167. National Stock Dog Association with Gavin Carr

Scott Stokes runs a building company out of Greenbank in south-east Queensland and has only been trialling about five years. In that time he's won an open at the Queensland Supreme, beaten his mentor to do it, and made the Queensland rep team with Gage, the station bred kelpie he bought off Gumtree at Inverell for $300.He grew up on farms in the Waikato in New Zealand until he was thirteen, then moved to the Gold Coast with his family. Dogs weren't really part of the plan. He bought Gage as a mate to bring to work and only put him on sheep because the dog had too much go in him to sit in the ute.We cover a fair bit in this one. Scott talks about training around a business and a young family, including the years when the sheep were 35 minutes away and he'd get home in the dark. He's honest about whether 3-sheep is a collie game or just a numbers game, and about the pressure that got to him at Stanthorpe when he was chasing a spot in the Australian team. He also makes a good case for new triallers putting their hand up to judge, and passes on the advice Jeff Gibson gave him when Gage started blowing through his stops.

Scott Stokes runs a building company out of Greenbank in south-east Queensland and has only been trialling about five years. In that time he's won an open at the Queensland Supreme, beaten his mentor to do it, and made the Queensland rep team with Gage, the station bred kelpie he bought off Gumtree at Inverell for $300. He grew up on farms in the Waikato in New Zealand until he was thirteen, then moved to the Gold Coast with his family. Dogs weren't really part of the plan. He bought Gage as a mate to bring to work and only put him on sheep because the dog had too much go in him to sit in the ute. We cover a fair bit in this one. Scott talks about training around a business and a young family, including the years when the sheep were 35 minutes away and he'd get home in the dark. He's honest about whether 3-sheep is a collie game or just a numbers game, and about the pressure that got to him at Stanthorpe when he was chasing a spot in the Australian team. He also makes a good case for new triallers putting their hand up to judge, and passes on the advice Jeff Gibson gave him when Gage started blowing through his stops.

168. Scott Stokes

Tony Whitehead is 90 years old, still on the block he's held since he was a child, and still letting sheep out at trials across NSW and Victoria. This one's a sit-down with a bloke who's seen more of the working dog world from the yards than most of us will ever see from the arena.Tony grew up at Urana in the NSW Riverina, was a jackaroo on Tubbo Station on the Murrumbidgee during the 1956 floods, spent four years as a ringer north of Winton in Western Queensland, and tossed a coin to decide between coming home and getting his pilot's licence in Cairns. He's carted grain, built tunnels at the Williamstown naval dockyard, owned a £35 racehorse that won 22 races, and came to sheepdog trials in his sixties because his wife reckoned he'd work himself to death on the farm otherwise.What you'll hear:<ul><li>Life on a Riverina station in the 1950s, with two full-time rabbiters running 30 dogs each</li><li>How Tony went from helping in the yards at the Supremes to trialling his own dogs, and the dogs that got him there: Hamish, Horace and Bear</li><li>The put-away dog he refused to sell, no matter the money</li><li>Tony's let-out method: ropes, a white rock at 20 metres, proper side barriers, and why "prevention is better than cure" in the yards</li><li>The best run he's ever seen: a small white bitch of Greg Prince's that got attacked 23 times by sick sheep and still penned</li><li>Why he thinks more women in the sport has been good for stock handling</li><li>Narrandera, Koroit, and what makes a well-run trial</li><li>His advice to a 20-year-old: never be in a hurry, do it right, do it once</li></ul>

Tony Whitehead is 90 years old, still on the block he's held since he was a child, and still letting sheep out at trials across NSW and Victoria. This one's a sit-down with a bloke who's seen more of the working dog world from the yards than most of us will ever see from the arena. Tony grew up at Urana in the NSW Riverina, was a jackaroo on Tubbo Station on the Murrumbidgee during the 1956 floods, spent four years as a ringer north of Winton in Western Queensland, and tossed a coin to decide between coming home and getting his pilot's licence in Cairns. He's carted grain, built tunnels at the Williamstown naval dockyard, owned a £35 racehorse that won 22 races, and came to sheepdog trials in his sixties because his wife reckoned he'd work himself to death on the farm otherwise. What you'll hear:Life on a Riverina station in the 1950s, with two full-time rabbiters running 30 dogs eachHow Tony went from helping in the yards at the Supremes to trialling his own dogs, and the dogs that got him there: Hamish, Horace and BearThe put-away dog he refused to sell, no matter the moneyTony's let-out method: ropes, a white rock at 20 metres, proper side barriers, and why "prevention is better than cure" in the yardsThe best run he's ever seen: a small white bitch of Greg Prince's that got attacked 23 times by sick sheep and still pennedWhy he thinks more women in the sport has been good for stock handlingNarrandera, Koroit, and what makes a well-run trialHis advice to a 20-year-old: never be in a hurry, do it right, do it once

166. Tony Whitehead

This episode we sit down with Oscar Thorpe and chat about how he got into the industry, what he loves about it and so much more.

This episode we sit down with Oscar Thorpe and chat about how he got into the industry, what he loves about it and so much more.

165. Oscar Thorpe

This fortnight saw Nathalie Grimmer from Hooked on Hounds and Hooked on Working Dogs join Laura and guest Host, Nick Hovey for a chat. Nat discusses her move to Australia, how she got into working dogs in remote Queensland and how her life has changed now.

This fortnight saw Nathalie Grimmer from Hooked on Hounds and Hooked on Working Dogs join Laura and guest Host, Nick Hovey for a chat. Nat discusses her move to Australia, how she got into working dogs in remote Queensland and how her life has changed now.

98. Nathalie Grimmer

This week saw us talk with Bill Mytton from Burradoo Ranch in Montana, America.

This week saw us talk with Bill Mytton from Burradoo Ranch in Montana, America.

97. Bill Mytton

This week saw Tammie Conroy from Trevonnie Performance Horses and Working Dogs join us to tell her story of life and how she got into working dogs and trialing.

This week saw Tammie Conroy from Trevonnie Performance Horses and Working Dogs join us to tell her story of life and how she got into working dogs and trialing.

96. Tammie Conroy

This week saw Rex & Kay Hocking from Washpool Working Kelpies. Together they chat about their background, working dogs, harness racing and trialing.

This week saw Rex & Kay Hocking from Washpool Working Kelpies. Together they chat about their background, working dogs, harness racing and trialing.

This week saw Rex &amp; Kay Hocking from Washpool Working Kelpies. Together they chat about their background, working dogs, harness racing and trialing.

95. Rex & Kay Hocking

This week say Hunter Valley local, Peter Crowe from Macelbru Working Dogs join us to discuss how he got into working dogs, the benefits dogs have to his farming operation and so much more!

This week say Hunter Valley local, Peter Crowe from Macelbru Working Dogs join us to discuss how he got into working dogs, the benefits dogs have to his farming operation and so much more!

94. Peter Crowe

This week saw Chris Egan from Rockhill Working dogs join us to discuss how he got into working dogs, Kelpies and Smithfields. What he has learnt over the years and so much more

This week saw Chris Egan from Rockhill Working dogs join us to discuss how he got into working dogs, Kelpies and Smithfields. What he has learnt over the years and so much more

93. Chris Egan

This week saw David & Sarah Lee from The Lees Working Dogs sit down and chat with us about their transition from cattle dogs in Northern Australian properties to more sheep dogs in Victoria. We also discuss their preferences in dogs and what they are looking for, how they like to start their dogs and so much more.

This week saw David & Sarah Lee from The Lees Working Dogs sit down and chat with us about their transition from cattle dogs in Northern Australian properties to more sheep dogs in Victoria. We also discuss their preferences in dogs and what they are looking for, how they like to start their dogs and so much more.

This week saw David &amp; Sarah Lee from The Lees Working Dogs sit down and chat with us about their transition from cattle dogs in Northern Australian properties to more sheep dogs in Victoria. We also discuss their preferences in dogs and what they are looking for, how they like to start their dogs and so much more.

92. David & Sarah Lee

This week saw Nick Hovey, from Hovey's Working Dogs. Nick discusses about his upbringing and what got him into working dogs, what he likes in a dog as well as touches on breeding of cattle and dogs.

This week saw Nick Hovey, from Hovey's Working Dogs. Nick discusses about his upbringing and what got him into working dogs, what he likes in a dog as well as touches on breeding of cattle and dogs.

91. Nick Hovey

This week saw the very interesting and talented Sanne Pedersen join us for a chat.

This week saw the very interesting and talented Sanne Pedersen join us for a chat.

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