Dorper School at Burrawang West was great fun. The Dorper Schools are an excellent way to hone your eye for a good dorper, and look at lots of different sheep. Every one that you go to, provides an opportunity to learn from the teacher, as well as from other breeders. We also find that it keeps our head straight about our sheep. It is easy to think that the cute poddy, that you carefully nurtured, is the best sheep on the place. That is, until you come home and realise she has cow hocks, down on her pasterns, loose in the shoulders, x legs, a devils grip, shocking top line, undershot jaw and will probably never lamb. So much for "Lucy".
The beautiful accommodation at Burrawang Station.
The accommodation at Burrawang is on farm and Jana and Graham Pickles provided the most wonderful hospitality, it almost felt like a holiday.
Wicus Cronje was the South African Inspector and Judge who taught the course and he was a great fund of information about the Dorper breed,was the youngest judge ever, and has been involved with the sheep all his life,(his father being one of the people involved in the development of the breed).
The good news was I passed my senior course!
Wicus Cronje was the South African Inspector and Judge who taught the course and he was a great fund of information about the Dorper breed,was the youngest judge ever, and has been involved with the sheep all his life,(his father being one of the people involved in the development of the breed).
The good news was I passed my senior course!
My excellent sheep friends - Sarah from Royalla Dorpers and Lia from Claremont White Dorpers. What fun we had.
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