Holbrook Working Dog Club

03/04/2025

Let’s go here we go!
Holbrook dog trial is back on

17/03/2025

Still some spots available!

14/03/2025

Confounding member Paddy will be sharing a wealth of knowledge on weaner education using the trusty hounds. Come and enjoy a week end where great stockmanship and a touch of dog training will be on display 🐕 🐮

Weaner Cattle School
When: Saturday 22nd March (10am-2pm) & Sunday 23rd March (10am-2pm) 2025
Where: Little Billabong (address of yards TBC)
Cost:
Individual (HLN Member): $200
Individual (non-HLN member): $250
Business (max. 4 staff) (HLN Member): $400
Business (max. 4 staff) (non-HLN member): $500

Learn from Paddy Mulquiny (Allora Kelpies) as he works through the following;
- Handling young cattle to be calm and cooperative for life
- Working cattle on foot through the yards & in the paddock so they can walk calmly through gateways and settle on feed in paddocks.
- Incorporating working dogs into the process

PLUS

Hear from experts regarding;
- Water quality impact on production
- Ensuring water supply can meet livestock demands in weaning yards
- Water quality and animal health requirements
Infrastructure to support delivery of water to livestock.

Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/2-day-cattle-education-school

This event is supported by Southern NSW Innovation Hub and is funded by the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund.
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

22/08/2024

1 working spot now become available

Due to a couple of last minute cancellations we have two spots with dogs for the upcoming 🐾Working Dog School this Saturday.

If you missed out before, now is you chance to secure a spot. Head over to Humanitix now, First in first served!

👉https://events.humanitix.com/holbrook-working-dog-school

26/07/2024

Couple of young guns going to show the way of the Jedi

Upcoming Event 🐾 Holbrook Working Dog School 24th August🐾

This year we are welcoming Louis Simpson and Luke Platts from the Monaro as trainers for this year's working dog school.

Join us at 'Fellow Hills' as the fellas challenge and guide you working your dogs in the yards and with mobs of sheep. This year Louis and Luke will be breaking you up into Beginners and Advanced groups to help you all get the most out of the day.

Spots are limited, lunch will be provide and it is guaranteed to be be a great day out.

Registrations and payments must be made through the Humanitix link below.
$150 for attendees with dogs and $70 for fence-sitters.

Register Here 👉https://events.humanitix.com/holbrook-working-dog-school

Holbrook Working Dog Club

14/07/2024

07/10/2023

Looking to do a dog school soon? Then look no further. Garry white from whites kelpies will be doing a 2 day school on the 14th and 15th of October in Walbundrie. $550 for a working position and $250 for fence sitters which includes meals and drinks. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a very experienced and successful handler!

27/08/2023

25/07/2023

Up and coming school with Paul Macphail from Beloka Kelpies locally at talgarno for those interested.

18/05/2023

What a great event to let the dogs out and learn off a legend of the game

Looking for an opportunity to improve your Sheep Dog Handling skills?
Holbrook Landcare Network and the Holbrook Working Dog Club are excited to be hold a two-day training weekend, 22nd-23rd July with expert trainer Ben Coster from Wandabar Stockdogs

Bring along your main canine, or watch from the sideline as a fence-sitter and come along for a great weekend of talented training. Spots are Limited, so get in early to lock in your spot!

To register please call Jess Armstrong 0498 683 152, or flick an email to [email protected] or [email protected]

RSVP will close 14th July unless all spots are filled before.

06/05/2023

***CLUB MEMBER PROFILE***

Paddy “Handlebars” Mulquinny

Although he has graced the area for a couple of years now, you will be lucky to catch a glance at Holbrook’s self proclaimed “best looking ringer”. Your best chances of luring him in is with beer that has multiple X’s on it, preferably 4. It needs to be a minimum of 4 degrees celsius but no warmer than 5. Fussy bloke to say the least.

His hobbies include getting bogged, bogging the rescue vehicle then setting alight both bogged vehicles and putting it down to a grass fire. He enjoys a nice sunset on a romantic hill and prefers to walk around the corner to watch it, as in his own words is always prettier when it sets in the east.

He is as cool as a cucumber on the surface of the sun, making it difficult to have a sit down yarn with him as he’ll always be jogging on the spot to get to the next job. In fact I have it on good authority that whilst sleeping Paddy will scream out “go back” or “get out of it dogs” every 5-10 minutes as he flings around the pillow like a draft gate. Evidently a good stockman never signs off.

Paddy’s daily diet consists of homegrown meat and an abundance of fruit. He enjoys apple, water melon and grape fruit flavoured vapes as it is a meal appropriate at all times of the day.

Certainly one to watch at this years Holbrook dog trial so be sure not to miss the opportunity for a bum tap and his perky muffins.

Current bull test:
Structure - On the way out
Temperament - heritability data not established
Scrotal - off the charts

30/04/2023

Need to keep the sun off your frontal lobe? Or need a gift to impress the in-laws? Then look no further.

The Holbrook Working Dog Club will have an abundance of hats available at this years dog trial that will not only turn heads but will get that double take and possible wink we all desire.

They will be on offer for $25 each or the Mother’s Day special of 2 for $49.99 so be sure not to miss out