WKC
The Working Kelpie
Council of
Breed Society for the Australian Working Kelpie
PO Box 306
Castle Hill NSW 1765 Australia
Phone: International 61-2-98999224 Within
Aust. 02-98999224
Fax: International 61-2-98942140 Within Aust
02-98942140
EMAIL: admin@wkc.org.au
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WKC INTRODUCTORY NEWS BULLETIN
Formation Of The Working Kelpie
Council
Origin of the
Kelpie
Coat Colours In The Kelpie
Selecting A
Pup To Suit Your Conditions
Breeders'
Directory
Breeders' Directory Listings
Prices
Of Pups And Dogs
Broken
In Or Fully Trained Kelpies
Guarantees
Offered
W.K.C.
Breeders' Guarantee:
Special
Free Service
Tattoo
Identification
Pedigree
and Registration
Membership
News
Bulletins
Starting
A Kelpie Stud
Registering
Facilities
Kelpies
For Cattle Work.
ITEMS from the CURRENT WKC "NEWS
BULLETIN", August 2008, No 522
CURRENT LITTERS & DOGS AVAILABLE
(Breeders Notes)
ADVANCE NOTICES of SHEEPDOG TRIALS / Training Days
(Acrobat Reader required
TRIAL RESULTS
(Acrobat Reader required
Note: The 2009 WKC NATIONAL FIELD TRIAL
will be held in
HISTORY OF THE KELPIE FOUNDATION DOGS &
ASSOC. PEOPLE by Barbara M Cooper
INTRODUCTION & FOUNDATION
JOHN D "JACK" GLEESON
THE FOUNDERS OF THE WORKING KELPIE SHEEPDOG by Barbara M Cooper
GILBERT S ELLIOT AND WILLIAM ALLEN
THOMAS EDOLS. Developement of "the
Barb" (Acrobat Reader Required)
BRUTUS AND JENNIE
BURRANGONG PASTORAL ASSOCIATION SHEEPDOG
TRIAL 1871.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, STATE & OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES (Acrobat Reader required)
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
FORM (Acrobat
Reader required)
BREEDER'S DIRECTORY 2006
(Acrobat Reader required)
SHEEPDOG TRIALS by Barbara M Cooper
BACKGROUND TO SHEEP DOG TRIALS
SHEEP DOG TRIALS IN AUSTRALIA
BURRANGONG
PASTORAL ASSOCIATION SHEEPDOG TRIAL 1871.
THE "FORBES" SHEEP DOG TRIAL AND 'KINGS KELPIE' (c)
Barbara Cooper
SYDNEY
SHEEP DOG TRIALS RESULTS 1886-1947
NATIONAL
SHEEP DOG TRIAL RESULTS CANBERRA 1943-1969
JUDGING GUIDELINES & BYLAWS
--FOR THE WKC NATIONAL KELPIE TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP (NKFTC) (Acrobat Reader required)
WKC NATIONAL KELPIE TRIAL RESULTS 1969 - ONWARDS
NATIONAL
KELPIE FIELD TRIAL WINNERS
C. J. BUTLER
MEMORIAL. Highest Indiviual Score
W. PRENDERCAST
MEMORIAL. Breeder of the Winning Dog
COLEMAN NOAKES MEMORIAL.
Highest Scoring Novice Dog
BULLENBONG TROPHY. Highest Scoring
Novice Dog Worked by a Novice Handler
FRANK SCANLON PERPETUAL
TROPHY. Best Cast, Lift & Draw
SCORIOCHRE TROPHY. Most Effective
Yard Performance
CAPPRE STUD PERPETUAL TROPHY. Fastest
Time Over the Course
BRADLEY SISTERS MEMORIAL
TROPHY. Best Type Kelpie
Results of WKC
National Field Trial, "Roseworthy College", South. 7-9th March 2008
Note: The 2009 WKC NATIONAL FIELD TRIAL
will be held in
CHARACTERISTICS
AND CONFORMATION OF THE WORKING KELPIE
Introduction
Written Description
Characteristics
General Appearance
Movement
Head
Neck
Forequarters
Body
Hindquarters
Size
Coat
Selection of a Pup
Desexing
Choice Of Working Strain Kelpies
Long
Absences & Restraint
Socializing
Your Kelpie
ATAXIA
(Cerebellar Abiotrophy) A GENETIC DEFECT IN KELPIES
ATAXIA RESEARCH PROGRAM a lecture given by Dr
Alan Wilton at the WKC AGM April 2007
Slides which summerise the above
lecture. (large file 3 mb)
Instructions for submitting a sample for ataxia
research at UNSW
Consent Form to accompany samples sent to the UNSW
Import Form required for samples if sent to UNSW
from Overseas (not Australia)
Available Forms (Acrobat Reader
required)
MEMBERSHIP
APPLICATION FORM
LITTER
REGISTRATION/TRANSFER FORM
STUD SERVICE
CERTIFICATE
APPLICATION FOR
REGISTER OF TRANSFER
APPLICATION
FOR REGISTRATION OF SINGLE DOG
ORDER FORM
PREFIX APPLICATION
FORM
Other Sites with Similar or Related Interests
Australian
Australian Sheep Dog Workers
Association
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~aswa
Victorian Sheep Dog Workers
Association
http://www.vwsda.com.au/
Queensland Cattle Dog Association
http://www.qwcdtai.com.au/
New South Wales Yard dog Association
http://www.nswyda.org
West Australian Sheep Dog
Workers Association
http://www.westausworkingsheepdog.com
South Australian Sheep Dog Workers
Association
http://flavel.mtx.net/
National Sheep
Dog Trials Association Canberra Inc.
http://www.nationalsheepdogs.webone.com.au
Casterton Kelpie Festival and
Working Dog Auction.
http://www.kelpies-casterton.org
Koolie Club of Australia
http://www.koolie.net
Working Koolie
Association Australia (WKAA)
Overseas
Kelpies in Europe (with some
WKC items translated in German)
Kelpies in the United Kingdom
http://www.KelpieUK.com
International Sheepdog
Society
http://www.isds.org.uk/
Dutch Working Kelpie Club, the WKCN
http://www.wkcn.nl
A Working Kelpie Site (in Dutch & English)
http://www.workingkelpie.eu
Swedish
Working Kelpie Club (in Swedish & English}
http://www.swedishworkingkelpieclub.se/
Detailed
Information on Colors in Kelpies. (J & I Groesbeck,Texas,USA)
http://www.hnrworkingkelpies.com/Coat_Colors.html
Kelpie l
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Working Kelpies Inc. (WKI)
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorkingKelpiesInc/
Australian Working Kelpies
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AustralianWorkingKelpies/
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Organizations (NOT individual breeders) with similar
interests should e-mail the WKC for consideration
of addition of links
to their sites
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