i am

[jigsaw 11,863]

getting a Kelpie X from Wales next week and just wondering,is there any Irish lads with this cross of any %.i am on about real deal kelpies.this dog is going to set me back a lot of cash,between travel and purchase but i reckon its just what i need so im going for it.ANYONE OUT THERE GOT ONE.

[colliejohn 840]

Best of luck with your new pup mate, that litter looked belters. regards collie john.

[jigsaw 11,863]

thanks cj,fingers crossed everything will work out.

[abbott 0]

1 of my mates has a kelpie x and its turned out a beltin dog mate, good luck

[jigsaw 11,863]

im certain they make decent all round workers,i am just wondering if anyone living in ireland has one on the go?

[Neal 1,857]

Karana Krypto, a pure kelpie who's the sire of Mike's bitch and D.C's dog and grandsire of my bitch, moved from the Woolstone stud, near Cheltenham, to Ireland a year or so ago. Hope that's of some help. I can ask some other kelpie friends if they know of any in Ireland if you like.

Edited July 30, 2008 by Neal

[jigsaw 11,863]

thanks neal,i would appreciate it greatly.i will stick up a few pics soon,the bitch i got,i called herTAZ is a live wire.looking forward to doing some work as soon as shes fully innoculated.any info on what part of the country and what its used for would be great.

[Neal 1,857]

Ok Jigsaw, I'll get onto it straight away. However, the kelpie forum I write on is a tad slower than this one so may need to wait a few days for any information.

 

The last lurcher I owned was from Dave Sleight's first litter of kelpie/collie x greyhounds and was the best lurcher I've ever owned. Unfortunately, it turned into a bit of a Frankenstein story. I liked him so much that I bought a pure kelpie about eight and a half years ago and although both were very friendly, easy-going dogs, they simply didn't get on so I had to re-home one.

[jigsaw 11,863]

thanks neal.how would you compare them with a collie cross,im looking forward to seeing how she turns out,how did you find them on feather,hare rabbit and any other task you gave them.i am anxious to do as many multi tasks with her as i can.i am getting her to sit at the moment but shes so full of energy its hard to get her to concentrate long enough so ive decided for the moment very short sessions.i get her to sit 3 or 4 times a day and leave it at that.im studying d sleights dvd just to get a little direction.Fill me up with info neal,im looking forward to it.

[Neal 1,857]

I know this sounds like a cop out out but most people I know who've had collies and kelpies say that there's definitely SOMETHING different but they're NOT QUITE SURE EXACTLY WHAT. They seem to have a certain indefinable "something." My three are all quite small, I think most in England seem to be about 20" or over whereas mine are all under. I have high hopes for my bitch pup who's just turned one this month and is only 18" and about 23 or 24 lbs.

 

I noticed a rat in the garden one evening a few weeks ago, sitting on the top of the fence near some bushes by the back door. I went straight to the dogs run calling out, "rat!" as I let them out. The two adults used their head and assumed it would be in the bushes near the bird table so started mooching around there. Meanwhile the pup, with less experience of rats, followed them for a few seconds then ran about twenty feet down the garden and stood up on her back legs like a kangaroo, staring straight at the privet hedge. I went inside for a torch and when I came back she was still in the same position, alternately staring at me then back at the hedge. When I shone the torch in the middle of the hedge at the point she was staring at sure enough, there was the rat. I didn't know whether to be proud of her for finding it or annoyed at the other two for not realizing where it was.

 

I used the same DVD to help train my lurcher and found it very useful, especially for retrieving training. I did make the mistake of using an alley-way as recommended in the DVD and accidentaly rolled the bloody ball under someone's gate though.