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Craiglea Rural - Working Dogs, Horses & Livestock Working Border Collies, performance horses, working stock dog schools, Working Dog Training Online. G’day,
We are Jamie and Mani Sturrock.

We, with our two young sons, live near Dulacca, on the Western Darling Downs of Queensland, Australia. We manage a commercial beef cattle breeding and backgrounding operation, running up to 2,000 head of cattle across several grazing properties. We also run our own family business, Craiglea Rural, comprising of working dogs, performance horses and livestock (sheep & cattle). We occasionally have w

orking dogs, horses and livestock for sale. Apart from our animals working dog training/education is a huge passion of ours. We conduct regular Working Dog Training Schools from March to November each year. We are also very proud to now be able to offer WORKING DOG TRAINING ONLINE, a comprehensive online working dog training resource. We hope this will benefit many using working dogs in the livestock industry. You can visit www.workingdogtraining.online to access our online working dog training resource and see what it has to offer. We are very proud of our family, our business and our animals, and get a lot of satisfaction out of sharing quality genetics, training methods and stockmanship with others. Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in our working dogs, horses, livestock or working dog schools. You can visit www.craiglea.com.au for more information on our dogs, horses and livestock.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from all of us at Craiglea Rural 🎅 🎄 nb Thanks to the girls for playing dress up ...
23/12/2025

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from all of us at Craiglea Rural 🎅 🎄

nb Thanks to the girls for playing dress up 🫶




18/12/2025

Chats with Glamour girl




Would love to know what she was thinking 😅The old girl just loves spending her days drooling over horses, chooks & cats ...
17/12/2025

Would love to know what she was thinking 😅

The old girl just loves spending her days drooling over horses, chooks & cats in her retirement.


Craiglea DeltaTOP PRICE DOG!$15,5002025 SUMMER Australian Working Stock Dog AuctionCongratulations to Simon Mollee and J...
14/12/2025

Craiglea Delta
TOP PRICE DOG!
$15,500
2025 SUMMER Australian Working Stock Dog Auction

Congratulations to Simon Mollee and Jess Mollee from Mollee's Working Dogs! They have recently topped the sale in the SUMMER Australian Working Stock Dog Auction, with Craiglea Delta for $15,500!

Craiglea Delta is a four year old female, and the result of an AI mating, using frozen semen from our Swan Spud (deceased) over Craiglea Lego. Lego is by Craiglea Seth (deceased) out of Bells Willow.

Plenty of champion cattle dogs and sale toppers in this pedigree!

We love nothing more than seeing others have success with our genetics! Congratulations again to Simon and Jess!

Congratulations Simon and Jess!
14/12/2025

Congratulations Simon and Jess!

RESULTS!!
2025 SUMMER Australian Working Stock Dog Auction

ADULT DOGS (2 YEARS & OLDER)
8/9 lots sold for an improved clearance of 89%.
Average price improved to $8,725. This is a new AWSDA record for Adult Average Price!
TOP PRICE ADULT and TOP PRICE OVERALL LOT 105 Craiglea Delta.
$15,500 sold to Biloela QLD.

Vendor - Simon Mollee and Jess Mollee, Mollee's Working Dogs, Hodgson QLD.
Simon and Jess are repeat Sellers in the Australian Working Stock Dog Auction. We thank you for your continued support, and congratulations on such a great result!

Breeder - Jamie Sturrock and Mani Sturrock, Craiglea Rural - Working Dogs, Horses & Livestock, Bundella NSW.

www.workingstockdogauction.com.au

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10/12/2025

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This beautiful girl is available via the current She is by our Mack and out of our dear Ruby - see her sale video...
08/12/2025

This beautiful girl is available via the current

She is by our Mack and out of our dear Ruby - see her sale video for all details.



This casual duo 🤩How I wish I could clone Pulsey, little Ideal is similarly bred 🤞 she's half as good!
08/12/2025

This casual duo 🤩

How I wish I could clone Pulsey, little Ideal is similarly bred 🤞 she's half as good!






07/12/2025

LOT 213 CRAIGLEA VAL
12-month-old Border Collie female.

2025 SUMMER Australian Working Stock Dog Auction
5th-10th December 2025
www.workingstockdogauction.com.au

By Craiglea Mack (AI), out of Craiglea Ruby. Double cross of Swan Spud, an outstanding all-round work and trial dog. 2 x Australian Working Cattle Dog of the Year, among many other achievements.

Val’s sire, Craiglea Mack is currently my main dog, he is 3 years old. An excellent dog on cattle, sheep and goats, particularly cows and calves. His calm, clean, nose bite is outstanding. Mack has done some cattle dog trialling. He placed at his 2-year-old QLD Cattle Dog Futurity, and has had some solid placings from limited starts. He was recently 3rd in the Sire Shootout at the Australian Cattle Dog Championships at Casino, and also made the Open final. He seems to run a full course everywhere we go, even if the cattle are tough.

Val’s dam, Craiglea Ruby is 7 years old, and been a very reliable work dog. She has spent her life working cattle and sheep, including cows and calves. She has won and placed in many cattle dog trials. She recently represented QLD in the winning State of Origin team at the Australian Cattle Dog Championships at Casino. She bites the nose and is very trainable. We have successfully sold several of Ruby’s progeny via auction, including Craiglea Ross (AI), who is a ¾ brother to Val. Ross topped the 2024 AWSDA Winter sale as a yearling. Ruby’s dam, Bells Willow also topped the 2022 Geurie sale as a 6-year-old.

Val has an energetic, friendly temperament. Smooth coat, traditionally marked, black and white.

Val has been started on sheep and had a couple of works on young, dry cattle. She hasn’t done any practical work yet. She is very keen, and has progressed easily with very little formal training. Val has a good stop and call off. She has a short cast, but it is fairly straight and tight at this stage. She is enthusiast, and keen to get to the stock! Val is balancing well, and can be pulled off balance with body positioning. She has no side commands, but is shaped up ready for your side commands.

She can ride a side by side and four wheeler. She can jump in her kennel, but can’t yet jump on the buggy or four wheeler yet.

Val is a genuine prospect. She is not a fully trained working dog. She has had a great start to life, and has the pedigree and foundation to be a great working dog. She will require training and opportunity to reach her potential. She is a clean slate ready for some real work and further training.

All enquiries welcome and encouraged!

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+61427465853

Website

http://www.workingdogtraining.online/

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G'day. We are Jamie and Mani Sturrock. We own and operate Craiglea Working Dogs and Stock Horses, a family business based near Drillham, on the Western Darling Downs of Queensland, Australia.

We breed and train quality Border Collie working dogs and performance horses for work and competition. We offer working dog pups, started working dogs and performance horses for sale. We also conduct working dog schools and lessons year round, at our place or yours.

We manage a corporate owned beef cattle operation, running 2,000 cattle across several grazing properties. We run Wagyu and Angus breeder cattle, growing our progeny out to heavy feeder weight. We also trade cattle according to the season, and run a small flock of Dorper cross sheep.

We use our working dogs and horses every day to make our living. We also enjoy competing on weekends in cattle dog trialling, sheep dog trialling, campdrafting, polocrosse, stockman's challenges and kid’s events to name a few. We have two young sons, Jack and Toby, who are very involved in our business, raising pups and riding their horses.