CRUZ'S PROGENY    Competing Dog/Bitches of Ohutu Cruz

Cruz will live and work stock for a family just out of Maungaturoto. He will be Donna's first dog to train for stock work. He is a nice mix of Astra Cap and Astra Cloud. End of May: Cruz came for his first training run on sheep. I left a long rope on so if he wouldn't come off, he could be caught a bit easier. As it turned out the precaution was not needed. He went very well and just knew to keep them all in one mob, even had him walking up when told . Cruz is nearly 5 months old but is ready to start training. He headed nice and naturally like his Dam and you could see him thinking what he should do. He had just started to want to go and look for sheep at his home so needed to know the only time to go to sheep is when the boss takes him. I took Cruz again for a couple of weeks at about 9 months of age, he was doing everything good but does need to be worked to carry on the training. Last thing I had Cruz doing was pulling a big mob out of the paddock and driving all our ewes up the race home to the yards on his own, he showed nice pace behind sheep and was thinking of what he needed to do to keep them all moving and not breaking back. It will be up to Donna, his owner to whether he reaches his full potential with sheep work but he is also the family dog so has a good life. I have always liked this dog very much and have now used him over Astra Jill. I love the pups from this cross.

Took these photo's of Cruz at his home just this week.

Cruz 9 months old

Latest photo's of Cruz at nearly 5 months.

Cruz, his dark colouring appealed to me and his gentle attitude.

CRUZ AIMIN FOR MARS OF OHUTU (CRUZ)

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