Very sad to report we lost Mustard not long after she went back to work after weaning her pups. She was a great character.
I don’t have many photos of Mustard, she was bred by Kevin Noble in S.A. and came up here as a youngster when his work situation changed. She’s a full sister to Nakara by Wills….error in pedigree, should be BD Sam II. Mustard has a fair bit of eye and was a bit ‘sticky’ but has grown out of it now, and can work a mob nicely. She’s been working cattle up at Mt Larcom with the Zeimers and is still a work in progress but definitely a keeper. I took some film of her shortly after she came up to Qld when I showed her to Arthur Crumblin.
I asked Emma to describe her work: ‘Mustard has a good walk up and is patient enough to hold her position until the stock walk off her. She’s a tough bitch and can take a fair knock and come back like it was nothing. She’s a fairly dominant bitch that can handle a fair bit of pressure from the handler. Reads her stock well and doesn’t hassle the lead.’
December 2025
Another year on the way out, that didn’t seem to take long! 2024 is finishing up with good early rain and a lot of mowing here…having most of my sheep killed over the last couple of years doesn’t help with the mowing. The dog situation, as in mongrel wild dogs and semi feral domestic ones, is getting worse and it seems nobody cares much. Sheep on left was also attacked last year; I should have shot him but after he staggered all the way back from the gully to the house yard I felt obliged to look after him. He had a hole eaten into his rib cage between his shoulder blades by the dogs. After about 2-3 months and a lot of lucerne chaff later he’s starting to put on weight! I use a spray of Cod liver oil, Colloidal Silver and Manuka honey after the initial shot of ABs.
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