Hay Working Dog Club

15/11/2024

🐾 MEMBERSHIPS $20 🐾

Memberships are now due.

Existing members, please pay into our Hay Working Dog Club account using your name as a reference and 2025 membership as the description.

New members welcome, please PM us here or contact Kylie on 0408 615 865.

02/11/2024

A great turn out for our training day this morning, followed by our AGM. Here’s to another terrific year ahead working in partnership with our doggos 🐾

Thank you to each and every person and business who contributes to make our club the success it is 🫶🏼

28/10/2024

See you on Saturday! 🐾

See you there!
If you’re not already a Hay Working Dog Club member, you can join on the day 🐾

10/10/2024

See you there!
If you’re not already a Hay Working Dog Club member, you can join on the day 🐾

02/07/2024

Gear up for Australia’s premier Working Dog Challenge in Cowra, NSW – where the best of the best come to compete! 🏆

📅 Save the dates: 31st May - 1st June 2025

05/06/2024

04/06/2024

25/05/2024

Thanks to those who came along to this morning’s training session and a warm welcome to our new members.

Some excellent progress was made as Geoff coached handlers and some of the younger dogs through dry work fundamentals and then it was into the round yard for work on stock.

20/05/2024

Hope to see you on Saturday 🐾
If you aren’t already a HWDC member, you can sign up on the day ✍️

Looking forward to a Training Morning with Hay Working Dog Club members at our home Shear Outback - Shearers Hall of Fame🐾

09/05/2024

📣Judge Profile - Yard section📣

~ Geoff McDougall ~

Geoff is from Hay in the NSW Riverina district. He has spent his working life managing properties and has since been a livestock agent for 15 years.
Geoff has been yard trialling since 1989 and whilst living in Queensland competed in 3 sheep and cattle trials. He was instrumental in forming the Hay working dog club and runs the Hay Shear Outback Championship over the Easter long weekend and numerous working dog schools. He has judged at the highest level including 3 Australian Yard Championships, state yard and utility championships and more recently judged the yard section at the Supreme Stock Dog in 2023 at Mansfield.
In his more than 30 years dog trialling Geoff has had a lot of fun, met many good people and learnt a lot about handling livestock and dogs.

The USD couldn’t ask for a more experienced judge and warmly welcomes Geoff in 2024.

09/05/2024

Looking forward to a Training Morning with Hay Working Dog Club members at our home Shear Outback - Shearers Hall of Fame🐾

15/04/2024

A big shout out to everyone who contributed to a successful and productive Hay Working Dog Club School over the weekend.

Thank you to our excellent trainers Geoff McDougall, Ed McFarland, Warwick Doolan and Peter Fisk who all thoroughly enjoyed working with participants and their dogs.

Well done to Daisy, Dusty, Mackenzie and Laine, who were each selected by our trainers to receive a bag of working dog food generously donated Enduro Full Boar.

11/04/2024

Start time for the first day of our school this Saturday will be 9am.
See you at the
Shear Outback yards then! 🐾

04/04/2024

Our school is almost full. Please secure your spot by paying today. We won’t be accepting payment on the day.

02/04/2024

Spots are filling fast for our school!
Please make payment asap to secure yours.

** Updated **

School’s in! 🏫🐕

We have three excellent stock dog trainers heading up Hay Working Dog Club’s first clinic to be held at Shear Outback - Shearers Hall of Fame in April.

A slight change in our team of trainers. Many thanks to Warwick for coming on board in place of Marc, who now has another commitment on that weekend.

Lock your spot in asap.

31/03/2024

Happy Easter all!

Some of the action from the final rounds of yesterday's trial 🐾

📷: Alix McFarland Creative

31/03/2024

Top honours at the 13th annual Shear Outback Hay Yard Dog Championship Trial yesterday went to Dale Thompson and his dog Jake from Benalla, Vic.

Dale and Jake took out this year’s Open lifting from 5th place at the 2023 event.

Equal second placings went to last year’s Open winner Dean Incher with both Raffa and Hulk, and top local trial competitor Geoff McDougall and Ace.

Just over 50 Open/Improver entries and over 75 Novice/Beginner entries were welcomed back this year amid humid conditions with the odd shower of rain to be tested by TA Field Wyvern Station wethers.

Thank you to all of our competitors and congratulations to all of our winners. A big thank you to judges, NSW Yard Dog Association president Nathan Cayfe (Open/Improver) and Ryan Johnston (Novice/Beginner) who were impressed with the standard of competition.

A big thank you also goes out to valuable sponsors, loyal supporters and hard working volunteers for contributing to another successful trial, and to the Hay Rodeo Club team for their yard work and delicious catering.

OPEN
1st - Dale Thompson & Jake - 192
Equal 2nd - Dean Incher & Hulk - 189
Equal 2nd - Geoff McDougall & Goldie - 189
Equal 2nd - Dean Incher & Raffa - 189
5th - Geoff McDougall & Ace - 186 (Fastest time 6m 31s)

IMPROVER
1st - Aoidh Doyle & Elvis - 93 (Fastest time 6m 54s)
2nd - Herb Cooper & Noah - 92
3rd - Geoff McDougall & Nugget - 92

NOVICE
1st - Nathan Cayfe & Goose - 179 (Fastest time 4m 54s)
2nd - Josh Latty & Tess - 173
3rd - Aoidh Doyle & Gypsy - 162
4th - Denis Mitchell & Jimmy - 156
5th - Ged Bibby & Ed - 152

BEGINNER
1st - Darcy Doyle & Cash - 84 (Fastest time 5m 1s)
2nd - Dwayne Evans & Kenny - 73
3rd - Josh Pianto & Ted - 67