Our contracting business (Barclay Livestock Management Services )is taking off and the jobs are lining up thick and fast. Our next challenge is finding reliable, hardworking casual and full time staff. If you or someone you know wants to work for us we have a few vacancies.

You will need to have the following:

Be physically fit. Enthusiasm and iniative. Honesty. Stock knowledge and ability (especially sheep) You MUST be reliable and prepared to give 100%. Own good dogs with no bad habits. (We know where you can get one if you need one) Be able to ride a motorbike and have a current driver's licence. Be willing to learn as we cover all aspects of farming and livestock handling. Able to crutch or basic shearing skills would be an advantage. Be willing to travel - we cover where ever the work needs to be done in NSW, mainly but not limited to the Central West and Southern Tablelands districts. We prefer for your health and ours that you be a non smoker but if you are, smoking is only permitted on tea and lunch breaks.

You will be paid the award rate and there is the opportunity for above award payment if you work hard and are looking for a long term employment committment.

We work hard but are fair and generous to the right applicant.

This is a great job for someone looking to stay in the rural sector and enjoy a varied role.

Some of your tasks will be to do with:

Crutching Rousetabout work Shearing Lamb marking Fencing Mustering Drenching Mobile Plunge Dip

We operate out of Canowindra so this would suit applicants living in the Cowra, Orange, Molong etc areas.

If you are interested or know of anyone either give Jamie a call on 0448 535 743 or try after hours on 6344 1117

Enjoy Kate

Bazzers Hannah is back for a visit and has brought her litter with her 8 of which are for sale. A great mix of black and tans and red and tans. Hannah is an old favourite and an excellent worker so we are looking forward to seeing how this litter develops. Hannah is living with Zoe and Phil now working goats and other farm duties.

We just had to show off "Tank" who is not for sale but will stay with us to grow into a sire. He is HUGE at only 2 1/2 weeks old. I think flea is glad she only had the one.

More litters on the way. Peg is due soon as is Thred. We will keep you posted.

All the best Jamie and Kate

We are now located just out of Canowindra in the Central West of NSW between Cowra and Orange. The dogs are kept busy with training and everyday farm use with our contracting business which is coming into the busiest part of the year, lambing, shearing etc.

The good news is we have a new pup on the ground "Tank" who was born by ceasarian section 10 days ago to Flea and Moss. We also have 8 pups by Moss out of Bazzers Hannah most of which are red and tan. Photos will be posted soon. Panda's pups are all doing well and are nearly all spoken for. The bad news is we lost two dogs in the last two months. Sadly Barclays Jake (Mark) was found dead in his cage. An autopsy found he had been chewing on his synthetic collar and part of that had been caught in his intestine. All of our stud dogs have hand stitched leather collars except for this one occassion. A freak accident that can be easily avoided by using a good quality leather collar.

Barclays Jim also passed away and again was another freak accident. He hit his head jumping into his cage and hit it in the wrong spot and unfortunately passed away as a result. Needless to say we are all very upset not least of all our son who had raised Jim and was looking forward to breaking him in and working with him. Just a reminder to stay vigilent and look for hidden dangers.

We are looking at holding our next training day in Sept/October and will post a date on the website for anyone interested.

All the best Jamie and Kate

A great litter of six, all healthy black and tan kelpies with an even mix of male and female. We will be posting photos soon, at the moment we are giving Panda a bit of privacy. Pups will start at $650 and will be vaccinated, wormed and registered with the Working Kelpie Council of Australia carrying the council's guarantee.

Other litters are on the way with Flea and Peg in pup. Watch this space.

All of Megs pups have gone now with a couple remaining here at the stud. One for Kate as Meg is the only one to pay attention to the cook so the theory is that hopefully her daughter will carry that on.

The other dogs are all busy at the moment with work starting to pile up for the crutching trailer and contract farming business. We are only a couple of weeks away from moving to our new premises.

After the success of our last training day we are in the process of setting up a designated training area at the new block. Once this is all set up we will be letting everyone know when the next training day will be. Jamie is planning to offer different training sessions depending on the level of the dog and handler.

If you have a community or school group that would like to learn more about working dogs please call us and we can arrange a day to suit your needs.

We will keep you posted on the next litters and training days.

All the best Jamie and Kate

Despite a very windy day kicking up plenty of dust due to a complete lack of rain, we had a great day with about twenty dog owners and their dogs.

The aim of the day was to catch up with some of our dogs and owners to see how they were progrossing as well as hopefully provide a few training tips along the way.

We started early, 8am is early for me anyway, in order to give everyone plenty of time working with their dog and Jamie. A variety of techniques were demonstrated as we had people using their dogs on goats, sheep, cattle and recreational seagulls for our Wollongong friends whose dog Maya's breeding came through when she instinctively went into sheep dog mode in the yards. We were all very proud of her.

After a long morning it was time to call for tea and Jamie in who could have gone all day without a break. After a much needed respite from the wind in the shearing shed it was back to work for the dogs and their handlers.

As usual Jamie didn't draw breath and each dog was given at least two goes in the yards to fine tune their work on stock. After the morning session it was great to see some of the tips provided were taking effect.

As I write now there are still a few diehard handlers in the dusty yards getting the very last drop of working dog school before we run out of daylight and the dogs decide to call it a day.

Overall we had a great day and we really enjoyed catching up with people who have bought dogs from us in the past and making some new friends.

We will definately run another school and will keep you posted via the website as to dates.

Thank you to all the attendees especially those who travelled interstate and we wish you the best of luck with your working dogs.

Kate and Jamie