Bill's Diary
Luke with Chopper and Patch
Luke travelled down from Nelson with his dog Chopper and bitch Ash. Chopper was named after the movie of Chopper Reed. When Luke first got Chopper another dog bit part of his ears off, hence […]
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Bill's Diary
Craig Gibb with Rise and Nemo and Richard Hand with Keith and Cuz
Both Craig and Richard are judges in our Ridgeline judging team so any chance for a catch up is always good if we can get the times right. Craig wanted to bring his young bitch […]
Competition results
Waiau club comp May 2015
This comp was running a big three with a pig, deer and a fish. There were two sharks that got weighed in the biggest weighing 117 pounds. Their was a learning point for the organises […]
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Snow’s kennel training
I had two occasions where Snow did not want to come up to me when I wanted to put him into his kennel. This is a sign that I love to see in young dogs […]
Dog training
Boris’s escape foiled
I had just spent the last three days driving a milk tanker for Fonterra which had not left me with much spare time for the animals. I would let the dogs out for a run […]
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Snow’s stock training
Stock training for any young dog is very simple all I do is get a pup around stock while they are young. A young dog will always look at the older dogs and learn from […]