Wingdari Hey True Blue, aka Tigger
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In 1870, a grazier by the name of Allen from Geralda Station in New South Wales, Australia imported a pair of smooth coated prick eared Fox Collies which he bought from a Mr. Rutherford in Scotland. It was alleged they had fox in their blood, but it was the name that started the story. The parents were black and tan, however, each litter produced a red pup.
On the ship from Scotland the dog, Brutus, was mated to the bitch, Jenny, with the litter born after their arrival in Australia. All but one pup were black and tan like their parents, the odd one being red. Around the same time, a Mr. Gleeson brought a smooth coat black and tan bitch from Victoria, Australia. Her name was Kelpie, a Gaelic word for "Water Sprite"
Kelpie was mated to Caesar, one of the Brutus/Jenny pups, with a bitch pup going to Mr. C.B.W. King of Wollongough Station near New South Wales. He called her Kelpie after her mother. Mr. King's "Kelpie" won the sheepdog trial at Forbes around 1872. Her fame spread and her pups were know as Kelpie's pups. Kelpie thus became the breed name. Kelpies were first exhibited 1908 at the Royal Melbourne Show with an entry of 6 dogs and 3 bitches.
Another line of breeding came about from a mating of Moss, a black dog descended from Brutus & Jenny, to Sally, a pup from King's Kelpie. A dog pup from that litter went to a stockman named Davis, who named him Barb after a racehorse of that time. Barb was a black prick eared dog who produced black pups. Similar to Kelpie's pups, they were named "Barbs" after their sire.
The name Barb has all but disappeared now, save for older sheepman still calling black Kelpies "Barbs".
On the ship from Scotland the dog, Brutus, was mated to the bitch, Jenny, with the litter born after their arrival in Australia. All but one pup were black and tan like their parents, the odd one being red. Around the same time, a Mr. Gleeson brought a smooth coat black and tan bitch from Victoria, Australia. Her name was Kelpie, a Gaelic word for "Water Sprite"
Kelpie was mated to Caesar, one of the Brutus/Jenny pups, with a bitch pup going to Mr. C.B.W. King of Wollongough Station near New South Wales. He called her Kelpie after her mother. Mr. King's "Kelpie" won the sheepdog trial at Forbes around 1872. Her fame spread and her pups were know as Kelpie's pups. Kelpie thus became the breed name. Kelpies were first exhibited 1908 at the Royal Melbourne Show with an entry of 6 dogs and 3 bitches.
Another line of breeding came about from a mating of Moss, a black dog descended from Brutus & Jenny, to Sally, a pup from King's Kelpie. A dog pup from that litter went to a stockman named Davis, who named him Barb after a racehorse of that time. Barb was a black prick eared dog who produced black pups. Similar to Kelpie's pups, they were named "Barbs" after their sire.
The name Barb has all but disappeared now, save for older sheepman still calling black Kelpies "Barbs".
