DOB 8/10/22
I was very lucky to have the opportunity to buy Speedy. She was bred by Kevin Noble, sadly no longer with us. Kevin and I chatted many times and I sent Wills down to mate a few of his bitches after realising it was unlikely I’d be willing to sell a bitch he liked! He was very fair with me as to service pups and I got Nakara first up, then paid very fair prices for a couple of others including Nitro when he wanted to cut back on numbers.
Kevin mated his favourite bitch Koonamara Lara II to Karmala Skitch(Boss) and kept Quaint as his choice before becoming ill. He asked his friend Peter Chibnall if he’d like to take her, and some time later Peter very kindly offered her to me, saying she was a bit too stylish for his Aussie Whites. He also said she was the best natured Kelpie he’d come across!
I’d seen Motley’s Russell work in the NKT at Allora years ago and when Remy was out at Gerar Stn she was mated to him and Ron Robb kept Skip, one of his favourites and a great worker, if not a good looker! I persevered with a few Russell g’pups but they all had bite on sheep and went to work cattle…John White mentioned to Ron that Tex was the guilty one… so when Peter said she’d never shown any sign of biting I was very keen to try her. One our nicest bitches, Naka, is out of Lara by Wills, which was the seal on the deal. Naka’s been retired from breeding due to ongoing health problems from an earlier illness, so it’s nice to have that connection to Kevin’s dogs ongoing.
Speedy click for video
February, 2025
The start to the year has been typical of Australian summers, floods in NQ, fires in Victoria and truckloads of hay heading to SA. So I’m feeling very fortunate here at Nobby, my main worry a pack of wild dogs marauding around the district! Having only ten sheep left I’m able to keep them close to the house so they’re safe at present. Drying off recently but some good crops around this year. The sorghum crops below are opposite my place, the later one was watered last week.
I’ve had a busy month with eight pups to feed early on but about fifteen later in January. Two Naka pups have gone to their new homes and we are keeping two for a few months. McKenzie’s five are almost old enough to leave. As usual some people have got one elsewhere and others want to wait for the next litters. It can be frustrating because I’ve turned people down, thinking they were booked.
Maybe our ability to be patient isn’t as good as it used to be, TV channels are so keen on getting us to “binge” everything! Remember when we used to look forward to seeing what happened next week? The present new series of Muster Dogs is a case in point, and I think my viewing habits are back in the dark ages as everyone I’ve spoken to today has recorded it or watched it on iView!
I had the pleasure of a long conversation about kelpies with the WA contestant, Blythe, yesterday morning. At the time I had no idea who she was; we spoke about the programme and I said I thought I might watch The Voice!!!!!! Luckily I didn’t…well, I flicked around as usual…and was hugely impressed and apologised via text. She was one of the highlights, in my opinion at least, a lovely lady.
I must admit to feeling for the poor bitch that had to lick sand off ten pups. That’s if she did! You need to be aware of the tricks of manipulation in any media form these days, it’s so easy to edit film.
McNab McLeod McDuff above and below will suit cattle
McCoy McKee
These are the Sid x McKenzie pups.McDuff is available.
These are Sun’s pups, it’s hard to get a good photo of them! Cracking litter.
I’m hoping Min is in pup to Landy, I brought her back from Texas last week. Lovely bitch. Pics below.
As usual quite a few bitches came on heat quite close together despite being spread out a bit from Trangie to Texas to Nobby! Gossip has been mated to Barney, Speedy and Libby to Snooker and Min to Landy.
I’ll put pedigrees etc on the pups for Sale page.
Snooker also mated Ginny(Wills x Gemma) last week. She was to go to Landy but sadly he got into trouble with grass seeds and had a vet trip. Snooker’s grown into a lovely big dog, very light on his feet.
Marina and Bob are having a lot of trouble selling goats with big mobs being cleared from out West. Anyone wanting some for any reason, contact me and I’ll put you in touch. I brought home a lovely lot of meat for the dogs. Thanks Bob!
I tend to forget Midnight’s three girls up north. One is certainly a tough cookie!
These three little bitches are by Cruise.
I spent some time with Justice on Australia Day, he really is a nice pup, I’ll just have to pretend he’s a different colour!!
Time to go and feed up!
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