Welcome to Jono aka Dog-Walloper from New Zealand

We have the pleasure of hosting Jono from New Zealand whose handle is Dog-Walloper ...

Of course , given the recent walloping our pour dogs have had over the past year,
-Meg fell asleep under the jeep and was rung over - broken pelvis and in a confined space for 6 weeks,
-Podge hit by a car , broken shoulder and confined (as confined as you can with a jack russell) for 6 weeks and
-culminating with Rodge geting the fatal wallop ...

We were wondering what this Dog-Walloper would be about - and contrary to the assumption of the term it is a rural NZ term for mustering :

There are a variety of vivid terms to describe musterers, including dog driver, hill man, dog-walloper and mutton puncher.

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/rural-language/page-6

Jono is perhaps used to mustering on a much larger scale than Allowdale - but it is hugely interesting to exchange knwloedge and life experiences with farmers from all over the world, there is always something to share , always something to learn and always new things to try  -

True pleasure of the global farming community !

Welcome Jono - I hope you enjoy your stay.

Anne & Liam
Allowdale Herefords

Allowdale Herefords - Heifers 2016

Allowdale Herefords - Bulls 2016

Photo/ Video marketing / YouTube Allowdale Herefords - Heifers 2015

The last few days have been spent editing photos for updating the web site wwww..allowdale.com and in particular last 2 days were spent taking individual videos of the heifers that we are marketing. 

The heifers were brought from Buttevant to Kanturk in order to be washed and brushed for video shoot.
They behaved very well and each animal has their own video clip on youtube and on the web site.

See playlist : Allowdale Herefords - Heifers 2015

Photo/ Video marketing / YouTube (2014)

The last few days have been spent editing photos for updating the web site wwww..allowdale.com and in particular last 2 days were spent taking individual videos of the heifers that we are marketing. The heifers were brought from Buttevant to Kanturk in order to be washed and brushed for video shoot. They behaved very well and each animal has their own video clip on you tube and on the web site. Uploading to youtube has proven to be much longer and more time consuming that one would expect. Next year we have to do this quicker, better, faster !

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTEwzrcy5OQ-SPfobkpOTDE9xF30awHsAllowdale Herefords - Heifers 2014

Great Start to the Bull Selling Season (2014)

Demand is high and the phone is ringing and prospective buyers are visiting. Herefords are more in demand and more popular than in previous years ! nice start to the season !

2014 water water water

Ended the year with underground springs flooding and started the year having to create underground drainage for the yard. Lucky to have passed the board bia quality assurance the week before...