Author unknown - OBCC newsletter 2001
How many times have you bought a puppy, or raised one from your own stock thinking, man, this one's going to be a real winner! It shows all the right stuff from the start…
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Author unknown - OBCC newsletter 2001
How many times have you bought a puppy, or raised one from your own stock thinking, man, this one's going to be a real winner! It shows all the right stuff from the start…
Read moreJun 30 2023
By Joyce Geier - Originally published OBCC newsletter 2000
It began as a simple training day in June 1996. It ended when Troy went down from heat stroke. It resulted in a lifelong heat intolerance and dog management issue. I…
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By Fiona Robertson
Take a look at the package of your current dog food. Somewhere on the label you will find the feeding instructions - they are there for a reason. It might be a chart, or a simple list.…
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By Andrea de Kenedy
My two Nursery dogs this year are Sweep and Wisp.
I bought Wisp from Stacey Rember at 9 months of age. I had to put down my good dog Jock, whom I was intending to move…
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By Stacey Rember
I have been asked to write about using dogs in a commercial sheep operation. I thought it would be an easy topic as it is what we do. I thought wrong, it's taken me 2 days of…
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By Marie Sawford
When I first started coming to herding events, I heard the advice from many judges and successful competitors, “Start with a retired Open dog.” Coming from a riding background you were always encouraged to start with an…
Nov 7 2022
By Andrea de Kenedy - OBCC newsletter 2008
We can all name legendary dogs of the past. Many will be in our own dogs’ pedigrees. We might even muse, fondly, on certain traits that one or another of our own…
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By Roddy McDermott - OBCC newsletter 2007
I normally do three lambings every year and really enjoy doing them, two of them indoor and the last one outside. I have finished doing the first two down in the south of…
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