Hello Everyone! My name is Kelly and I am the partner of Shaunagh. I was given Alby as a gift when he was eight-weeks old. He is a full brother of Shaunagh's dog, Jacksy, but of course they are 18-months apart.

Alby is shown as a puppy in my current avatar.

No introduction would be complete without photos. May I present:

Alby at six-months of age trying to work....well, sorta




Here is Alby trying to 'work' his brother, Jacksy...if only Jacksy would stop ignoring him.



I have many photos {as we all do!} and as I was looking through them, I noticed when I accidentally caught passers-by in the background, they were usually staring at these very unique dogs.

Cheers!

Kelly

Hi Kelly
Alby is a nice looking pup and he looks like he is keen to start working now all you have to do is buy a couple of sheep and we all love lots of pic's so please post as many as you like I Do

Hi Kelly

Good to see you here, Alby is certainly a handsome man, I do like those dark merles. I hope you enjoy yourself and look forward to another collection of photos to work our way through! Can never get too many.

Thank you. He has great deportment when he walks and sits - very handsome. He is also great on the lead or free in the park or at the beach. Both dogs are heaps of fun.

If we ever moved to the country, I would certainly like to use the dogs. Right now we have a short-term and a long-term plan. Thankfully, Koolies are a great companion breed so as long as they get plenty of exercise, they are happy just to hang out with us.

I am a social worker for a women's shelter. We are planning on having a Pet Day, as many of the residents have had to leave pets behind. Jacksy and Alby will certainly be the stars of the show with their agility, swiftness and most of all, how sweet and gentle they are when around our 'friends' They will offer much comfort to our residents who just want to quietly pet a dog and fun for those who want to hit a ball with the racket.

I am enjoying looking at all the photos on here. I will go look at yours now.

:)

Kelly



Thank you for the welcome. Alby is a very nice dog now but was a naughty puppy. In a good way. He was easy to house train since he followed Jacksy everywhere and figured it out in a day or so.

I was raised on and then later owned a ranch and we had cattle. We used Australian Shepherds and Queensland Heelers and had plenty around ready to work. Had I known about Koolies back then, I could have cut my feed bill in half! These dogs love to work!

About the time of the photos I have posted, we went on a weekend trip with a youth refuge and brought the dogs along. Alby disappeared and Shaunagh went looking for him. He was on the adjacent property and had put two bulls in a corner. If one of the bulls took a step forward, Alby would rise and they would step back. Jacksy was his back-up and would trot around in a semi-circle, making sure his brother was okay and that there was no 'break in the herd' on his watch.

It was so amasing to see since neither had been near livestock before.

Alby looks like a great dog, keep the pictures coming

Thank you for the warm welcome. I love looking at the working dogs on this site. Alas, our dogs, like me, are now country bumpkins in the city.

They do enjoy the park and are great fun at the beach. When Alby was about 9 months old we still lived in Newcastle. He began jumping into the water and recreationally swimming along the shore as we walked to the 'bad dog' end of the beach. {We had to sit down there since he was a bit too protective of us at the time}

I have never seen a dog swim for fun like that. As long as I kept cheering him on and watching as I walked along, he would keep swimming, occasionally glancing to make sure I was still watching. These dogs sure attract a lot of attention wherever they go, don't they?

I also dress them up {probably more than Shaunagh would like to admit} and they love it. I am trying to figure out a place to post those photos as I have some funny ones in some kids costumes.

Again, thank you.

:)

LOL it is funny you mention the swimming. My youngest girl Libby would swim for weeks if I let her go. She just loves it. I know the look you are talking about to make sure you are still watching like "look at me mummy over here mummy look at me swim!!"

Hi Kelly

Any and all photos are welcome to be posted in our Websites & Photos forum...keep em coming we love them all.

From memory you are in Sydney? If you are interested in trying sheep work two of NSW committee members Ken & Trudy are heavily involved in a training group at Windsor every Saturday morning, I know they would be pleased to welcome more koolies to the group.

Welcome Kelly and I hope you enjoy the Forum...

My Koolie Klan just love the water as well !!! they will swim until I get bored and its time to go, most times I take a book to read so takes about an hour or so.

I take them swimming every weekend at the lake or our local rivers depending were we end up on the Tablelands (there is always water!!) They have races then just idle around. It is amazing to see.

Yes, we are currently in Sydney {*sigh*} and I would love to bring the dogs on an outing like you mentioned above. We will keep in touch and when we get a break, most certainly contact them. Thanks so much.

Looks like they have the best of both worlds.

Welcome to the forum.

Thank you for the welcome! Shaunagh has been browsing this forum since I have known her. Now she has me hooked!

I know what you mean. Instead of working I seem to be on the forum all the time (LOL) lucky it's our own business.

LOL i am at work too. LOL

What a way to have the day go by!!! Work is over rated!!!

Too right, this sure makes the day go quicker but I am sure our girls in the office wonder what crazy person they are working with when I burst out in laughter (sometimes tears) depending on what I am looking at.

Welcome to the forum Kelly Rae. Alby's a great lookin fella who also looks like he's keen to work. A sheep herding workshop might be worthe a shot at some stage.

Michael

Welcome Kelly Rae. What gorgeous dogs. I always think that when ppl go back to the same family to get their next pup, they must be great dogs.

Libby

Welcome Kelly..

Nice dogs

You will love it here friendliest bunch of people in here. Alby does exactly what Izzy my Kelpie x does to Ceejay, watches her ass instead of the ball.

Yes Koolies are certainly head turners, especially when people have never seen one before and then with their unique behaviour. Ceejay had to learn that she could swim when she was about 18 months old, does anyone else notice the backlegs when the koolies swim. Ceejay kinda does a frog kick?

Certainly love the look of Alby but I am partial to the dark merle colouring whether it be red or blue. Welcome again.

nice to have you join us.
Love your Koolies
Elert!! working Koolies can become addictive, much like being on this forum.

I see you are attending a very special function and your Koolies will be making many people happy.

Sounds like a photo op to me, the newsletter would love an article on your visit
I also need shots of Koolies in service for the web, so how good is that

If you haven't already recieved your newletter, it is a wonderful way we all keep in touch, for those who arn't on this forum, that is.

Living in Sydney I hear, we would love to invite you to a day at the Sydney Pet expo in November, cost you nothing but your time.

So welcome, you will never be lonely here.

Thank you for the invite. I have marked my diary for November. I will take plenty of photos of the dogs with our clients {probably will show only the hands or back of clients for their privacy} and I will let you know all about our day. They are such intuitive dogs and will be frisky in the park yet gentle with those who just want to pet them.

Again, thanks for the warm welcome. I do appreciate it.

Kelly

I look forward to sharing your day with the rest of our members.
Now I hope you're a member, I know you wouldn't want to miss your article.