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Colf (April 27, 2023) | 193 Visits
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Game Camera (October 11, 2020)| Photos and videos taken with game camera |
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New Year's Day Ride 1/1/2019 (June 29, 2018)| Dale Meddock's New Year's Day Ride at Spenceville Wildlife Area. |
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Ride in The Yolla Bolly Wilderness (August 27, 2017)| Yolla Bolly Ride Saturday August 26, 2017. Steve & Tracy Buhler of Trickle Creek Outfitters in Red Bluff Ca wanted to do a scouting trip into this area before hunting season. They invited me and another friend of theirs Rob to tag along. Have been wanting to get up into the Yolla Bollies so couldn't say no. We went up Friday evening and starting riding about 7:30 Saturday morning. I rode Ruby the only mule while Steve, Tracy and Rob rode their horses. Thanks again Steve & Tracy for the great ride. |
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Yanmar F395D (June 18, 2017) | 263 Visits
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Elk Hunt, Point Reyes National Seashore (August 8, 2014)Ken Brush and I went on an Elk hunt today, riding our mules at Point Reyes National Seashore. My weapon was my cell phone camera and Ken's was a pair of binoculars.
It was a great ride, weather was good, mules were good, company was good and we saw lots and lots of Elk. |
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Folsom Lake Ride, November 3, 2012 (November 4, 2012)| Had a nice ride yesterday with three friends. Brad was riding Sydney (Peach Dun mule), Mark was riding Sadie, Bill was riding Annie(our "Token Horse") and I was riding Buck. |
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Easter 2012 (April 21, 2012) | 768 Visits
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Rocky (August 8, 2011)Rocky is 7/8 McNab Shepard and 1/8 Border Collie.
Born on July 25, 2011 at Dusty Acres Stock Dogs in Corning, CA.
Tri Colored (Black/white with brown highlites)
Mother is Cassie, full McNab
Father is Diesel, 3/4 NcNab and 1/4 Border Collie
History of the McNab Breed
Generally speaking a McNab is a short haired dog which stands 18" to 22" at the shoulders and should weigh about 40-50 pounds. There also seems to be a smaller version of dogs which are smaller at 12" to 15" and 15-30 pounds. One of the most prominent features of the dog is the ears, they are long pointy and stand erect although some flop over like a border collie.
As for working ability, the McNab is very cat-footed, very fast and agile. He generally is a more direct and forceful stockdog than his "cousin" the Border Collie, not as excitable as the Kelpie, and not as strong minded as an Australian Cattledog. He is very easy to teach, giving you his alert attention and complete loyalty. He is usually a one-man (or woman), one-family dog, does not tolerate stray dogs, strange people or animals.
In the early 1800's, the Bruce McKinsey family left northern Scotland and settled in the Grampian Hills of central Scotland. They brought with them their stock dogs, the Fox Shepherds, the origin is not known, but have survived in Scotland for centuries. Alexander McNab was a neighbor of the McKinseys who raised the Fox Shepherds, and started the breed in the Grampian Hills.
Alexander McNab and his family left Glasgow, Scotland in 1868, came to the United States of America, and settled in California on the ranch known as the McNab ranch in Mendocino, California south of Ukiah. They brought one dog with them, but it died soon after they arrived. In 1885, Mr. McNab returned to the Grampian Hills in Scotland for the sole purpose of getting some of the dogs he was used to working (with). He purchased two dogs, Peter and Fred. He brought Peter back with him. Fred was left in Scotland to have his training completed, and was sent to America later. Fred was strictly a lead dog; Peter worked both lead and drive. These two dogs were bred to select shepherd females of Spanish origin which were brought to this country by the Basque sheep herders, and that cross was called McNab shepherds because Mr. McNab perfected this breed of stock dogs which would head or heel. The McNab is not a Border Collie.
John L. McNab was the son of Alexander McNab and became the sole owner if the McNab ranch south of Ukiah in Mendocino County. He made several importations in the early 1900's from the Grampian Hills in Scotland. One importation in about 1906 was a Red Fox Shepherd called "Clyde" -- later another red dog called "Ready" was imported, and that is the reason why occasionally there will be a red pup in the litter.
Ed G. Brown put in an order for a McNab pup in 1895 These dogs were so much in demand he didn't get one until 1915 when Mr. McNab imported a female with pup. She whelped three weeks after arrival, and Ed Brown got the pick of the litter. He named the pup "Jet". This pup was black with faint line of white up his face, white chest, and a small amount of white on his feet. Some of these dogs have a wide strip up the face and a ring of white on the neck. Also, some will have brown on the legs and face, but they are mostly black.
They are never long haired, nor do they have loop ears or speckled legs. Their ears are mostly pricked, some will tip at the top. The strain Ed Brown raised from "Jet" are the true McNabs as he never outcrossed on other breeds. This is not a pedigree but just a history of the McNab dog we raised and knew" --- Myrtle Brown
He is known throughout northern California as an avid hunting companion, deer, wild pig, squirrels, and rabbits. The dog is also known as a protector, what's his is his, and if you are his companion, everything you own is his to protect, your spouse, children, livestock, truck, ranch, boots and saddle.
Most McNabs don't have the obsessive behaviour traits of the Border Collie and most don't tend to have "eye". They tend to intimidate via growling, barking, or biting. |
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Large Mouth Bass caught 6/26/11 (June 27, 2011)| These are the first Bass caught out of my pond. I caught these three fish on four casts. |
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