Getting warmed up for your morning Walk .
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Getting warmed up for your morning Walk .
Hope the Video works , sometimes not everyone can see them when I post on forums .
https://i.imgur.com/K77iyj6.mp4
Photo #1 Dreaming about finding food.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
Photo #2 Living the dream. :D
Bella (12 months Lab) tracking last night.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jBT4Ffx7vwM
pure poetry in motion to watch that......and so young,she is going to be a cracker mate.
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Bit of pest controll for local farmer,we ended up with 22 geese and around 12 pigeons,first time for the dog paddock retrieving,he did pretty well considering the geese weigh around the same as him.
Lost my polaroid glasses at the river last night,took Bo down this arvo and he found them. He has picked up my dropped cell phone once and carried it across the river before I relized it was in his mouth and also found a mates lost vape at the river. You are right Thar labs are great!
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And not a scratch on the glasses.
Bo with lost vape.
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Looks smart Gibo.
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got this girl yesterday, border collie x heading dog
not to put too fine of point on it..but a border collie IS a heading dog..... it should be very keen on sheep and wont bark unless put under pressure.
had same discussion with RUMPY the other day walking off the hill.
for me a heading dog is a job discription just like huntaway or pig dog.....
the breeeding of said dog isnt as important as how it preforms the task its asked to do.
heading dogs have natural tendency that has been bred to improve....go get stock and bring it back to the boss.... classic is to get young pup in a small paddock with sheep,go stand in middle of paddock and say nothing unless dog goes to bite...it will all of its own accord,without knowing why round up all the sheep and bring them towards you and keep doing so. also called a strong eyed sheep dog...it eyeballs the sheep till they go away in desired direction,towards the boss man.
along similar vein get in behind a mob of sheep with young huntaway pup and rush towards them shouting and clapping and pup will run up and start barking and continue to do so..its job discription is to hunt the stock away..bark at them to make them move,usually away from you .
good looking pup whatever its genetics
I think Heading Dogs have strong Border Collie lineage but the NZ Heading Dogs have other breeds I'm there as well.
They look a bit different.
From what I recall the origins of our heading dogs were 2 border collie types called Dictator and Dell. Back when the Scottish shepherds first came to nz. There is bound to be infusions of other breeds including kelpie in our current smooth hair heading dog. During the late 60's 70's they were pretty much stabilised around mainly Garry Brennan's strain which were smooth haired and tri coloured. This is the dominant type now.
When I first went to the East Coast farming in '74 there was a well known trialist back crossing heading dogs with Gordon Setters to breed a handy strain. There is strong Gordon Setter blood in our huntaways. The Hugh Griffith black huntaway strain was bound to have Labrador in it. And so on.
the blur on they eye isnt a blur, eye is brown top and blue lower. kinda neat
Asleep on the job.
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He wont be feeling so smart today, ate something at the park yesterday and spent the night projectile shittingQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
"mouse" is now settled in, cant wait till weekend to get her bathed. has to be that long so i dont hurt the stiches where she was speyed.
first dog i have owned that wasnt a bull breed, but couldnt handle that after bo died.
Quite a few times I've been out for walks and cross paths with people and other dogs. Nikau will start showing a strong eye and lock his head on the other dog, he'll drop low and stalk in slowly. dropping to his belly on every "noho" (sit) command, waiting for me to allow him forward to the dog. Which leads to some interesting conversations. "ooohhh, look he's submitting to my dog", "is he aggressive, he looks like he's going to attack", "why is he so skinny? do you feel your dog enough", "What breed is he?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Chur Bay
While i get a read on their dog i normally respond with, "This is Nikau, he's a heading dog, this is his nature and he's not aggressive, but he is still whole. Is it OK if the dogs say Hello?"
"He looks like a huntaway, are you sure he's a heading dog. He looks like he's got something else in him?" :wtfsmilie:
Make me want to ask them as a joke, "Are you sure you're from New Zealand? you look like you have Nazi in you.... "
Photo of Nikau during a local bush walk. Going for his 1st hunt tomorrow, hopefully all goes well.
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Is he still intact? He might be good to put over my girl.
Yeah, I'm keeping him whole for the mean time. He has great sheep dog trial blood lines, I'm only hoping his hunting is as good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chur Bay
His nature is good, although he's still in that stage of understanding why some male dogs wanted to fight him. They'll try stand over him and now he get defensive sometimes because of it. The hair on his neck starts to stand up more often now, which im trying to get out of him. The tail still wags fast and wants to play more than often.
We'll be looking to stud him out eventually @Chur Bay
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Spud: Why we sitting out here in the cold when I told you the deer are down there in the bush Dad?
Dad: Because they'll come out of the bush soon and they'll be a easy shot.
Spud: Where's the fun in that? It's boring here.
Dad: Just wait you'll see.
1 hour later
Spud: I don't think they are com........
Dad: Shut up
Well Nikau had his 1st attempt in the bush, hunting fallow in a small local doc ballot block. It'd been a couple years since I'd hunted the area. But the last time there was plenty of sign and I was hopeful.
Nikau started out testing my nerves, he was too keen and I felt like all the training was pointless. He was pushing his boundaries very early, the long line came out along with a couple smacks on the rump. He got the message and in return some freedom off the line.
It took a couple hours but he'd finally settled down. He would check his dance regularly. And even if he tracked out of sight he'd wait or come back to me. He sat on command, or at least freeze a scout ahead thinking I'd spotted something. He worked ground scent well and followed trails, if the breeze picked up I'd stop him, he'd naturally lift his nose and work the wind. I tried to put all my faith in him and follow his lead, but with no sign it seemed like there was no animals in the area. But it seemed like he knew what we were in the bush for and he was trying his hardest.
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My little mate Pip
Nice looking terrier Shootm. Hard case dogs, I had one as a kid and went everywhere on the motorbike with me shooting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shootm
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A couple more I found.
I took my whippet out into the Tararuas yesterday for the first time. When we encountered a stag she did very well, stayed still, was scenting the air so she knows the smell now. It was the opposite of what she does when there's a rabbit nearby (imagine a starving dog with food just out of reach).
Covid took most of my sense of smell so it was great to have someone doing the smelling for me. She also followed ground trails after the stag winded us.
Here's a couple of pics of Candace doing her thing while we camped out in a likely spot. That nose got a good workout.
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Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.
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Cool looking dog, what breed{s} is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eat Meater
Purebreed whippet. Awesome dogs, a curious mix of stubborn independence and velcro.
Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.
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As Izzie has aged I've stopped taking photos of her with animals we've taken together, she's got me many, but more of where we are and what we are doing. She's now 11 and her hard days in the hills are just about done.
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Zeus inspecting my mess :D
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Took Ski (or Ski Bone, as I like to call her) on a trip last year -she's only just turned two. She loved the hunting but was not as keen on the packraft out, hates the cold...
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His ‘want a rumble’ face :wtfsmilie:
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Glad you are enjoying him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
@Gibo is that that pup you got not so long ago?
Yeah mate, shit they grow fast aye
Fuk yea big healthy looking fella
