Hi All

Just joined the group recently so thought I had better introduce myself.

My name is Wendy, I live in Queensland and own three koolies along with a few other breeds.

I accidently found the koolie breed when walking past a pet shop (I know, never buy a dog from a pet shop) advertised as Koolie's. They actually looked like blue merle borders and being a long fan of border collies, and loving merle dogs I couldn't resist and bought Dillon, now 11 years old.

I fell in love with Dillon so much that I then had Jaffa (smooth coat red merle) and Spaz (smooth coat red merle) join my household.

I do agility with my kids and both Dillon and Jaffa reached their Australian Agility Champion titles with ADAA. (Spaz is my husbands dog so I don't trial him, dammit) I also run borders in agility but I must say that I find the Koolies easier to train and run. I have one problem now though and that is that I am worried should I ever get another Koolie that they will never meet the expectations that Jaffa and Dillon have already met. Poor little pup will have some big shoes to fill.

Must go now Jaffa is barking at me to take her for a swim at the dam (not that uncommon), I look forward to catching up on all the posts.

Wendy

Hi wendyjaffa,

I'm sure you will find everyone here is very helpful,TJ has helped me alot (thanx TJ)as have many others!!
BUT we really need to see some pix of your dogs please please please!!
well I have to go to dog training now so I will check in later.
sheree.

to the forum, glad you introduced yourself.

Your dogs & your success in agility sound amazing, I'd love to have a crack at agility BUT the travelling for me...just not the time sadly but one day.

A pup would have big shoes to fill, but it depends I spose on whether you want a competition replacement or just another loved addition regardless what it is & if it is talented or not, but I know what you mean, once you get 1-2dogs many others just don't seem to come close to the benchmark.

I agree please share some pics with us, we are a friendly bunch & hope to hear more from you.

Hi Wendy and welcome.

I think I used to clip some of your Poodles at TAFE around 2000-2001.

Libby

hi and welcome Wendy, thanks for the informative intro and all the latest on your lots achievements, i know you will enjoy the board and i can see you will have plenty to share....

goody another queenslander hi wendyjaffa. i to am a ADAA nut i have little gypsy as my agility dog then i got spice tri koolie to take Gypsy's place as gypsy is getting old but since then i have moved to a ADAA dead zone bugger but not to worry i am now hooked on herding and own 4 koolies spice, Quin a tri merle, Summa a red merle, Amber also a red merle plus Ellie my border collie and gypsy a shi tzu x
and please lots of pic's we love them

Welcome to the forum Wendyjaffa, hope you enjoy and post often

Welcome aboard Wendy....

Welcome Wendy,
You are just going to love it here~~

Welcome aboard, the Queensland numbers are slowly increasing!!

All these lovely Queenslanders, we are going to have so much fun in April, you will all have to come to the workshop and spend the weekend playing with the sheep, with all this Agility talent around I think we will also have to have some equipment for you to demonstrate and educate all of us who are enthusiast about this high flying sport.
Look forward to pics and posts