Gunnedah LSS School

Lucy and Rob Staughton hosted a LSS school on the weekend at Gunnedah.There were several families attending as well as people from larger sheep and cattle operations.
Here are a few photos from the school.

Calliope LSS school

Rob & Sandra Waterson hosted a LSS school at Calliope, near Gladstone.Dan Carney works with the Waterson family creating an amazing landscape. I was lucky enough to have Rob take me for a drive looking at the work they have done.Peter Andrews designed a system to slow the water flow on the land.
Here are photos of the LSS school and some of the grass inventory.

Grahame chats with Bill Croll

Every now and then you come across someone who has something to say that is worth listening to, Bill Croll works with his brother Murray of National Stockyards Systems as well as owning and managing several livestock enterprises.
Bill was telling me one of the most impactful 2 days of his life was attending a Bud Williams Stockhandling school in 2002 at Tamworth.

So I took the opportunity to have a chat with Bill when we were together recently filming the features of the National Stockyards Systems.We worked animals through various systems including a "Bud Pen", demonstrating Low Stress Stockhandling.

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To check out the National Stockyards systems website :

www.nationalstockyards.com.au

Pingelly LSS school

I had a great couple of days with Nic this week running the LSS school at Pingelly WA.
Thanks to our hosts Kane and Bec Page and Kristy Glover for pulling this together.

Here is what Kane Had to say :
I attended a Low Stress Stock Handling (lss) school two years ago. After gaining this imperative knowledge I put the (lss) techniques into practice immediately. I am absolutely wrapped with the way our sheep have calmed down and become easy to work, peaceful animals.
We hosted a school with 31 participants last week and I am so glad that we (Bec and I)could be a part of all these people experiencing the (lss) techniques so they may enjoy sheep work in the future like never before.
I just wish I had been exposed to these methods 20 years ago.
I truly believe everybody who runs stock on their properties today must attend a Low Stress Stock Handling school.Here is a short video of Nic's group letting some lambs into an old crate in the middle of the paddock.

Bendigo KLR School

Twenty Two people from as far east as Gippsland, south as Tasmania,west as Mt Gambier and north to Mildura attended the KLR Marketing school at Bendigo.
Here are a few photos :

Wagga KLR Marketing School

There were 20 enthusiastic livestock producers at the Wagga KLR Marketing school.Coming from as far west as Deni and Carathool,east to Yass and south the Tumbarumba.
Tim Thorley called in and shared KLR from an agents perspective, with some great pointers for those in attendance.

Tamworth KLR Marketing School

Ken Haylan from Blayney.

43 people attended the KLR Marketing school at Tamworth, coming from as far away as Longreach and Charters Towers. There were plenty of local livestock producers there as well.

Ken Haylan - Livestock producer and Mastermind member from Blayney drove up to share some great information on how KLR works so well for him.

Feedback From Recent Schools

Mel with the Boy's moving sheep.

Well we have truly put all the principles learnt at Gilgandra, at Ben's property, into practice- and guess what (not that i have to convince you!) they worked- not that I doubted you but it is good to get the resuts without you there.
You may remember from our group discussion our "charging Bourke cattle", well David was able to get 5 in last weekend and brought them back hear to Manildra (a bit of hot weather didn't stop them from wanting to EAT David)

so after 2 days and 4 lots of 20-30minute sessions working them, I got their flight zone down to 15-20meters from at least 100mts, and after letting them out of the yards on day 2 they not only WALKED out (we have never seen them walk- only gallop) they calmly started eating pasture 5 mts from the gate and procedded to only move around 200mts in this area all day- just grazing- as you could imagine i was extremerly happy to see a small amount of time make such a HUGE difference.

Since the lss workshop David and I have put all that we have learnt into practice (mostly on his working property) and have seen a marked difference in the staock and also the way in which we approach the stock, it all seems so clear to us now,enjoyable and hassel free and the word "divorce" is not in the equation anymore!!!

We had a small shearing yesterday and after drafting the lambs (4mths old) out with ease we were talking near the race afterwards and found the whole lot walked back through 2 pens and walked back up through the race very peacefully- amazing- not a word spoken or nothing in our hands.

We are so happy with the results and are so keen to get involved with all the ideas- we are just about to do our first "sell/buy" transaction next week.

Mel Kiel, Manildra. NSW

I just want to say a mighty thank you again for the brilliant and revolutionary LSS School that I attended at Wellington on 15-16 of October this year.

"The LSS School was better than excellent in every respect. It has revolutionised my approach to sheep handling and has greatly improved mustering & yarding operations and other aspects of sheep management like weaning".

Your teaching had great impact--the examples you gave by putting us "in the shoes of sheep or cattle" (e.g. the effects of sticks rattles, constant force/pressure) have stayed with me vividly and your focus on principles of strategies as well as strategies themselves has enabled me to understand it all more insightfully.

Shearing began almost immediately after the School and the mustering and yarding operations were so much calmer and more effective than they have been in the past. I feel in a more cooperative relationship with my sheep, I really believe that they want to cooperate when treated in the way you taught us.

And a co-worker and I are getting on so much better together when working with sheep--even though he has not done the course. But I work the sheep by myself a lot, and do not have a dog. I no longer worry that I will have trouble mustering a certain mob of sheep by myself. I just take it quietly--apply the LSS principles--and lo and behold they do what I want.

That is a great boon to me--not having to call in help for mustering (it cuts my costs for casual labour too!). And following your advice, weaning has caused much less distress in ewes and lambs this year than previously, too.

As I said to you on the last day, Graham, the LSS School is the best and most helpful workshop I have ever done in my life--and I have done quite a lot!

Given that you are both teachers in the KLR School I know it will be great value and I would love to attend at Wagga Wagga KLR Marketing School.

Best wishes and many thanks again.

Eleanor Lawson,Wellington. NSW