My son had his dogs DNA tested & it came back Austrailian Cattle, Kelpie & yes Dingo. He's my grandson lol Bohdie is so incredibly smart, the sweetest boy ever, yet extremely protective, with a fair amount of crazy. He is a rescue, he had been living on the street. He was around 4 and quite a handful! My son put a lot of time,love,&patience into this boy. Worth every second!!!
And I can not agree more. In fact Australia owes its prosperity to the kelpie breed, as this doco indicates. One kelpie was worth 6 men according to the old-timers
I am from the USA. Our Kelpie was abandoned at a farm but ended up with us, as an urban family dog. BEST DOG EVER.!!!! We named her Mosey as a puppy because she just went along with everything. She alerted me and saved my 2yr old son when he escaped the house before dawn. She succumbed to a brain tumor 4yrs ago but we love and miss her ❤️❤️❤️ This isn’t a common breed here but my children hope to one day find another like her.
Saw your post about Mosey and saved your son. Filled my eyes with tears. That’s what they do. Sad to hear he was abandoned on a farm and sad you lost him. They are a national treasure here in Australia. Your post struck a nerve and I hope you have luck with a new pup. I am lying on my bed with 2 Kelpies cuddled up next to me, I am 75 now still on a farm and love my kelpies. May God bless you and your family.🦘🦘
Got a kelpie black labrador retrievers, he absolutely stunning looking dog ,people love him ,high energy can go all day highly intelligent can jump through fences sideways and excellent at finding hidden things ...got him nine month old was going home to home ,then a few days after getting him he cried on field in pain took him vet and he got knee displacement it didnt grow right and he had to have two specialist vets do operation 4 months no going walks ect toilet and had to keep in padded cage where i spent four months on settee with cage next to me cost over £3000 pound opwas a success i did his physio as covid was about vet showed me what to do he 4 years old an running swimming playing on fields with his ball ,very happy dog
Watching video with my Kelpie as we have lunch. I live in the city, and wanted a couch dog... well i adopted her at six months, under the impression she was a corgi mix. Now one year later, i am more active and have lost 70 lbs. She loves the dog parks, Frisbee, and going mountain biking with me. She does get a bit pushy if she does not get her daily work out, but over all she is a very smart and easily trainable dog. She stays by my side on walks, no leash. She quickly grasped: Left, right, stop, and go for our bike excursions. I would probably not get another one, unless I move out to the country. I don't know how a full bred kelpie got into a shelter in the middle of the city ? But i am glad she is in my life as we are helping each other grow.
Yeah I got mine from a shelter and was told that she was a German Shepard and corgi mix which I found hard to believe so I did some investigation and found out that she is actually a Kelpie
@@killywilly740 Hilarious. Im in Australia and just love seeing these stories. I am onto my second kelpie. You have a wonderful dog that will keep you in great health - due to their requirements. lol
I got a kelpie by chance. I wanted a dog, 5minutes later somebody talked about wanting to give their dog away, i went in the conversation and could pick him up for free after work. Now almost 6years later he's still by my side as healthy and happy as can be. I named him basilicum
@@franknsnodge basil. Basilicum is dutch for basil. It's a dark joke because asians eat dogs and basil goes great with most type of meat. It's not like my dog understands the joke
@@franknsnodge sorry, i see it's racist. I wasnt intended to be insulting. I thought it sounded funny and it's not like you're a fully comprehensive adult who understands every little bit of what that means the moment you turn 18. I made a mistake in naming and i apologize for insulting them with the origin of the name for my bby
We have recently adopted a 1.25 yo dog from a shelter that resembles a kelpie. We are convinced he is the most "person-like" dog either of us have ever owned. He is very active yet can chill with us quite well after our hikes.
I have had dogs all of my life. I have have had Healers and Mini Foxies, both intelligent breeds. My current two are pure bred Kelpies. They are the most intelligent dogs I've ever had or seen, by far. They give so much more than they demand.
Two Kelpie stories for you. First, when I was very young, we were at my grandparents farm at Christmas time, there was a big party, so many people that trestles were set up in one of the barns. I was the 4th child in my family, my Aunts and Uncles were there with their kids. Kids running and yelling. Come lunch time, masses of people and mobs of kids, once it quieted down, it was noticed my eldest brother was missing and a general search instituted, he was found back to the wall behind one of the outlying barns, with a Kelpie in front of him and a really large aggressive and angry snake being held at bay by the dog. Second story, I was way up north in Norway, waiting in my hired car for a ferry to arrive to take me across the fiord. I got out of the car and walked along the drain by the side of the road. Along the road came this woman, a local, bundled up, with a Kelpie trailing her. I whistled-up the dog and it stopped, stood up, looked at me, ran to the woman, I walked up and the dog came and smelled my boots (which I’d worn on numerous farms). The woman smiled and spoke to me in Norwegian and I replied in English, to which she replied and told me the dog was her best friend and only because of the dog she could farm sheep in the hill country, she said she had 4 kelpies which were worth more than 4 men to her on her farm. Her farm was just outside the Arctic circle, she kept her sheep under cover more than 4 months of the year, then took them to the high country in the spring, through summer and back down in the autumn. During winter the dogs worked the sheep in the barns!
I have a female Kelpie.Sadie is so smart, we wouldn't be able to have our farm if it wasn't for her. Sadie goes and gets our horses and puts them their stalls and holds them there. She also protects us and is scared of nothing. What a great breed, so glad we have her.
My son and daughter in law gave me her Australian kelpie he is the best boy. He has bonded with my beagle mix like no other.. absolutely love love this breed
We got a rescue that was supposed to be a shepherd/Lab mix. Not. Definitely a Kelpie. Fabulously smart and loving dog. As soon as I saw him run at 3 months old when we got him I knew he wasn't a sheperd or Lab mix. Also knew we would need higher fences 😀. Never saw a dog run so fast. Going to get him involved in agility competition. Thought about frisbee competition however so far he likes to run away with it to make me chase him and fight for it. Very possessive of his toys and likes to keep them in nice neat piles. Amazing dog and now only dog breed we would ever want. Actually we are thinking of getting another. Very determined and stubborn type though and sent him to 2week obedience training. Still hardheaded but will eventually listen. Very clever though and will test, you just need to be firm and he will submit. No unnecessary barking and learns extremely quickly. Doesn't she'd much either. Fabulous breed and Very Happy we found him. Couldn't ask for a better dog 😉
Larry - i know its an old thread - but if you get another dog it will work out well. They are communal animals - used to packs - and the company stimulates them also. Agility is great
I have two a female who I rescued at 9 months she is now 3 and I just picked up another female she is 3 months I absolutely love the breed they are smart independent and hardy my kind of dogs
I reckon our beautiful red kelpie boy, a rescue dog has too much Dingo in him because he just NEVER barks!! I have only heard him give a muffled bark once & that was at my brothers property @ night when a few Roos & hares we’re moving about in the dark!
Hey, I had to respond to your comment. I was given a Kelpie puppy by a lovely neighbour who bred a litter. He is the runt of the litter. I had never had a Kelpie before....always had Healers and Mini Foxies. I didn't have any experience with Kelpies at all. Now I wouldnt have any other breed. I hadn't named the pup. I wanted to observe his character to see what he may be like, and then name him appropriately. I called him Rowdy.....because he never barked. I reckon he was six months old before I heard him bark at all. He has the most endearing low growl which is so quiet you can barely hear him....to let you know that he has heard something. I love Rowdy.!!
Well done mate, unfortunately my much loved kelpie went to sleep last November because of liver cancer, broke my heart, having tear now just writing this. He was 12 yrs old. l will look in the Ballarat book shops for your book. 😊
he is so right i live in suburban vic and i have an 8 moth old kelpie she is the smartest dog i know she could sit within a day of training and she is just such an amazing dog .
I enjoy/love my kelpi. She is a year old. I have another dog that is mostly a stock dog. She is on her dad's side is German shepherd/husky, her mom is black lab/Australian shepherd mix. I have 1&1/2 acres that they can run around on.
We have a Kelpie cross and that works. She can't jump up to escape because the mixed breed has removed the long legs and it has reduced her energy a little. But she's still very loyal and smart and has enough energy for an active family. She used to never stop playing until you did. She's 12 now and has only really settled down.
I've seen a couple sheep trials and every farmer uses the Kelpie, smart and hard working..My grandfather came into the house one day with a grim look on his face, "can you please do it...I can't" he said His 17 yr old red Kelpie rightfully named "Rusty" was dead in the yard, my grandfather had him from a pup and as tough as the old bugger is he could not see that dog like that..it killed him inside
Could you let Bill know of the Welsh black and tan they were used as driving dogs as well as herding dogs and would work cattle, horses, pigs, as well as sheep. They had pricked ears that would bend at the tip they had short as well as long coats so could be part of the kelpie mix. Thank you
The short coat and pricked ears as well as solid black and black and tan colours may have come from early herding collies. I kept and worked borders when I was young and I have had smooth coated pups in a litter as well as the odd black and solid and black and tan borders. The colour doesn't matter, they just had to want to work. The same is true for the Kelpie.
There is an old german sheepdog breed called Gelbbacke. They do have something kelpie looking on them and they were used to create the modern german shepherd.
As far as the coat and ears, i have been told by a vet that the Kelpie had English wire haired terrier in it as well as the Collie and Dingo. This would appear to be true. I had a Smithfield Kelpie named Jess, she had the Smithfield terrier stumpy tail, was a litttle more muscular than the normal Kelpie. Best dog ever!
I have two wild born dingoes from nsw.. one is Black and Tan with white tips and my girl is sable both dingoes. So the Black and Tan IS the dingo. Look up the black dingo.. it’s a forest dingo and apparently captain cook stole them and took them to Scotland to breed with the rough collie.. that’s the story I have been told. Dingoes are amazing and Australia should be ashamed of themselves for continuing to kill and eradicate a native species just like the Thylacine. Dingoes are NOT dogs.. they are amazing Australian wildlife.
The first nation was within their rights to wipe out any predator they wanted. Thycos be damned. White fellas finished the job on tigers, but the first nation wiped out the lions millennia ago.
Shame about Bill Robertson's Scaphoid, I'm a physiotherapist so can say with authority that a fractured scaphoid is well and truly career ending for shearers, but without this injury he wouldn't have done the other wonderful things he did post shearing. Actually the man is just LIKE a Kelpie! such determination and grit
The poor animal - was mistreated early on methinks? They are trusting to a tee to start with. But if mistreated - then they are survivors also - the car was possibly part of the mistreatment - maybe even - the car came home and abuse started. You will never know but love wins
I have 9 Norwegian Elkhounds and one Kelpie, which my wife got to herd sheep with, as the Elkhounds are OK at herding, but not like Border Collies. I would say my Kelpie is nowhere as intelligent as the Elkhounds, and the only animal she herds well are the Elkhounds. Nor is she as good at agility as the Elkhounds. She is needy and sneaky, not to be trusted alone in the house for extended periods. She is very fast and good with puppies. She is generally a pain in the ass but I love her anyway.
There are lots of short haired collies with pricked ears , I don’t think there is any GS in its genes , there are some Eastern Europe breeds that look very like the kelpies , but the the dingo most probably did breed with farm dogs , nice to think so anyway.
Have a look at old paintings of Scottish border nobility and note the differences in their dogs long coated short coated hooded ears prick ears all show but coat markings are consistant Lawrie
I read that the University of Sydney did a DNA analysis of the Australian Kelpie and found no dingo in its DNA at all. I'm just wondering what did they find ? What is the total DNA analysis of this best of all breeds? Where did it really come from? Does it really descend from Scottish Collies? I want to know what the DNA says. People used to say Malamutes and Siberian Huskies were part wolf. No Eskimo and his right mind would breed his beloved Malamute to a wolf. There is no wolf DNA in these dogs either. Somebody help me here 🤪
Timoteo - there seem to be several different DNA lines - of kelpie DNA and some show dingo, some do not - there is also another dog breed in the mix that maybe GERMAN SHEPHERD or the breed beginning with B that sounds like Bernaise sauce
@@LewisTheFly888 I could sure see how that is possible. Dogs and dingos alike , there is no stopping them when it's breeding time. I'm going to buy the book. It cost quite a bit with the shipping. I'm quite sure that it is worth it. I think the American dollar is sinking fast because of this covid-19. There is over 80,000 dead so far, and no end in sight. I hope my dogs and I don't get it. I have a jet black and tan Kelpie and also a Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog. I didn't mean to get Australian dogs it just ended up that way. Thanks for replying Alistair, Live Long and Prosper🖖
Yes, that study was only about a year after this video and the publication of his book. His version of the kelpies history didn’t age very well or long
of course she mated with the smartest dingo who did not touch the traps... because he found it was a better rout to breed the girl rather than eat the baits... first.. because he for sure ate them on the way out, or... the other blokes ate them while he came out and just went home!!!
I've had both... The Healers are a a bit heavier, have a bigger heat and a stronger bite. They tend to be a bit more agressive/assertive. They are definitely more territorial. One of the traits bread into Healers was the capacity to look after or to guard his owner's property...usually a horse and a saddle. The Kelpie is a lighter, more agile dog. It is amazing to see how lithe and springy they are when they jump. The Kelpie has seemingly endless energy and can work and work. Healers are good workers too, but I reckon the Kelpie wouldstill be at it while the Healer has smoko. Both are excellent companions. Both need space and exercise. Both need stimulation and to be challenged. Kelpies don't do well being growled at.....You will never teach a Kelpie anything if you yell at them or focus on a negative. They do best with positive affirmations. I think the Kelpie is a bit cleverer, more easily trained. Having said that the smartest dog of all time has to be Skidboot....Google him. Both are great breeds. Blokes who work cattle probably favor the Healer a little more. The kelpies are favoured more by sheep handlers...I reckon. I use my Kelpies on cattle.
My previous kelpie, Rosie, howled. She did it on the phone to a radio station too "on demand" )If I started the howling sound then she would do it) - her equivalent of 15 minutes of fame. Was 20 seconds.....Sparky, my new kelpie does not howl. He does not bark - unless you are at door - he was a "paddock" kelpie bred for ranging far and wide - not the yards - different work. So even kelpies have specialised......
@@rottymum9898 A genome is a complete set of DNA (isn't it?) so if the DNA of a dingo is not found in some Kelpies I fail to see how it could appear in a genome. Some Kelpies undeniably do have dingo in the ancestry.
lol. Gun shearer too. In my day, and I worked as a roustabout in shearing shed, 170 - 180 sheep in a day was par - and some blokes could only do 130. So - dog, wife, personal budget AND shearing sheep records which expands our collective intellect. How good does this story it get? Educational also. Happy days in lockdown
@@cocothepittie7691 I did there seams to be conflicting studies and dna tests According to a book written by Bill Robertson, DNA testing shows that there is about 3-4% dingo in the kelpie and this dates back to the very early days of the breed. Renowned kelpie breeder and expert Tony Parson agrees that there is a “dash” of dingo in the kelpie but that this infusion happened later on. The mysterious origins of the Australian kelpie So there is no doubt that there is a little bit of dingo in the kelpie - presumed to add toughness to the dog which is the backbone of the grazing industry all over Australia. It is only just a bit though and not really of importance.
@@sprintershepherd4359 Nah fam professor Claire Wade a professor at the University of Sydney says there’s no trace of dingo dna. They published their paper in 2019. It’s called Genomic Characterization of External Morphology Traits in Kelpies Does Not Support Common Ancestry with the Australian Dingo
my loui has the tan mask but also white patch on chest that rapes around ,white tip on tail, damn he is smart ,his 8 years old ,i was handed over the dog after owner passed away and his taken to me, me have 8 acers he just loves to run and play with ball
My late father bought me my first Kelpie when I was just 5years old some 52years later I still hold the family tradition no other Dog breed on my property unless its a KELPIE 👍🤠🐨🦘🐏
They work to a hard standard - they work to a high life standard and they should be reslected for it undyingly - i have owned them but cant fulfil their needs to own them now - one day i will - they are the type of dog that will make sure their master will survive and they arent vicious, theybare determined to get the job done righ the first time. Australian Made - fucken oath.
