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Farm working Dogs in New Zealand. 4. Basic Training.

The pup  Training methods are as variable as handlers and dogs.   But the basic principles are fairly straightforward.  How you apply them depends greatly on your nature, and the nature of the pup.  One thing all trainers agree on – there’s no point wasting your time on a badly bred pup.  If it hasn’t got the working genes – … Read more

Daft Laddies – Lost farms of Tyne & Rede

Northumberland, farming, history, dialect, forestry, Daft Laddies By Clive Dalton and Don Clegg The forested North Tyne hills The forgotten past A ride up the upper North Tyne valley or the Rede today will tell you little of its past farming history. There’ll be no sight or sound of the heords, the hinds, the lambing … Read more