Christian College, and Bill and Jack Bryant. They all agreed that the clinic they were invited to participate in at the Goondiwindi Show on Friday 29th April, 2023 was a good lesson to try and get an even better understanding of how dogs work.

The Master Class was organised by Shelley Burns the secretary of Queensland Yard and Utility Association (QYUTA), and supported by Chloe Owens and Callum Storey of Surefoot Kelpies, and James Lingard from Alkira Kelpie Stud who all donated their valuable time and expertise to educate many school students that attended the clinic.

Article and Photos by Melissa Matthews Photography

Students came from Border Rivers Christian College in Goondiwindi, St Joseph’s Nudgee College near Brisbane, and Toowoomba Grammar school. However, 13 year old Jack Bryant and his 14 year old brother Bill Bryant travelled from Mansfield in Victoria with their Whipcracking Dad Stewart for the occasion.

Boggabilla Central School students were fascinated watching the dogs work to the commands of Chloe and James, and their teacher Hayden Sims said,

James Lingard and Toowoomba Grammar School Senior students.

Adam Miller and students from Boggabilla Central School,

“It is fantastic to see our students exposed to these opportunities. They were amazed to see such a great bond between the handler and their dogs and how they moved the stock”.

James Lingard from Alkira was thankful for the opportunity “It was enjoyable working with the kids, and they all seemed to be pretty keen to get into some dog trialling which is exciting.

James Lingard from Alkira Kelpie stud and participating students

Jack Bryant, Chloe Owens, Munson the kelpie, and sheep provided by Karbullah Poll Merinos.

They are the future I suppose. It was more teaching them about trialling and the rules as opposed to the kids working the dogs. Would definitely be good to have more things like this for juniors at other events”.

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Black & White for Black & Tans

Article by Robert Cox, Karrobar Kelpies

No, this isn’t a Kelpie vs Collie discussion, we all know Kelpies are superior! This article is about rules for your dog to live by. By setting Boundaries we can instill in a young pup the grounding for a successful career, be it working stations or arena trialing.

Any dog worth its salt in any working sphere will reference its handler at all times. It is absolutely vital that your dog sees you as its Lighthouse, a beacon from which the dog will draw a sense of direction and comfort because it works for you.

Think about it, what makes it so clever is that even in your absence and over a long period of time the dog is still working to a reference point. That refence is you or at least the knowledge that you will be there at the end of his mission. Imagine that same dog taking sheep to the other end of the paddock, away, from you. He keeps all his sheep together and all sheep are in good health. Is he dumb? I don’t think so, I think he carries out his work and

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probably lives his life without a pack leader to reference to.

Dogs that are of a feral mindset do amazing things because once they have you as their “lighthouse” they are generally independent. They thrive on being able to think for themselves, however, they must still reference you.

So how does it start?

Firstly, I ask the puppy to have respect for my space. I’m not fussed with pups that are under my feet and charging into me. This is disrespectful as I’m his pack leader, not his equal. Walking a straight line from ‘A’ to ‘B’ I will not sidestep a puppy, he must move around me. To teach him this I gently move over him and intimidate him into moving out of his leader’s path. sometimes, a nudge with my foot but always reassuring him that I am not to be frightened of, but my space must be respected. Then on my say so, he is invited into my space.

This will teach the pup to be aware of my body language, I am becoming his lighthouse. It is important that there be no commands for this as we are only trying to teach the pup pack rules ir; reference your leader. This he must do without direction so that it becomes a natural part of his life. We have effectively put in place a rule for him to live by.

As my pup gets older, I add a further dimension to the previous exercise. Now I ask the pup to come to heel on the same side of me that he is on when I call him.

Sometimes on worried pups I use a lead to help them start.

So, from no on the pip is never allowed to cross in front of me on a come call. If I have to, I will turn slightly to him understand. This further reinforces that he read my body language, but now I want him to reference the way I’m pointing when he comes to call. I only use the call command for this and no other. This is so that the pup again learns the responsibility of referencing me without being verbally told. This is now a pack rule that must be obeyed so he must reference me the moment he is called and show respect to this leader.

SO now with only a call I can bring my pup beside me or up to me with body language. He doesn’t need a heel command because the little chap knows that in front of me is a ‘no go zone’. That space is reserved until he is invited in, e.g., when he learns to drive.

So now the pup is only allowed in front of me when invited to do so e.g. A hop in command to go in a pen, onto a ute etc. These rules only apply whilst in contact with your dog so it does not interfere with their free time because you are not there to reference it. However, when I deem free time to be over with a call, I expect them to fall in according to my pack rules. This is only a small part of their life but very important in terms of getting a dog to remember where you are and what your signals may be in terms of your body language.

Your dog will be able to achieve remarkable feats simply because it now sees you as its ‘lighthouse’, and with proper training will carry out its duties with reference to you and the signals that you portray.

Basic manners are very important to having a healthy working relationship with your dog. If, instead of commands for everything you can create boundaries of behaviour that they must obey, I believe that your dog actually responds in a more positive way and becomes a useful part of the pack. To maintain this respect, these boundaries need to be clearly defined and your responsibility as pack leader is to make sure that they are always enforced.

Black and tans live happier lives in black and white. Shaded lines are a catalyst for bad behaviour. And remember nothing pushes the boundaries like a Kelpie!

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Confident & Well Rounded

1 SURFACES

Expose your puppy to all sorts of different surfaces to make sure it does get used to the different textures and feelings. Little games with food to encourage your pup to work out different areas and surfaces are a great way to keep it fun and light-hearted.

2 DOGS

Let your pup watch other dogs as well as interact with them. Allow it to learn that not every dog needs to be greeted and inspected by exposing it to other dogs. Then socialise it on other occasions so it learns how to be a dog as well.

3 PEOPLE

Very similar to dogs it is important that your puppy learns that not everyone has to be greeted and loved. Exposure is a great way to work on over excitement around strangers. Expose your pup to people and let it observe instead of interacting. At other times, socialise it with people.

4 NOISES

An important part of every puppy’s development is exposure to noises. Loud and weird noises are a big part of life for many dogs so the earlier they are exposed to these the better. A helpful exercise is making noise with food dishes at feeding time or making noise when older, settled dogs are present so the pup can learn that there is nothing to be afraid of.

5 SMELLS

Smells go hand in hand will all the above. A dog sees with its nose so the more smells a pup can take in the more grounded it will become. Another great exercise is to teach it to use it’s nose from a young age by scatter feeding or other nose games

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A Dog’s Life

Article by AWSDM | Photos Provided by Matt Maliki

Morgans Beau

The ever-reliable Morgans Beau, a six year old black and white Border Collie dog, was bred by Guy and Nikki Morgan from Victoria. At 10 weeks of age, Beau was purchased by Matt Maliki after being a die-hard kelpie fan, Guy told him that he needed to get a “real bred dog”.

Morgans Beau is out of award producing bitch, Morgans Gemma who was by Princes Mo and out of Nardoo Jill.

Gemma herself never trialled however, she has produced numerous quality dogs including Morgans Ed who was awared Victorian Sheep Dog Workers Inc. Dog of the Year and Morgans Zig, who was awarded QLD Cattle Dog Championship Runner Up Dog of the Year. Beau is

by Murray and Jacquie Wilkinson’s sire Yurrum Will who is by Murray’s cattle dog legend, Zac. Beau’s full sibling Morgans Sweet has also gone on to win multiple Utility Trials.

As the first Border Collie Matt trained, he considers himself very lucky as he found Beau to always be extremely loyal, easy to train and lovely to have around. Beau is a very natural dog and always had a great sense of reading and rating his stock and has taught Matt a lot about reading stock. Other than the basic commands, Matt has always tried to stay out of his way and let him do his thing, as hard as it may be at times.

Beau started heading to work with Matt at around 12 months old and then went to lightly start trialling at around three years old. With limited starts Beau and Matt have won an encouragement, maiden, novice and four open cattle trials.

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Beau has also had very limited starts in 3 sheep trialling for a couple of places being some of the most memorable for Matt. However, a standout for Matt was heading to Tamworth for a trial a few years ago to have run two scores of 97 which led to a runoff for first place together they backed it up to score a 98 for second place. Most recently, Beau won the Cattle trial at the Man From Snowy River Festival.

Beau if used for both the smaller and larger jobs in those tricky day to day situations where reliability is a must.

Matt has complete confidence that he can place Beau on cows and calves in the morning and then calmly walk ewes and lambs in the afternoon because of Beau’s cool, calm nature and work style.

Beau is quickly becoming a proven sire within Matt’s camp and is leaving his stamp on his offspring.

These days, Matt considers breeder, Guy as one of his best mates. He continued to say that Guy and his wealth of knowledge has been an incredible in helping him bounce ideas off in terms of training, breeding, and selecting dogs. Together they have gone on to breed and trade dogs among their camps.

Matt strongly believes that throughout their partnership, Beau helped train him as a handler just as much. It is true what they say, every man has ‘that one dog’ in a lifetime.

Morgans Beau is this dog to Matt.

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Keeping it in the Family Article and Photos by Melissa Matthews Photography

The pecking order in the Wilkie family goes “Dogs, cows, kids, and husband. No correct that it is Husband then housework” said David Wilkie when he proudly talks about his wife Kim. A fulltime Nurse by day Kim Wilkie might be a newcomer to the sport of trailing her extremely well-bred kelpies, but David say’s “She certainly is not lacking in enthusiasm”. If Kim didn’t already appear to have her plate full, she still finds time for her real passion which is continuing to grow the family business.

KEDMAW (Kim, Emma, David, Michael, Adam Wilkie) Kedmaw Angus and Kelpies is based in Armstrong Creek near Dayborough Queensland, and was spawned in 2015 as the brainchild of Kim to give her now 21 year old son Michael an opportunity to have a career, and future revenue stream post high school. Kim created the family business name KEDMAW, because she wanted a name that would encompass her whole family.

Kim home schooled her son Michael who has a great love of all animals, but particularly his cattle.

Emma is Kim’s oldest child, and Kim describes her as very talented. Emma is currently practicing as an Emergency Specialist Veterinarian in Sydney at the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH).

Kim’s youngest son Adam (now 20 years old) is in the Australian Defence Force Academy, and is completing a degree in science with the intention to join the RAAF with a position of Mission Aircrew.

Growing up Adam attended St Joseph’s Nudgee College at Boondall in Queensland.

Around 6 years ago when Adam was in Grade 10 he joined the Nudgee College Cattle Club. Kim and her husband David approached the school about supplying Angus cattle for the diversity of the school program, because they were only using Brahmans.

Kim explains “We have continued to embellish the relationship with Nudgee, as a consequence of their willingness to work with us. Right from the start the school and their staff were particularly cooperative, and they respected the temperament of our cattle which was conclusive to the agricultural program for school students of all ages. It is a great relationship, and they are a great bunch of young well-mannered men who are all hard working”.

Cherok pictured proudly with Michael is a Red Angus, and has been in the Nudgee College program since she was a 4 month old calf. For the last 3 years Cherok enjoys going home to KEDMAW for the school holidays, and especially Christmas. Cherok is about to have her first calf after going through artificial insemination.

Troy Reynolds the Nudgee College Cattle Club manager said “We really appreciate the families loyal and dedicated support to their show team. It opens doors for our boys to experience a different sector of the beef industry. heir cattle are exceptionally well bred, and they stand out with great temperament and natural work ability for our students”.

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Henty Field Days Sheepdog Trial Henty Field Days

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Central West Championship Trial Geurie, NSW Jon Cantrall - 0427 129 779

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VIC Selection Trial Cressy Recreation Reserve Steve Turner - 0409 388 160 SWSC Port Fairy Trans Tasman Port Fairy Showgrounds Conor McConnell - 0406 781 989 Dean Old Sniff Classic Dean Recreation Reserve Brian Maher - 0438 304 479

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Upper Horton Valley Championship Upper Horton Showground Emily Wall - 0419 705 772 Parkes Yard Dog Trial Parkes Showgrounds Bernard Dwyer - 0428 653 233 Yeoval Yard Dog Trial Yeoval Showgrounds Daniel Pumpa - 0428 655 016 Sydney Championship Hawkesbury Showground Laura McKillop - 0459 031 729 South West Championship West Wyalong Showground Peter Darmody - 0427 244 775 Southern NSW Championship Euberta Hall, Wagga Wagga Simon Hartwich - 0409 172 075

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Delungra Championship Delungra Recreation Grounds Matt Eshman - 0428 681 153

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Forbes Show Yard Trial Forbes Yard Trial Olly Hanson - 0490 112 600 Murray Valley Championship Henty Field Days Site Peter Darmody - 0427 244 775

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Victoria 17 JUNE

Judges Training Day Winton (Near Benalla) Naomi White

24 - 25 JUNE

Victorian Sheep Show Ballarat Showgrounds, Wendouree Sharon Barry - 0421 619 163

14 - 16 JULY

Central VIC Yard Dog Championships Bendigo Showgrounds Rod Cavill VIC Farm Dog Championships Sheepvention Hamilton Showgrounds Ian O’Connell - 0417 088 569

6 AUGUST

Edenhope Yard Trial Edenhope Showground Sarah Lee - 0487 157 348 23 SEPTEMBER Horsham Yard Dog Trial Horsham Showgrounds Ged Bibby - 0438 356 656

12 - 13 AUGUST

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Cattle Trials Queensland

Utility Trials New South Wales

2-3 JUNE 10 - 11 JUNE 16 - 18 JUNE

Charters Towers Cattle Trial Adam Sibson - 0438 594 457 Miallo, Mossman Cattle Trial Joel Davis - 0477 731 007 Camboon inc. Futurity Cattle Trial Dan & Tash Killey - 0409 522 713

21 - 23 JULY

Cumnock Utility Trial Cumnock Showground Daniel Pumpa - 0428 655 016

2-6 AUGUST

Australian Utility Championships Nyngan Showground Gary White - 0428 679 503

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Emerald AgGrow Cattle Trial Steve Biles - (07) 4984 4145 Springsure Show Cattle Trial David O’Connor - 0488 419 666

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VIC Utility Championship Nort West Zone

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Widgee Cattle Trial Mick Seeney - 0417 005 711

16 SEPTEMBER

15 - 16 JULY

Toogoolawah Cattle Trial Steele Cannell - 0428 583 260

22 - 23 JULY 29 - 30 JULY 5-6 SEPTEMBER

Home Hill Cattle Trial Joel Davis - 0477 731 007 Middlemount Cattle Trial Paul Wroe - 4985 9297 Wallumbilla Cattle Trial, QWCDTAI AGM & QLD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Ross Kehl - 0437 722 378

Bairnsdale Utility Trial Bairnsdale Raceourse & Recreation Reserve Travis Scott / Roberta Prince - East Gippsland Farm Dog Group 0409 954 924 / 0419 387 379

12 - 13 SEPTEMBER

Widgee Cattle Trial TBA

19 - 20 SEPTEMBER 26 - 27 SEPTEMBER 2-3 OCTOBER 9 - 10 OCTOBER 16 - 17 OCTOBER 23 - 24 OCTOBER

Boonah Cattle Trial Errol Gill - 0458 421 032 Mundubbera Cattle Trial Gavin Carr - 0429 654 729 Lake Elphinstone Cattle Trial Darren Gilliam - 0409 580 879 Rockland Springs Cattle Trial & Futurity Steve Biles - (07) 4984 4145 Injune Cattle Trial Charlie Brummell - 0427 826 280 Killarney Cattle Trial Col Bloomfield - 0412 754 807

New South Wales 6-9 JULY

AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG TITLES White Park, Scone Zac Ede - 0448 722 705

12 - 23 JULY

Casino Heritage Trial and North Coast Futurity Ben Gould - 0416 354 061

8 - 10 SEPTEMBER

NSW State Championships Bonalbo

South Australia 21 - 23 JULY

SA Utility Championships TBA

Auctions 14 - 15 JULY

Forbes Working Dog Auction Forbes Showground, NSW Olly Hanson - 0430 112 600

18 AUGUST

WA Sheep Expo Working Dog Auction Katanning Showgrounds, WA C: blake93robinson@gmail.com

9 SEPTEMBER

Monto Working Dog Auction Monto Saleyards. QLD C: livestock@kelco.com.au

18 NOVEMBER

RMA Working Dog Auction C: office@colinsay.com.au

L-R: Matt Fletcher, Nathan Cayfe, Nigel Brazier, Justin Tombs, Brock McCabe, Chris Sherwood, Matthew Sherwood, Ben Coster

2023 Ultimate Stock Dog On the weekend of the 29th and 30th April in Cowra, New South Wales we saw the return of the Ultimate Stock Dog (USD) competition.

The USD began with Sherwood brothers Matt and Chris, having the concept of showcasing dogs who were able to perform well over various style and types of work.

Together they ran the event for 4 years in Taralga, NSW until work situations changed and the drought at the time made it very difficult and things came to a halt.

With local Cowra man Nathan Cayfe taking the reins both Matt and Chris agree that its great to see the concept growing with a charity fundraiser event held last year at Cowra by Nathan, the Supreme Stock Dog in Victoria and a similar trial Australian All Round Stock Dog in Geurie NSW.

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winning the overall title after winning the yard section. A close second was Justin Tombs from Armidale, NSW and Harewood X. Third was Nigel Brazier and Braziers Pat who were also winners of the paddock section. Winner of the cattle section was Harry Grant from Boorowa, NSW with Strap.

It was a great sociable weekend bringing competitors from all over New South Wales and Victoria. Local clubs ran a canteen and provided a scrumptious dinner on the Saturday night as well as Jess Coster with her ever popular coffee van to keep everyone warm during the weekends rain.

The Ultimate Stock Dog is a competition made up of 3 rounds being yards, paddock and cattle sections.

Competitors are to show their skills in each round and the highest scoring overall would be award the title of “Ultimate Stock Dog.” The trial saw great success with Nigel Brazier from Molong, NSW and Braziers Sterlo

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Kevin Howell’s Karana Roy IV in the Cattle Section

AROUND THE GROUNDS

Results Overall Results

1. Nigel Brazier - Braziers Sterlo 2. Justin Tombs - Harewood X =3. Nigel Brazier - Braziers Pat =3. Chris Sherwood - Rumamiga Kate 5. Brock McCabe - Evie

Highest Scoring Bitch

Chris Sherwood and Rumamiga Kate

Yard Winner (Judge Matthew Sherwood)

Nigel Brazier - Braziers Sterlo

Yard Stockmanship Award - Justin Tombs Paddock Winner (Judge David Motley) Nigel Brazier and Braziers Pat

Paddock Stockmanship Award - Harry Grant

Cattle Winner (Judge Ben Coster)

Harry Grant and Strap Louis Simpson and Wandabar Gem ready for their run in the cattle section

Cattle Stockmanship Award - Tom Lewis

Dale Thompson’s Broken River Clay in the paddock section

Winners of the 2023 Ultimate Stock Dog, Nigel Brazier and Braziers Sterlo Justin Tombs and Harewood X in the yard section

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QYUTA Inaugural Yard & Utility Trial

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Held on the final weekend of February, the Queensland Yard & Utility Trial Association Inc launched their first combined competition. The response was astounding, and we couldn’t have been more humbled by the support and willingness of the people who stepped forward to compete and help. Over the two days, we squeezed in 147 yard runs and 111 utility runs (not including finals). Unfortunately, due to lack of daylight hours we did have to combine the yard maiden and novice and the utility local and encourage and the utility maiden and novice, but that did not dissuade our competitors in anyway. The weather gods smiled upon us, perhaps too broadly, as it was rather warm, but troughs were available for cooling off.

Saturday night’s dinner was hosted by Inglewood Show Society Working Dogs and was followed by running the open and encourage yard finals under lights which was a resounding success and a lot of fun.

We were joined by Queensland Working Sheep Dog Association Inc as they hosted a 3-sheep competition over the same weekend and we shared their sheep for the utility, a great example of different associations working together and sharing a passion for working dogs.

We’re very thankful to both our judges and our competitors who travelled from as far as Scone, as well as the locals who attended and competed or just watched. Their efforts make all this worthwhile and their company is sublime.

Great emphasis was placed on stockmanship, and Tom English from Precision Working Dogs was on the grounds to observe and highlight those who worked their stock in the best manner they possibly could. Tom demonstrated his own skills by making a final in his first ever trial against some stiff competition. At the end of the weekend, Tom announced that he had found two handlers that wished to bestow the award, both of whom it was their first trial: Maddie Gough and, Inglewood local, Peter Nankervis Special awards were also placed aside for the best combined score and lady handler, both of which went to Inglewood locals again, Peter Nankervis and his dog Campaspe Champ and Tammie Conroy.

Special mention must go out to our sponsors, without whom none of this was possible.

Enduro of course, who supplied a bag of Working Dog Plus to every placegetter.

BLASK Engineering, a local company who supported the local events, but also went above and beyond in the eleventh hour when wheels begin to fall off the wagon.

Accionia Energy for the use of lights for Saturday night.

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Goondiwindi Regional Council supported the trial and Mayor Lawrence Springborg opened the event Saturday morning.

Artunga White Dorpers supplied sheep for the yard events, and they remained fresh for the entire weekend.

Inglewood Show Society helped immensely with support and use of the grounds. Rhiannon went above and beyond, even appearing to check the cleanliness of the facilities after night shift. Australian Working Stock Dog Magazine donated prizes, including these fabulous magazines, which were received with great enthusiasm.

Working Stock Dog Essentials gifted prizes of leads, collars and ute ties. Pilbara Working Dogs supported the best combined prize, even from all the way over in WA. Biddingsley Kelpies provided extra yards and muscle power to set them up. Gordon Donovan Transport was fabulous with his delivery and shipping of the dorpers to and from their home property. Coolmunda Olives and Lady of the Lake, both provided for the lady handler prize and spent time on the grounds on Saturday with their wares available to purchase. Sagro Working Dogs, Collars and More, handmade several of the prizes, competed and ran a stall for extra collars, muzzles or anything a trialler might need. Lastly, Derek Shore and Kennards Hire, without whom, we would surely have been in the dark Saturday night.

We really can’t thank all of our competitors, sponsors, judges and helpers enough for the amount of effort that they put into helping us run this event and we look forward to repeating the event again.

AROUND THE GROUNDS Results - Utility Inglewood Highway Meats Open Utility 1. Brad Clark - Paton’s Donegal 2. Adam Miller - Walkabout Jack 3. Adam Miller - Freestone’s Willy 4. Peter Hogan - Peterson Ivan

Morrissey and Friends Novice Utility 1. Margo Hoan - Koba Timmie 2. Ed Wall - Duke 3. Brad Clark - Paton’s Donegal 4. Adam Miller - Walkabout Jack

Inglewood Show Society Working Dogs Maiden Utility 1. Ed Wall - Duke 2. Margo Hogan - Koba Timmie 3. Michael Dungey - Shaundar Cooper 4. Kerry Lovell - Drifter

Results - Yard Alkira Kelpie Stud Open Yard 1. Tony Overton - Gwydir Tess 2. Tony Overton - Gwydir Zeva 3. Errol Gill - Tumtutvalley Milly 4. Margo Hogan - Coopendale Pip

Gwydir Kelpies Novice Yard 1. Peter Hogan - Peterson Jay 2. Peter Hogan - Peterson Ivan =3. Tony Overton - Gwydir Zeva =3. Tony Overton - Gwydir Wilga

Kedmaw Angus & Kelpies Maiden Yard 1. Peter Hogan - Peterson Ivan 2. Tony Overton - Gwydir Wilga 3. Ed Wall - Boss 4. Peter Hogan - Aami

Surefoot Kelpies Encourage Yard 1. Peter Nankervis - Campaspe Champ 2. Tammie Conroy - Trevonnie Hush 3. Maddie Gough - Motleys Max 4. Ray Lord - Moora

BLASK Engineering Local Yard

=1. Tammie Conroy - Trevonnie Hush =1. Peter Nankervis - Campaspe Champ =2. Garry Elder - Jess =2. Amelia Thomson - Biddingsley Cassie 3. Ray Lord - Moora

BLASK Engineering Local Utility 1. Tammie Conroy - Rip 2. Garry Elder - Jess =3. Peter Nankervis - Campaspe Champ =3. Ray Lord - Spice

Surefoot Kelpies Encourage Utility 1. Maddie Gough - Motleys Max 2. Tammie Conroy - Rip 3. Garry Elder - Jess =4. Patsy Trevor - Tyson =4. Chris Coman - Karana Rafael

Pilbara Working Dogs Best Combined Score -

Peter Nankervis and Campaspe Champ

Coolmunda Organic Olives & Lady of the Lake Highest Scoring Lady Handler Tammie Conroy

Precision Working Dogs Stockmanship Award -

Maddie Gough & Peter Namkervis

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2023 Ray White Working Dog Sale & Trial

Article and Photos provided by Ray White Livestock Rockhampton

The Ray White Livestock Rockhampton Working Dog Sale and Trial was carried out over 3 days this year on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd April. Run by Gary and Netty Wendt and their team at CQLX Gracemere Saleyards the event was a great success.

There was a fabulous crowd and atmosphere on the grounds for the duration of the weekend and over 1000 viewers online with Stocklive for the sale on Sunday.

The Event Program changed a little this year. The Working Dog Trial, which sees $10,000 prize money plus additional prizes shared between the top 5 placegetters, has been a part of the program since in its inception and commenced on Friday morning and continued through to the finals on Saturday. For the first time this year a function was held for the Vendors and Sponsors, at which an informative presentation was given by Dr Phil and Dr Zavier of Queensland Veterinary Specialists on all matters Reproduction. An exciting new Sire Shootout Trial was added to the calendar and was conducted under lights on Saturday evening. Pre-works for the first 50 Sale Dogs took place on Saturday afternoon with the balance of the 116 lots offered pre works beginning Sunday morning and leading into the Working Dog Sale.

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With the 70 pups 10 months and under working sheep and the 42 dogs 11 months and over working cattle, there were 112 animals offered for sale, with a clearance rate of 90%.

Pups averaged, $4567 each. The top price for a pup was realised twice for Lot 66 Addy’s Jazz and Lot 83 Addy’s Hope both sold by Marty Addy and Emma Sutherland of Rolleston and purchased respectively by Rick and Sally Seeds of Morganville and Peta Bauer of Cassilis NSW for $16,000 each.

Dogs averaged $8756 each. The top priced dog, Lot 44 Cabra Glebe Sid - was sold by Joseph Leven of Casino and purchased by James and Helen Parker of Monto for $33,000.

Overall the sale averaged $6103 per animal with strong competition from 120 registered bidders on the grounds and 165 Registered Bidders online.

Dogs sold to Tasmania, King Island, Victoria and South Australia. In NSW they went to Nimmitabel, Mallangenee, Wauchope, Kempsey, Long Flat, Cassilis, Grafton, Casino, Jugiong and Tenterfield. QLD deliveries included Esk, St George, Wallumbilla, Baralaba, Middlemount, Emerald, Nebo, Alpha, Clermont, Longreach, Charters Towers, Sarina, Bowen, Mount Carbine, Monto, Miles, Chinchilla and Injune to name but a few.

AROUND THE GROUNDS Each year a service fee is auctioned to raise money for a charity. This year Shaun and Robyn Carr of Wandoan offered the services of Cabra Glebe Joey with the chosen charity being the Dan Rutledge and Family. Roger Geldard of Miles purchased the service fee for $4,300 with all of these proceeds to be donated to assist this family.

Isaac Hotz from Wilderness Way Pty Ltd, Clermont generously donated Lot 88 – Wilderness Way, with all sale proceeds going to the Stockdog Handlers – 3 Minds Connected podcast founded by Dave Steel and Adam Wrobel that focuses on the Working Dog and their handlers. Wilderness Way was purchased by Bill Adin and Gary and Netty Wendt of Gracemere for $6500.

The trial attracted 143 dogs from throughout QLD and NSW keen to win a share of the big prize money on offer.

The trial consisted of two rounds and a final with the competition commencing Friday morning and culminating as a great Top 10 Final on Saturday. The two judges of the competition were Glenn Dickson and Stephen Biles.

Sire Shootout winner - Jamie Sturrock & Craiglea Seth

1st place – Dan Killey and Nadnat Percy 2nd place – Paul Wroe and Carrascot Spot 3rd place – Jamie Sturrock and Craiglea Seth 4th place Tie – Sam Connolly and Kasajoca King and Steven Elliott and Barcoo Hughie Saturday Evening Sire Shoot out saw 31 dogs battle it out under the watchful eye of judge Glenn McKay, requiring an exciting runoff for first place between Jamie Sturrock with Craiglea Seth and Andrew Jansen with Riverside Buck both sitting on 95!

1st place – Jamie Sturrock and Craiglea Seth 2nd Place – Andrew Jansen and Riverside Buck 3rd Place Tie – Nathan Carr and Brutonvale Brutus and Dan Killey and Nadnat Percy

Highest Priced Dog Cabra Glebe Sid - was sold by Joseph Leven of Casino and purchased by James and Helen Parker of Monto for $33,000.

2024 will continue to see developments for the Event with the commencement of the Incentive Rookie Challenge and Incentive Open Challenge for Dogs purchased out of the sale in previous years. If you would like to discuss next year’s Sale or Trial please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Trial Winner - Dan Killey and Nadnat Percy

Addy & Emma Sutherland - Vendors of the two Highest Priced Pups, $16,000 each.

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More than Meets the Eye

“Stock is stock” said new kid on the block Peter Nankervis. “We’re both playing in the same field” said seasoned competitor Peter Hogan. Two Peters, both exceptional stockmen, both have travelled completely different paths to end up in the Novice Final at the QLD Yard and Utility Trail Association (QYUTA) Goondiwindi Show on Saturday 29th April, 2023. Both Peters just happy to be out there competing with their dogs with a job to complete.

To the naked eye calling a 70 year old man the “new kid on the block” would appear out of focus, and even though Peter Nankervis has been a stockman for over 50 years, this was only his fourth time competing at a QYUTA dog trailing event after taking up the sport earlier this year. Peter Hogan,

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62 years old, has also been a stock man for over 50 years.

He has been working with stock since he could walk, but he has been a competitor at all levels in trialling dogs for over 25 years. Taking out the QYUTA Goondiwindi Show Open Final with Peterson Ivan, Peter Hogan explained “I know what my dogs are capable of, and it is a teamwork effort.

Considering the limited number of trailing opportunities there currently are in Northern NSW it was nice to compete with dogs that I enjoy working with”.

Growing up in Coleambally in the Riverina area on a family rice farm, Peter Hogan spent his younger years

AROUND THE GROUNDS helping his parent’s work cattle and sheep as well as driving tractors. After he left the family property Peter pursued a more livestock orientated career working on several farms throughout NSW to become the accomplished stockman he is today. Peter works his own property now alongside his wife Margo in Glen Coe near Glenn Innes. Margo also trails dogs competitively. Around 1995, Peter Hogan got into the trailing scene to see if he was good enough to be competitive with his dogs, and to improve his dog training skills. Peter has also enjoyed a cricketing career, and continues to play veteran’s cricket. He achieved a career highest batting score of 209 when he was 38. Peter Hogan aims to work sheep to the best of his dog’s abilities “I know my faults, and how I can get the best out of my dog’s. I know my dog’s faults, and I have to work out my dog’s strengths to be able to cover their weaknesses. The whole deal is you learning these things”. Peter Hogan added “Today was about challenging sheep, and getting your dogs to work well”. Peter Nankervis added “Today was better than sex”.

Peter Nankervis was born in Coen on Cape York Peninsula QLD, and grew up in Laura two hours South of Coen. He spent his childhood either bull catching or brumby running.

Peter believes his stockmanship developed from working wild stock on the Cape. However, what people do not see is Peter Nankervis’ bloodline. His Great Grandfather is George Nankervis, who was a remount horse and cattle breeder in the Victorian Highlands. Peter’s family unit required him to relocate to Inglewood in 2004, and having only ever worked cattle in his career he found himself working sheep for the first time. Peter admitted “Sheep are a lot quieter, easier, and simpler than working the wild Cape cattle”. Currently owning 3 dogs, but only competing with Champaspe Champ whom he describes as his baby, Peter talks affectionately about his old bitch Jess who is now 12. When Peter first relocated to Inglewood he brought 15 dogs with him. He used to work them in 3 teams of 5 on his cattle. Peter went on to say “Until September last year I had never even done anything like trialling before, so I attended a QYUTA training and fun day. The inaugural QYUTA Inglewood event this year was my first competition, and I was presented with some Australian Working Stock Dog Magazine’s as my prize”. Peter is also a qualified butcher, and is currently spending his days supporting his daughter at her Inglewood butcher shop.

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The QYUTA Goondiwindi Novice Final was run in the pouring rain, and to say conditions were challenging would be an understatement. Finishing with a score of 190 Peter Hogan took out the win with Ivan’s big sister Peterson Jay who has only just come back into work after recently having 8 pups. Right behind Peter Hogan’s coat tails finishing on 187 points was Peter Nankervis with his young boy Champaspe Champ. It could easily be assumed that Peter Nankervis lost the top step on the podium in the Goondiwindi Novice final, because he forgot to shut one of the gates on his run. However, looking back Peter Nankervis is over the moon with his results, and doesn’t see himself as the looser, because he did not break status and gets a few more runs with his beautiful boy. “I’m as happy as a dog with two tails only losing by 2 points, forgetting to shut that gate might have cost me 4 points” said smiling Peter Nankervis.

Around the campfire at Goondiwindi on Saturday night there were some much needed great belly laughs enjoyed. Terms being flown around were “Winning Pete and Shafted Pete”, but young Michael Wilkie summed it up perfectly by saying “Peter Hogan might be getting portrayed here by being a little lucky with his win, because Peter Nankervis left the gate open”.

Peter Hogan backed up his new mate Peter Nankervis by adding “Everybody makes mistakes, and it generally happens in the pressure of a final, and usually when you are having a good run. You get ahead of yourself, and forget to do the little things right”.

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In odd ways the connection between both Peters goes deeper than their paths travelled to become great stockmen who ended up competing against each other at Goondiwindi. Peter Hogan affectionately names most of his dogs after his favourite Australian Football League (AFL) Richmond Football club players. Peterson Ivan is named after 2019 Premiership Ruckman Ivan Soldo. Ivan Soldo missed all of the 2021 AFL season with a knee injury, and was returning to play on Sunday afternoon while the Goondiwindi show was still in action. One couldn’t help but notice Peter Hogan pulling out of Goondiwindi to rush home to see his favourite player pull the Tigers jersey on again. Ivan Soldo played with Richmond’s co-captain Toby Nankervis! Yes, that is correct, an AFL footballer with the surname Nankervis! Peter Hogan named another one of his dogs Toby, because he couldn’t get his head around naming a dog Nankervis!

Peter Nankervis also has massive connections to the AFL with two of his cousins playing AFL for the Geelong football club. Ian Nankervis played a massive 17 seasons for Geelong, and was captain from 1978 until 1981, and again in 1983. Peter’s other cousin is Bruce Nankervis who also played AFL for the Geelong football club for 13 seasons, and captained the club in 1976 and 1977.

Both Peters agree that they are self-made, and both have travelled a long road to get to where they are in life now.

Nothing was handed to either of them. Peter Nankervis finished by saying “The only helping hand I’ve received along the road was a kick in the backside”.

QYUTA 2023 Trials March – May

Article and Photos Provided by QYUTA Members

Hot on the heels of the Inaugural Trial, came an action-packed March. Each trial has been loudly decorated with the black and gold signage of Enduro, looking both very smart and eye-catching. Every placegetter in QYUTA trials receives a bag of Enduro Plus to tide their dogs over until the next competition.

Immediately following our Inaugural Trial, we farewelled our QLD representatives as they headed south to Mansfield, Victoria to compete in the Australian Yard Dog Championships.

Brad Clark and Errol Gill are both experienced triallers and it was a pleasure to see them in their noticeable red vests with both the QYUTA and Enduro logos emblazoned on the chest.

Australian Yard Dog Championship - Errol Gill We (my partner Jeanel and six dogs) arrived at the Victorian Championships at Mansfield on the Sunday before the event as we had decided it would be nice to get a caravan site near to the action. We had the Western Australian entrant on one side of us. So, Jeanel thought it would be a good idea to set up a ‘Team QLD’ sign for Brad Clark and I. The event was held in the showgrounds, with a large arena for the cattle events on the Saturday, a fully fenced field for utility trials and the committee had constructed two purposebuilt yard arenas. During the first two days, the National Kelpie Field Trials were run, which were spectacular to watch, but I chose not to enter - maybe next time.

On Thursday, the yard dog events commenced. The sheep in the yard were very difficult and proved a challenge to all, but the most experienced. The open/improver ran for 2 and a bit days, with over 130 entrants and the top 25 being run to a final of 10. As Queensland State Representatives, Brad Clark and I were prequalified, we made the top 25.

The Championship finals had even the most experienced dogs/handlers frustrated, with some retiring and others scoring 0. I managed to score 2, which kept me in the top 10, finishing in 10th place. Brad finished outside of top 10.

Photo: Naomi White, Stock Dog Spectacular Some extremely talented people competed at this event, which in turn inspired me. Team Queensland finished in 3rd place overall.

I entered three of my other dogs in maiden/novice, and the improver and was proud that they all did well. This kept us busy, and with the weather seasonally warm(ish). Brad competed very successfully in the Supreme Stock Dog Challenge, which was being run on the weekend, placing in the three sheep event of the SSD. Should I get the opportunity to go to the next Nationals, I will need to keep practising.

Pittsworth Yard Dog Trial - Taryn Binstead This is the seventh year Taryn and Derek Binstead have run the Pittsworth Show Yard Dog Trial and this year it was affiliated with QYUTA for the first time. The show society had purchased new portable yards during Covid and they really were great to trial with.

It was awesome to see so many new competitors and dogs having a go in the encourage and maiden events. They were all so keen they continued trialling through the rain (and we had plenty of spectators watching in the rain too).

The sheep were a mix of merino and dorper crosses and had never been handled with dogs. They were great sheep to trial with and really separated the strong dogs from the weak dogs and made everyone work for their wins.

Pittsworth Show Yard Dog trial 2023 has continued to be a fun, friendly, encouraging trial for all with great support from the local community who loved watching the yard trials.

Pittsworth Open Winners and Placegetters

AROUND THE GROUNDS Inglewood Show Society Yard Dog Trial Chloe Owen Kicking off Friday afternoon with the unaffiliated Bush Dog, the Inglewood Show was the perfect setting for a weekend of working sheep dogs. The merino wethers donated by Goodrich’s stayed fresh and lively for the two days and we rotated out Saturday afternoon for finals and ahead of Sunday.

The affiliated classes on Saturday and Sunday consisted of 25 handlers and 117 runs (48 Saturday and 71 Sunday).

The weather stayed fine and clear, although a touch of rain would have been much appreciated.

The Inglewood Show Society certainly put on a beautiful event. Saturday’s trialling took an extended lunch break to watch the dog high jump, which was won by James Lingard and Hughy.

Inglewood Show Novice Winners

Toowoomba Royal Utility Trial - Taryn Binstead This trial is one of QLD’s longest running Utility trials and Taryn and Derek Binstead took over running it from the McDowalls about 12 years ago. This was the first year they affiliated with QYUTA.

Toowoomba Royal Show Open Utility Finalists

In traditional Toowoomba show fashion, the day started with a little rain but fined up to a beautiful day for a novice and open utility event to be run. The mix of merino and dorper cross sheep were challenging to work, making great trialling watching. The dogs having to keep just the right distance to work them through the paddock section but needing enough strength to push them through the yard section.

As the trial ground is shared with the QWSDAI 3 sheep trial, the utility trial starts in the paddock with a cast, around the winding pen, through the gap, then into the pen which was open at the back for the sheep to continue through it. The area between the pen and yards was a free working area. The yards are set up in a corner of the arena and after collecting seven sheep from a pen, a touch was required, then it was a continual yard which finished when the sheep were drafted correctly into a rear pen and holding pen.

Goondiwindi Show Yard Dog Trial - Shelley Burns Yard Dogs return to Goondiwindi Show after an absence of 3 years, yard dog trials are back on the program at the Goondiwindi Show.

On Friday, 37 students ranging in age from 6 to 16 participated in a judging clinic. It was a great opportunity to explain to juniors how yard trialling works and to give them some insight into how a yard trial is judged. The students were enthusiastic and enjoyed judging our handlers around the course.

Following the juniors clinic, 9 handlers and their dogs were then drawn into groups based on the sex of their dog for the Border Veterinary Services Battle of the Sexes – Dogs versus Bitches. This trial was held in the main arena and consisted of 2 teams of 4 handlers with dogs and the same number with bitches. The fun trial, judged by Greg Addis, was based on time and time penalties were deducted for any infringements. To help the crowd watching identify whether the handler was running a dog or a bitch, the dog handler had to wear a blue wig and bitch handler a pink tutu. The Battle of the Sexes was won by the bitches so the series is now 1 – 0 to the bitches. The winning bitches team was Errol Gill, James Lingard, Rachael Bice and Shelley Burns.

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AROUND THE GROUNDS James Lingard & Beloka Holly competing in Goondiwindi’s Battle of the Sexes. Photo: Jazmyn Pearl Photography.

Saturday morning kicked off early with the Total Ag Open Yard Dog Trial followed by the Karbullah Pol Merinos Novice Yard Dog Trial. Greg Addis was the judge for the day and we had over 60 runs to get through. Saturday’s sheep were from George Sloss from First National Real Estate. The sheep were tough and tested the handler and their dog. The Total Ag Open Yard Trial was won by Peter Hogan from Glencoe with Ivan and the Karbullah Novice Yard Trial was also won by Peter Hogan with Jay.

Although the show officially finished on Sunday, our yard trials continued with the Maiden and Encourage classes sponsored by Lucy Walker Pharmacy – Terry White. It has been many years since these classes have been run at the show. Similarly with Saturday, we had over 60 runs to get through. We had a change over of sheep to Karbullah’s and they were better suited to the maiden and encourage dogs. The Lucy Walker Pharmacy Maiden Yard Trial was won by Errol Gill with Caviar Kinky and the Encourage Trial was won by Rachael Bice with Bices Ellie.

A special award was offered on Sunday to maiden and encourage handlers that displayed the best stockmanship. The Lucy Walker Pharmacy Best Stockmanship Award was won by Maddie Gough from Moree.

Over 20 handlers attended the 3 day event travelling as far away as Kingaroy and the NSW Northern Tablelands. The biggest surprise from the event was the level of interest from juniors in yard trialling in the Goondwindi region. Our goal will be to develop this interest during the year and hold a juniors trial at the 2024 Goondiwindi Show….the planning has already stated.

A big thank you to all our sponsors who supported the yard dog trials. Your support has ensured that yard dogs are back to stay at the show.

Jondaryan Tours and QLD State Utility Championship Currently, QYUTA is working with the Jondaryan Woolshed to promote colonial heritage and living working museums, such as the Woolshed itself. Roughly twice a month, we demonstrate how dogs can be used to gather and shift sheep.

At the end of June, we will be holding a three day Championship to decide who will represent QLD at the Australian Utility Championships at Nyngan, NSW in August.

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Boonah Working Stock Dog Club Inc, Yard Dog Trial

Article by Sarah Murphy | Photos Provided by Jeanel Dalgrin

The Boonah Working Stock Dog Club Yard Dog Trial sore fierce competition with 29 competitors and 55 dogs taking part in Open, Novice, Maiden and Encourage events over two days on May 6 and 7.

Saturday, May 6 saw the Open and Novice draws being fought out in sunny conditions with 13 handlers and 22 dogs battling out for the top dog position in the Open draw and 17 handlers and 25 dogs in the novice.

Brad Clark was on top with Donny, Ginger and Ruby taking out first, second and third place in the Open final with scores of 175, 173 and 165 respectively.

The Novice final saw more trying conditions with the sheep being harder to handle and heading for the shade in the corner of the arena at every opportunity.

Nevertheless, Brad Clark stood on top of the winner’s podium again, this time with Sprout and convincing score of 124.

Peter Nankervis with Campaspe Champ and Tammie Conroy with Trevonnie Hush rounded out the place getters in the Novice Final with tough scores of 86 and 75 respectively.

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trials in Qld with the first event being held in February this year at the Inaugural Inglewood Yard and Utility Trial.

QYUTA President Callum Storey said the response to the new group has been overwhelming and nominations have gone through the roof, particularly for new triallers.

“We wanted to get yard and utility trialling under its own banner to push the sport further ahead and the standard has increased in all classes since February, the standard in this trial at Boonah has been outstanding,” said Storey.

Conditions improved on Sunday for the Maiden and Encourage events, with 25 handlers and 35 dogs entering the Maiden draw and 18 handlers and 26 dogs the Encourage.

Errol Gill and Caviar Diesel took out the top spot with 161 points. Tony Conroy and Chance, Tammie Conroy and Trevonnie Hush took out second and third places.

The Encourage draw turned out to be closest fought of all events over the course of the two days.

Kim Russell and Ted took out first place with a near perfect run of 98. This was closely followed by Chloe Owen and Munson and Peter Nankervis and Campaspe Champ in equal second with scores of 96 and Rick Marshall and Trevonnie Hush and Kerry Lovell and Idaholme Drifter in equal third with scores of 95.

AROUND THE GROUNDS Results Goetsch & Sons OPEN (Judge – Derek Binstead) 1. Brad Clark - Donny 2. Brad Clark - Ginger 3. Brad Clark - Ruby 4. Errol Gill - Tumutvalley Milly U/P. Callum Storey - Brandy

Peak Vets NOVICE (Judge – Margo Hogan) Encourage Finalists

1. Brad Clark - Sprout 2. Peter Nankervis - Campaspe Champ 3. Tammie Conroy - Trevonnie Hush 4. Kerry Lovell - Idaholme Drifter U/P. Karl Hinshelwood - Gwydir Cobb

Maynard’s Store MAIDEN (Judge – Margo Hogan) 1. Errol Gill - Caviar Diesel 2. Tony Conroy - Chance 3. Tammie Conroy - Trevonnie 4. Peter Nankervis - Campaspe Champ U/P. Tony Conroy - Arrow

Maiden Finalists

Mitre 10 Karlbar – ENCOURAGE (Judge – Callum Storey) 1. Kim Russell - Ted =2. Chloe Owen - Munson =2. Peter Nankervis - Campaspe Champ =3. Rick Marshall - Trevonnie Hush =3. Kerry Lovell - Idaholme Drifter

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2023 NSW State Utility Championships, Eugowra Article by Kay Howell | Photos Provided by Kay Howell and Laura McKillop

The 2023 New South Wales Utility Championship, was held at the Eugowra Showground over the 14 - 16th April.

We had an amazing number of entries run over the three days, with a total of over 110 runs ensuring it was a very busy time and lucky the weather was kind to us.

A massive thank you to everyone who gave up their time to help over the whole event, whether it was letting sheep out, swapping sheep over or timing. There are just too many names to mention who helped as I don’t want to miss anyone, you know who you are.

As always, we had people travelling long distances to attend, as well as some who had never competed in a Utility trial before.

I would especially like to give a big “Thank You” to my office buddy Louise Brassell, thank you Louise I could not have done it without you. Also, a great effort to Kevin and his helpers for having the arena look a picture, the set up was just amazing after recent events in Eugowra with flooding.

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An extra big thank you to Peter and Rona Ashcroft of Forbes for your amazing catering over the three days great effort beautiful food thank you so much.

We would like to thank the following people for their sponsorship, without these amazing generous donations we would not be able conduct this very successful trial COPRICE DOG FOOD. PENGILLY FAMILY (SHEEP AND CARTAGE), M & A BRAY TRANSPORT, AMAZING FENCING (NEW OBSTACLES), AG/N/ VET SERVICES, K.M.W.L.FORBES, FORBES VET CLINIC, GRANT HOWELL AUTO ELECTRICIAN, DENISE HOWELL HAIRDRESSING, NSW YARD DOG ASSOCIATION, KARANA KELPIE STUD, WORKING STOCK DOG MAGAZINE, GROVERS COUNTRY CLOTHING and ALLURE ON MAIN.

AROUND THE GROUNDS Results Nursery

1. David Brassell - Karana Rex 2. Robert Heath - Sterlo II 3. David Brassell - Whites Bill 4. Laura McKillop - E.K Collie 26 Cast / Lift/ Draw - David Brassell and Jeremy Lim Stockmanship/Judges Award - Jeremy Lim

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1. Maurice Metherill - Wilbo Mick 2. Nigel Brazier - Sterlo 3. Les Everleigh - Hiltons Major 4. Les Everleigh - Hiltons Ivy 5. Greg Walton - Iuna Louie Cast / Lift Draw - Hiltons Major and Les Everleigh Stockmanship/Judges Award - Robbie Heath Highest Scoring Lady - Gracie Halstead

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1. Maurice Metherill - Wilbo Mick 2. Nigel Brazier - Sterlo =3. Les Everleigh - Hiltons Major =3. Greg Walton – Karana Max 5. Greg Walton - Iuna Louie Cast / Lift Draw - Hiltons Major and Les Everleigh

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The Woman behind the Man behind the Community St George Cattle Trial Article and Photos by Melissa Matthews Photography

Marg Pfingst from the St George, Queensland community truly believes events like the Cattle Dog Trial held at the St George showgrounds on the 25th and 26th March, 2023 are “Great for us country people, and it must be good for our mental health. How nice was it to just go out and watch a dog trial. You find yourself laughing and catching up with like-minded people, and you forget about things for a short time”. The ground temperature on Saturday was 43 degrees, and not for the soft hearted. Marg went on to say “We get caught up in our general life stresses, and on such a hot day when we tend to get a bit down – well it is just easy to stay at home in the aircon. Sometimes you have to make yourself get up and go to such an event, and it helps everything go away. It lifts your spirits”.

St George is home to Scott Wilson who felt proud to run their inaugural Cattle Dog trial. Scott has tried to move away a few times over the years, but he has always landed back in his community where he feels most comfortable.

Scott fondly describes St George as inviting, because it is situated on the Balonne River, and it is a good town. “The town is looking tidy and inviting right now. You drive down the main street and you can see how much it is moving ahead in recent years. I really wanted people to come and witness St George for themselves. The town council have been working very hard lately to improve and modernise our community, and St George people are always very welcoming to visitors. What more could you want,” said Scott.

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AROUND THE GROUNDS Scott Wilson’s dog “Wilson’s Tex” competing on Saturday in the Open

Scott Wilson doesn’t really need much more in life with a wife like Kym behind him! Infact, Scott refuses to take any of the credit for his hard work running such a successful event for his community. He attributes everything to the woman in his life, and mother of his children. Nevertheless, Kym also shies away from taking credit for what her and Scott achieved for their community. Kym describes St George as being full of people that have your back “A lot of friends and family turned up and just jumped in and helped. That’s our community, it is all of our friendships.

We are one big family”. Kym was excited to see Anthony Hyland - Stock and Station Agent Auctioneer at Grant Daniel Long Pty Ltd attend the event. It was Anthony’s first time attending a cattle dog trialling event. Anthony said “I could have sat and watched it for ages. I have seen Yard and 3 sheep in St George before, but never cattle dog trials. It was well worth attending, and I fully recommend anyone coming to watch the next one”. Kym went on to say, “It wasn’t about the results, it was about showcasing our community”.

The standout moment for Kym during the weekend of the trial was how many local people popped in and out, but also had a crack at the Bush Handlers event on the Saturday night. Kym was proud to share “Some locals

even competed in the main trails, and a couple of locals had never even thought about trialling until we brought it to our community”. Scott backed his wife up “They have shocked themselves about how good they went. A bit like myself. I never thought I could get to the level that I have.

It is such an inviting sport to come into and everyone is so helpful and encouraging”.

One of those locals that competed was Scott Pfingst. Scott and Kym Wilson are very close friends with the Pfingst family. Kym continued to share “Scott wasn’t going to compete, because he was so nervous. I rang him and told him that I was entering him whether he liked it or not”.

Scott’s comment back was “Are you really serious?”. Kym was 100% serious, and Scott Pfingst took out first place in the Bush Handler’s event. Scott Pfingst said “It was a bit of a surprise to win that’s for sure. Kym and Scott entered me and gave me no choice. I was just going to give them a hand to get something different going in the area. They are friends of ours, and they wanted to do something good for our community. They’d been pushing me to have a go, because they believed in me. I’m always working my dogs with my job, but I’ve never been competitive in that way. I don’t show my dogs off by competing”.

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Scott Pfingst and Yarrawonga Slim

Scott has bred nearly all of his dogs, and competed with Yarrawonga Slim at St George. All his dogs stem back to Gavin Carr’s breeding lines. Scott’s prefix “Yarrawonga” means a fair bit to him, because it is his Dad’s property where he grew up with his sister and brother. Describing himself as someone that doesn’t advertise nor part with his dogs Scott went on to say “Don’t worry I am into my dogs, and I am glad they pushed me to have a go. I surprised myself”. Everyone believed in Scott. His fiancé Melanie was also pushing him to have a go “Mel was a bit like Scott and Kym. She believed in me”. Scott and Melanie have a son Brodie who is also into dogs, and their daughter Hayley loved to see her Dad bring home a blue ribbon.

Scott and Melanie will be getting married at the end of the year.

Ron Cooke, Scott Wilson, and Steven Stokes

Scott and Kym Wilson have a real soft spot for Scott Pfingst’s Mum Marg, and both think “She is an amazing, beautiful lady”. Marg looks after her property, and is the full-time carer of her other son Ged (short for Gerard). Ged has cerebral palsy with autistic traits. Kym lovingly spoke about Marg “Her father and two brothers have actually done a bit of sheep dog trialling in the past, and it meant the absolute world to Marg that her son Scott was going to compete in trialling with his dogs”. Kym was also the driving force behind getting Marg to attend the event and watch her son compete. Apparently, Scott was too nervous to let onto anybody he was competing.

Marg Pfingst thinks that her son Scott is gifted working his dogs, and a real natural. She loves watching him from afar when he works his dogs out in her paddocks. “Scott treats his dogs like they are his people, and he would be lost without them. I couldn’t do what Scott does with his dogs, and he doesn’t back himself enough”. Marg didn’t know that Scott was competing, and was really surprised that Kym had entered him “I was determined to take Ged to watch anyway. It was good that Scott and Kym put on the event giving me somewhere age appropriate for Ged to go. Ged is non-verbal, and only communicates with gestures, but you can tell by his eyes, and his expressions (especially when the dogs are crawling up) that Ged is fixated on them. Ged has always loved animals especially dogs”. Marg loves Ged to be out and around other men, but admits it is not always easy to get out to such an event.

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Kym described her community as a big family, and this community event was more of a family affair with Scott’s massive cheer squad. Kym and Marg both agreed that Scott needed “a bit of a boost, and the experience of competing with the results he achieved gave him the confidence he needed”. However, the big day of competition didn’t quite go to plan for Scott’s massive cheer squad. It was such a hot day, and Marg was originally going to camp at the showgrounds with Ged, but with a sore hand from an operation earlier in the week decided against it. She found herself running late getting herself and Ged ready, and on top of that she forgot her phone, and had to turn around and go back home to fetch it, forcing her and Ged to miss Scott’s debut in the Bush Handler event. Scott’s fiancé Mel had decided to give the kids a nap, because it was such a hot day. Mel was meant to head in early, but the kids slept late, and they all missed Scott’s run by around 5-10 minutes. Melanie admitted “It could have been a good thing though, as we all might have jinxed him”.

The whole family were beyond excited when they saw the Facebook post go up with a few photos captured of Scott competing.

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AROUND THE GROUNDS Marg reported “When I saw Scott and asked him how he went he was as surprised as anyone. When Ged saw the Facebook photos, he was so excited to see his brother on the screen. Those photos were exactly Scott, he has always been such a calm quiet person, but he says he doesn’t feel like it, but the photos certainly captured that”. Kym Wilson added “Scott was so nervous going in, but the photos show him acting so calm”.

event by stating “You can never have too many photos in a country home, and it was great to have something different to attend. Not all of us country people are horse people”.

Scott Wilson strongly felt that “Scott Pfingst thought the dog trailing scene was very competitive, and it is, but his come in on his first dog trial, and his done so well, and he should have taken a lot confidence home from that weekend, and we were very, very, very proud of him considering how much he was chewing his fingernails beforehand!

That photo of Pfingsty captured at the gate shows his best friend looking straight up at him. He works so well with his dogs. Everyone here in this community does this, but we are just so damn proud of Scott at his first trial, and he just did so bloody well”. Marg summarised the whole

year is going to be even bigger and better”.

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Kym Wilson - The Woman behind The Man behind The Community finished off by stating “A lot of positive feedback has come back from their sponsors, and the community as a whole. We are happy to jump on board again next year, and everyone is happy to back us. So next Kym and Scott would like to thank the following people that supported them in the lead up to the event, and during the weekend: Scott Pfingst, Scott Hicks, Michael Hicks, Rhyley Petfield, Levi and Mitch Koster, Steven Stokes, Ron and Luke Cooke. Pauline Kehl was a massive help in the office, and deserves a big shout out. Our judges Ross Kehl, Bob Pronard, and Sam Donovan. Our amazing sponsors, and lastly our family who ran the canteen – the proceeds went towards their National Breast Cancer Foundation Fundraiser.

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Enduro Petfood is proudly an Australian family-owned brand supplying the working and hunting community for over 15 years with the same formula we created all those years ago. Enduro is made and packed using locally sourced ingredients right here in NSW supporting other small family businesses in the process. When you purchase a bag of Enduro, not only are you feeding the best working dog food available but you too are supporting other small Australian businesses to survive against the big global players.

As a brand we truly believe in the working dog and the variety of roles our working breeds must perform each day. Dogs genetically bred to work, need outlets to live an enriched and fulfilled life.

Enduro is proud to be able to supply dog food to a variety of these working dogs and play our part in ensuring they have the energy and stamina to perform at such high levels each and every day.

ENDURO PLUS GIVE AWAY CONTEST We were blown away by the number of entries and thank each and everyone of you for entering in the competition with your dogs. What got to see is a whole variety of dogs living their best lives, out working cattle or sheep or simply hanging with their teams. It was a tough choice so we decided to give away to four different winners 1 bag of Enduro PLUS each month for the next 6 months.

Attached are some of the entries that we had the pleasure to review.

Winners! and the winners we felt incapsulated the working dog were …

Renae Reynolds

Elise Osborne

Casey Clark

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“After switching to Enduro we found our dogs health improved significantly. The dogs smelt better, their coats shined up and their condition improved.

We expect a lot of our dogs physically and mentally at work and we really rely on a high quality feed to keep our dogs looking and feeling great. In the short time we have switched to Enduro we couldn’t be more happy with the results and we think our dogs agree.”

Photo Courtesy: Sam and Elise Osborn S1E Working Dogs and Contracting

We would like to Congratulate...

We are proud sponsors of the Ray White Rockhampton Working dog sale and trial.

Contact Gary Wendt to make sure you don’t miss out in 2024 to be a part of the action.

Joe Leven breeder and trainer of Cabra Glebe Sid who sold at Auction for a record $33,000.

Thank you for choosing our Enduro range to fuel your dogs.

A big congratulations also goes out to the trial winner Daniel Killey taking home the winning cheque.