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MESON WORKING KELPIES

Kelpies currently in the Stud

ROCKYBAR JOE

A very good sheep-minded dog. He reads the sheep well and has lots of natural ability. He is very bold and forceful with very strong walk up. He has excellent distance, balance, anticipation and good holding ability.An upright, stylish, powerful worker with good eye.

Joe has great concentration and is highly intelligent, and obedient, easy to control with a good kinf temperament towards sheep and has a presence that does not upset sheep. He will cast over a kilometre and out of sight. He has good heading ability. Excellent at mustering and can work on his own with good driving ability.

Rockybar Joe will stand his ground and defend himself with rams. A silent worker, he does not bark in the yards. Joe is excellent at obstacles and knows where to place himself. He is a very good yard worker as well as a very good paddock dog. He has worked Merino and crossbred sheep. He has also worked goats and cattle.

He is broken into three sheep trials and yard trials and has been a successful placegetter in both fields. He won the fastest time overall to pen in the NSW State Championship Trials at Molong at 6:45s. He is a very good sire.


CLOVAVILLE BOSKA

A very calm, intense worker with the ability to relax. Easy to control dog with a good nature and kind to sheep. He has good sheep sece and reads his sheep well. He has good heading ability and has good anticipation, distance and balance. Casts over a kilometre and out of sight. Works Merinos and crossbred sheep. Works paddock and yards and does not bark in the yards. Will bite if needed. Very good at three sheep trials and is improving all the time. He is also good at yard trials and has scored 97 in yard trials.

CLOVAVILLE BOSKA. Photo: S. Bilson


JOES EMMA

Very calm intense concentration, good anticipation, steady, easy to control, wide casting over a kilometre and will cast out of sight. Very good in paddock has good heading ability. Is stylish, fairly strong eyed but will work wide and work in very close when needed. also has walk-up strength. She has good distance and balance and is broken into three sheep trials, has been trailed. Good at yard work, will back sheep. Has won yard trials and been placed in many yard trials. Is a very good useful paddock dog and good all round worker.


WARINGA TOTTENHAM

Wide casting, good anticipation and balance. Good holding ability with intense concentration. Is a very fast agile mover and a very good heading dog. Can be a little headstrong. Work paddock and yard. Placed in 3 sheep trials and yard trials. A good allrounder. Placed 2nd in Encourage Molong 1997 and won fastest time overall to pen in trials.


POTTERS DEBBIE

Very calm and steady. Easy to control, will relax. Has very good distance and will work in close. Has good natural wide cast. A stylish worker with medium eye and good heading ability. Works a mob or 3 sheep. Broken into 3 sheep trialling. Is a natural at yard work.She is a free backer and will bark in the yards. Deb is broken into yard trials. Works Merino and crossbred sheep and is good at paddock work. In all a good all rounder.

POTTERS DEBBIE. Photo: S. Bilson


MESON ORNA

Very stylish intense concentration, good anticipation, strong worker, will bite. Has a presense and sheep will move off her. Works on the head. Works Merinos and crossbred sheep. Will work a mob or three. Very fast, agile mover, slightly headstrong, not so easyto control at times. Will work in yards but not broken into yard trials yet. Very strong eyed but not sticky, has plenty of movement, very strong walk up strength. Not a lot of work put into this dog yet. Has the potential to trial.


WEBBS OACHER

Very fast, intense worker, is very stylish and very strong. Has a presence that sheep move off her. Good wide, long casting. Works on the head, has strong walk up strength and strong eye. Has good distance, balance and anticipation. She will work in close and is good in paddock work. She is also a good yard worker. Tends to be a bit headstrong. She is all work. Has been placed in yard trials, broken into 3 sheep trials, good obstacle dog and works Merinos, crossbred sheep, cattle and goats.

WEBBS OACHER (Photo: Giles family)


MESON DELL AND MESON DARBY

These pups dogs are very bold, calm natured and very easy to control. Both have good anticipation, distance and balance and good sheep sense with potential for trialling if trained.


MESON JODIE

Heaps of natural ability and is a very kind worker. Keeps good distance and balance and has good heading ability. A natural worker and will back and bark in the yards. Very good all rounder broken into trials (3 sheep and yard) Is very stylish with a calm nature and very steady wide casting worker and is easy to control. Will work by herself.