noneybur Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 After a 12 months forced layoff Uralla Showground has sheep again allowing for R & J Livestock Working Dog Clinics to commence again. (Hoorah) Jenny Lark & Phil Laughton from Coffs Harbour will be the new organisers after Sue Selby has moved to Qld to start a new adventure. The next clinic should be starting in July sometime so if there is anyone out there that would like to receive an application form please contact Jenny on 0266534119 or at [email protected] There is camping available at the showground for $15 per night and Uralla has motels and is close to Armidale should further accommodation be needed. Mind you it will be very very cold in July so if you want to come along then break out the thermals. Happy Herding. Jen & Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdogs Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 That sounds exciting, shame I don't live in the area. We travelled through & stayed the night at Uralla on the way to a Qld wedding in April a couple of years ago. The days were sunny but even at that time of year is was rather fresh once the sun went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneybur Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Yes, it can get quiet cold in the middle of winter at Uralla but we have a huge open shed to work under should the weather get bad, and the wonderful group of people who attend make the trip well worth it. Not to mention the training, everyone and their canines come away learning something and ready for the next clinic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdogs Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 What's involved in a herding clinic? I have been thinking of taking my 14 1/2 m/o bc to herding training but as yet have done nothing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneybur Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Hi, A working dog clinic or herding clinic involves an instructor introducing you and your dog to sheep in a small yard. Depending on the age and experience of the dog and handler depends on the level of instruction needed. At Uralla we have people and working dogs who have never seen sheep before to people who have worked sheep before and need help to work through any problems. But if you ask any instructor they educate the handlers as the working dogs know what they need to do (the instinct kicks in). People who attend working dog clinics do it so they can learn to work there dogs better on their own properties or to participate in yard dog trials, 3 sheep dog trials and ANKC herding trials. The working dogs live to work stock. I have 5 working dogs all registered with either the Working Kelpie Council, Australian Sheepdog Workers Incorporation and Dogs NSW, and they love nothing more than to work sheep and cattle. My dogs know what they need to do but I will never stop learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ons Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I've emailed for a form Uralla is less than an hour away from me, I have a couch potatoe who is actually of working dog extraction and he has shown to me he has good eye coz he is very good at rounding up the cats So he can have a go on the real thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdogs Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Thanks for that, its something to think about. When's the cut off to register? I quickly mentioned it to oh but he wasn't paying much attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneybur Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 The July clinic is still being organised and the official notification and application forms havn't been emailed out as yet. But I should think the cut off will be in June sometime. At the moment anyone who is interested needs to email me direct with all there details and then I can put them on the Herding list to be emailed as soon as I get the go ahead. My email address is [email protected] regards Jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneybur Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Its official, the next Uralla Working Dog Clinic is on the 11 & 12th July. For anyone that doesn't know Uralla is about 20 minutes from Armidale. If anyone wants any more information or an application form emailed out I can be contact at [email protected] Happy Herding Jenny Lark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdogs Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Jenny, do you know if any of the motels in Uralla will allow dogs in their rooms? We have a crate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneybur Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 As far as I know they won't allow dogs in the motel rooms. You can try the caravan park in Uralla that is called country road caravan park. I believe that if you don't tell them that you have a dog in the cabin and it is crated and not allowed on the bed the owner/manager will turn a blind eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdogs Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 I'd almost had my oh wanting to go to the clinic which I would really like to go to. My mother has a bus trip organised in July & I thought it was the 20th July. She told me today it is the 13th. Another reason why I hate the no. 13. So disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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