Spring! In Lamb Hoggets Spread Out , Nitrogen Applied.

[@stuartpasley9242]

Have you tried using the collar to get Duke to be quiet when you tell him to sit?

[@HillCountryFarmer]

I have, he also barks when I give him a tickle (on 10) with the collar. The sound buzzer is the only thing that keeps him obedient. He listens, I don’t know whether to be harder on him where he cowers and barks because of the beating I give or just tell him off either way he seems to be well spoken haha

[@HillCountryFarmer]

I have, he also barks when I give him a tickle (on 10) with the collar. The sound buzzer is the only thing that keeps him obedient. He listens, I don’t know whether to be harder on him where he cowers and barks because of the beating I give or just tell him off either way he seems to be well spoken haha

[@stuartpasley9242]

@@HillCountryFarmer yeah it could be a nervous thing. I had a huntaway that did it. Took him back into the training paddock and got it sorted close at hand then gradually increased the distance. He was never 100 at distance but I wasn't trialing him so it didn't matter.

[@lukeread6208]

If it really piss you off, add a lie down command, using a long growly whistle. Iv found most dogs struggle to bark when lying down, plus it stops them inching forward. But then again they have been breed to bark.

[@JamesOtoole-e2b]

Hello from Australia 🦘. Mean bro. 😁

[@HillCountryFarmer]

Thanks mate!

[@bugmouthready529]

Just found your channel. Cheers

[@HillCountryFarmer]

Thank you!

[@ridgeveiwfarms6260]

Mate..... said with that taihape lion red twang, had some bloody laughs watching this. said to the wife, "oh shit he's got one of those datamar's reels" feel your love hate relationship with em. so anywho, im from the wider north island, been there done some of that, grew up in the windy city of Palmy and migrated through the island to north-land after a seasons in ohingati, drove stock units in your neck of the woods for couple years before going back to the front end, to many late nights loading out of fielding on a Friday night for my liking. anyways nice sarcasm on the wool. bloody sacrilege. look mate we were farming 600 ha in north-land before it all got turn into carbon pine forest but i swear the best vale out of your nitrogen is in may, sets you up for winter, and yeah i always monitor soil temps, we we 12.3 on Wednesday last week., love your vids mate. ( oh yeah my hunterway rocks is exactlly like duke). hard headed..

[@HillCountryFarmer]

Haha. Glad you got some laughs out of it! Nice, lived the life aye, good stuff! Yeah bugger, bloody pines have taken over. Maybe if they could offset carbon with wool this country might make some money instead of turning it into waste land. Yeah right fair enough, if I went into winter with better covers I wouldn’t need the nitrogen in spring/ winter. Yeah some dogs just don’t learn, but at least you can give them a good telling off and they still work for you!

[@JpPJ-p8e]

25:40ish ... just an observation: your steers really made a good job cleaning up your hill country... as seen by your drone footage earlier in the video.

[@HillCountryFarmer]

Thanks Mate! I put a big mob of cows and Ewes through there Mid Autumn and I thought they did a great job too! The steers are enjoying their good work! 😊

[@cowboy2180]

Why is the grass on the hills so short?

[@HillCountryFarmer]

Demand is higher than supply in winter. That’s why we have to have enough feed at the start of winter to get us through until supply is higher than demand. This autumn we struggled to grow feed and I didn’t have enough feed to keep good grass length / pasture cover. Because we don’t use supplements like a lot of European or American farms and we rely on a low input system to keep us efficient and profitable we use other practices to get us through feed pinches such as rotational grazing, cropping, nitrogen or selling stock. Cheers

[@cowboy2180]

@@HillCountryFarmer I hear you. Thanks for replying

[@PaulEglinton]

That dog is possibly suited to more work, like on a station. Perhaps his bad habits can be managed better when he has burnt off some energy. He can hear you, hes just taking the piss. Habits he has developed out of bordom and fustration.

[@HillCountryFarmer]

Yeah I would agree, although my joke has always been he likes his half days. In the summer he doesn’t work well after about 10am. I guess every dog is different. Fair enough! Cheers

[@lukeduke3001]

Are you yelling at the dog in maori

[@HillCountryFarmer]

His sit down is in Māori

[@drumsandstix128]

Your dog maybe partially deaf.

[@HillCountryFarmer]

Good point, I didn’t think about that!

[@stuartpasley9242]

I had a Huntaway bitch that pushed out a litter of pups that were all deaf. Found out later that it came through the dogs bloodline. I'd never have put him over her if his owner had told me that. But no I doubt he's deaf, he's just a bit boof headed.