Noonbarra Hunter is owned by Julie, who is a Veterinarian, living in Sydney. Hunter is her first Noonbarra Kelpie
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"He is a great dog and I have been very pleased with his temperament, general behaviour and intelligence. (also I have recently had a baby and he is very gentle with her)." |
"He is just beautiful and I feel very lucky to have
such a great dog. He is going very well at obedience and I have recently had a
number of comments from other participants and a couple of trainers about how
fixatedly he looks at me, ready for the next comment or praise!"
"He is by far the sweetest, gentlest and most
affectionate dog I have ever seen and is winning the heart of even my least
doggy friends and all the local children particularly our neighbours children
who are very shy but love to take Hunter and our other dog out for extra walks
in the park.
I have also started going running with him which he seems to enjoy and no doubt
will keep his natural kelpie endurance up to scratch. Hope all is well
with your dogs, particularly Flash who I owe a thank you to for fathering such
lovely puppies."
Hunter is going extremely well. He is experiencing lots of new things and is either excited by them or a little unsure but generally adjusting well.; he has had his first swim (he jumped in after our Labrador and got a bit of a shock when he realised what was going on), first long walk into the local shops and over busy roads to get used to traffic, getting used to being tied up briefly in the back yard etc.
He also sees a lot of other dogs either in the park or our neighbours so is already very well socialised. He has also proven himself to adore children and always goes running up to young toddlers in the park much to their delight. he is very gentle with them and usually just attempts a quick lick.
Likewise he never developed into a bitey pup while playing with people. After following your advice on preventing this, when he plays the worst that happens is a little chew on my hair, otherwise he just licks and snuffles in my ear very affectionately.
He has learnt to sit and walks quite well on a lead and is very calm inside. He plays with our Labrador (Harvey) all day every day according to our neighbours and they are usually taken to the park twice a day to play with the tennis ball so they are really quite spoilt in that way....
Thanks for your ongoing concern and interest, - Julie
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Hi Mary and Stephen, thought I'd update you on how Hunter is going.
We just started obedience last weekend which he loved! He is very interested in watching everything that is going on and meeting all the other dogs. At the park near our home he insists on going on the play equipment and often races off to go down the slide without any encouragement at all.. perhaps some agility is what he would be good at.
I'm not sure of Jill has contacted you, but much to my amazement, at the obedience class, I saw a pup that have lovely markings ,very similar to Hunter, went to speak to his owner and was delighted to find out that it was "Lucy", Hunters sister. His owner Jill is lovely and we were both so pleased they have reunited! Lucy is lovely too (but obviously I have just a little favouritism for Hunter) she is quite a bit smaller and lighter in Build even at this age.
I had a similar experience over summer when we were in Melbourne at the beach and saw a pup also with lovely markings and got speaking to her owner only to discover that she too was a Noonbarra pup. Her name was "Daisy". It seems that not only do you produce very striking dogs but the people you sell them to have an uncanny knack of bumping into each other miles away from where the pups originated.
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Hi Mary and Stephen, I wanted to let you know how Hunter was going as he has now just celebrated his first birthday! He received a new soft toy which has taken the position of favourite very quickly and is already looking slightly worse for wear and in need of a wash.
He is just beautiful and I feel very lucky to have such a great dog. He is going very well at obedience and I have recently had a number of comments from other participants and a couple of trainers about how fixatedly he looks at me, ready for the next command or praise! (I think he's just after the liver treats but I'm happy to believe that maybe he is just very attentive). He is by far the sweetest, gentlest and most affectionate dog I have ever seen and is winning the heart of even my least doggy friends and all the local children particularly our neighbours children who are very shy but love to take Hunter and our other dog out for extra walks in the park.
I have also started going running with him which he seems to enjoy and no
doubt will keep his natural kelpie endurance up to scratch.
Hope all is well with your dogs, particularly Flash who I owe a thankyou to
for fathering such lovely puppies.
Take care, regards
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Julie van Bavel