Dusty Dogs

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials In this Episode we meet champion sheepdog handler, Bill Davidson winner of the 2024 Hypro Supreme Australian Sheepdog Championship. Born in Western New South Wales, Bill started his career in the rural industry as a jackeroo and shearer. He has had a highly successful career in dog trialling, represe...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials - Special Edition: What are 3 Sheep Trials? Australia loves our working dogs, and from the popularity of Muster Dogs on ABC clearly we’d like to know how these amazing dogs are trained. This Podcast has reached listeners that want to know more about what goes into educating our muster dogs but not ev...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials In this Episode we meet Champion handler Jess Kimpton from Sydney, New South Wales. Young mum Jess started training dogs from age 4!! She now has an impressive record in 3 Sheep Trial competitions including most recently winning the 2024 Trans-Tasman at the Commonwealth Championships Sheepdog Trials...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials In this Episode we meet working sheepdog handler, champion competitor, trainer and judge, Barry Paton of Koroit, Victoria. Barry has always loved dogs and was drawn to working dogs early on. He loves competing in Three Sheep Trials, having much success including winning the Victorian Championships, a...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials In this Episode we meet Champion handler, Tom Joyce of South Australia. Along with his young family, Tom lives, works, owns and manages a sheep station. Tom’s recent entry to the world of 3 Sheep Trial competitions has been an impressively rapid rise, after only three years in the game he won his fir...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials In this Episode we meet Pip Flower, born and raised in England, Pip arrived in Australia in 2011 working on a Cattle Station which sparked her love of working dogs. Pip is a champion sheepdog handler and stockwoman working across Australia and currently in New Zealand. Pip’s working team includes Hun...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials In this Episode we meet Bailey Knight from Queensland, at only 24 years old already has an impressive record at Trials - including winning many Opens, Championships, Queensland Dog of The Year and has represented Queensland. Bailey has won with the perfect score of 100 points in Open Trials more than...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials James Carins from Tasmania is a Trial competitor working both Border Collies and Kelpies. James shares his valuable insights into working your way up through the Three Sheep Trial levels, what he’s learnt along the way and plans for the future. Find Dusty Dogs podcast on all your favourite podcast pl...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials In this Episode we meet Champion handler, Conor McConnell , he grew up in Ireland on a sheep farm, moving to Australia where he studied to be a large animal vet. Conor is the President of the Victorian Working Sheepdog Association and the Koroit Sheepdog Championships. Conor shares with us here some...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials Anthony Ireland is one of the top working sheepdog handlers in Australia. Anthony is President of the South Australian Working Sheepdog Association, a regular winner of Three Sheep Trials, including 8 times State Championship Winner, a Supreme Champion, he has represented both South Australia and Aus...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials In this Episode we talk with Nan Lloyd of Kumbark Kelpies and Sheepdog Training in Western Australia, Nan has many years of experience in mustering and yarding and competition trialling, winning titles in arena, utility and yard events, in 2019 was state rep for the national yard championship. Nan ha...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials Mick Hudson of New South Wales is the champion of champion working sheepdog competitors in Australia. A leader in handling and educating working sheepdogs, Mick bred the border collie pups for Muster Dogs (Television Series streaming on ABC). In this Episode Mick generously shares his tips for educat...

Welcome to Hypro Group Dusty Dogs Working Sheepdog Podcast: Series 1 – Training for 3 Sheep Trials Join me, Tori Arbon of Dusty Dogs, Working Sheepdog Podcast, as I talk with working sheepdog handlers from across Australia and ask them how they prepare for three sheep trials. As a passionate working sheepdog handler and Trial enthusiast I am keen to find out how the top handlers from across Austra...