Category: Kelpie
Molly earns her “wings”
Despite having little training our Kelpie, Molly, reaches basic Sheepdog Status! Training a Kelpie still feels experimental for us, but we’re learning together – and enjoying it. Sheepdog training sessions have been few and far between here recently. This is because we’ve been busy updating the sheepdog training tutorials as well as working on the website. But after a really good session with Scylla today,… Read more.
Wow! Kelpie Molly gets our ‘Man of the Match’ Award!
Trainee Kelpie sheepdog Molly is making progress If you’ve read our Kelpie vs Collie blog, you’ll know that we’ve had our ups and downs with Kelpies over the years. I’ve personally been on the receiving end of some bitter comments from enthusiasts for what I wrote about Kelpies. That’s a pity. The people who directed their vitriol and untrue accusations in my direction clearly hadn’t… Read more.
Remember our “Stolen” Kelpie Puppy?
After a dramatic start to his early life, our stolen Kelpie puppy Tucker’s doing really well. The stolen Kelpie puppy drama! Our regular readers will remember the high drama back in January of this year, when a Kelpie puppy we had ordered was stolen during the week before we were due to collect him. Fortunately, thanks to immediate, as well as very successful Facebook and… Read more.
Molly Completes Our Kelpie Trio
Molly joins us as Kelpie number three! We’re very pleased to welcome our latest Kelpie puppy Molly to join our other Kelpies Will and Tucker, as trainee sheep and cattle herding dogs. Mollie is super-obedient at the moment, a real pleasure to have around but of course, she’s only been with us for a few days. Once she begins to settle in fully and gain… Read more.
Tucker and Pip
Keeping two puppies demands extra time and attention. However, when they’re as gorgeous as our Kelpie and collie youngsters, it’s not a hardship. We’re still very sad since losing Mel so recently. Yet, having the other dogs around, especially puppies Tucker (a Kelpie) and Pip (a Border collie), is a great tonic. It’s impossible to be sad when they’re around. Despite Pip being several weeks… Read more.
Pic of the day: Tucker gets promoted
Tucker’s in charge when we collect new puppies And changed from bouncy pup to sophisticated young “dog of the world” in an instant! Travelling with dogs and puppies When you need your dog to be a good traveller the early trips are very important. Tucker’s already pretty well travelled, within Wales anyway, but we thought we’d give him an extra outing on Monday. We took… Read more.
Pic of the Day: One last Kelpie fix
Perhaps the Kelpies have been getting more than their fair share of “Pic of the Day” attention recently. Trouble is, they’re so darned cute… Will and Tucker are best friends and, although Tucker’s tiny and Will’s adolescent (Will could easily flatten Tucker if he felt inclined) they get along really well. Well, perhaps not so easily flattened – Tucker’s nothing if not a plucky chap… Read more.
Our ‘Stolen’ Kelpie – Tucker!
Tucker’s safe in his new home after his ordeal Tucker’s a puppy that we had reserved from a litter of Kelpie pups before they were dramatically stolen from Clunton in Shropshire this week. Thankfully, after many thousands of Facebook shares and Twitter retweets, someone over a hundred miles away in North Wales recognised the puppies and called the owners. Soon, they were safely back home.… Read more.
Meet Our New Kelpie – Will
Llwyfen (UK) William – Red & Tan Male Kelpie Will’s the first of our new Kelpies. We collected him today from his home in Brecon, South Wales. For some time now, we’ve wanted to include Kelpies in our sheepdog training tutorials and DVDs so we’re especially pleased to introduce Will. At seven months of age, we’re hoping Will might be ready to start his training… Read more.