GLENWARLOCK DEXTER STUD IS LOCATED IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA UPPER SWAN. THE FARM IS RUN BY CHRISTOPHER CLEGHORN AND HIS SON RUSSELL CLEGHORN, WITH THE HELP OF RUSSELL'S PARTNER CHELSEA KELLEY. WE RUN ABOUT 50 HEAD OF CATTLE ON OUR PROPERTY, WE PRODUCE MEAT AND QUALITY CATTLE.
WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS AT SHOWS WITH OUR BULLS. FOR EXAMPLE GLENWARLOCK EOMEN - 2X SUPREME CHAMPION 2X SPECIALTY INTERBREED CHAMPION BULL 4X GRAND CHAMPION BULL GLENWARLOCK EMILE - 4X RESERVE CHAMPION BULL 1X SENIOR CHAMPION BULL GLENWARLOCK VICTOR - 1X JUNIOR CHAMPION BULL GLENWARLOCK TAXABULL - 1X SENIOR CHAMPION BULL 1X GRAND CHAMPION BULL WE GO TO MANY SHOWS AROUND WESTERN AUSTRALIA, THE BIGGEST OF ALL IS THE PERTH ROYAL SHOW BUT THE LITTLE ONES THROUGH OUT THE YEAR ARE ALSO JUST AS GREAT. WE ATTEND THE KELMSCOTT SHOW, BRUNSWICK, HARVEY, WAGIN, BEVERLY AND GIDGEGANNUP. A BIT ABOUT US: CHRIS STARTED WITH DEXTER WHEN LIVING IN HENELY BROOK WITH HIS WIFE AND KIDS. THEY STARTED WITH 2 COWS IN CALF THAT THEY BOUGHT FROM BILLABONG DEXTERS. THEY THEN SHIFTED UP TO UPPERSWAN TO GROW THEIR CATTLE AND COULD HAVE MORE NUMBERS AND ROOM. CHRIS IS IN CHARGE OF ALL THE CATTLE AND DOES THE DEHORNING, BULL RINGS, CASTRATING AND JOBS SIMILAR TO THAT! HE ALSO DOES SHOWING AND HANDLING AND HAS TAUGHT HIS SON A LOT ALONG THE WAY. RUSSELL IS CHRISTOPHER'S SON WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE CATTLE. HE STARTED SHOWING WHEN HE WAS 8 OR 9 AND HAS BECOME A SUPERB CATTLE HANDLER! RUSSELL DOES MOST THE BREAKING IN AND HANDLING OF THE CATTLE. RUSSELL ALSO HELPS WITH THE DEHORNING, BULL RINGS AND SIMILAR JOBS. CHELSEA IS RUSSELL'S PARTNER WHO CAME FROM A SCHOOL THAT TAUGHT AGRICULTURE, SHE DOES ALL THE PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING. SHE ALSO HANDLES THE CATTLE AND HAS A GREAT INTEREST IN PREPPING AND CLIPPING. CHELSEA DOES THE FEED EVERY MORNING A |
DEXTERS ARE A DUAL PURPOSE BREED, THE PRODUCE BOTH MILK AND BEEF. DEXTER CATTLE ORIGINATE FROM IRELAND BEING ONE OF THE SMALLEST BREEDS IN CATTLE. DEXTERS ARE NOT MINIATURES AT ALL! THEY ARE A NATURALLY SMALL BREED AND ARE WELL KNOWN FOR PRODUCTION OF QUALITY MEAT AND MILK, PLUS THERE INTELLIGENCE AND CALM NATURE.
DEXTERS HAVE SOME FEW DISTINCTIVE FEATURES LIKE THE SHORT-LEG AND LONG-LEG GENE. DEXTERS COME IN THREE COLOURS WHICH ARE BLACK, RED AND DUN ( BELOW IN THE SLIDE SHOW ARE EXAMPLES OF DEXTER FEATURES). WE (GLENWARLOCK) TRY TO TAKE OUR CATTLE TO AS MANY SHOW AND EVENTS AS POSSIBLE, AS ITS GOOD TO LEARN NEW EXPERIENCES AND SOCIALIZE WITH OTHER MEMBERS BUT ALSO ITS BRILLIANT FOR THE CATTLE. WHEN THE CATTLE SPEND TIME AT SHOWS AND HAVE THE PUBLIC CHAOS AROUND THEM THEY TEND TO BECOME MORE QUIET NATURED. ALSO ITS A GOOD WAY TO PROMOTE THE DEXTER CATTLE AND TO GET OTHERS INVOLVED IN THIS WONDERFUL BREED. GLENWARLOCK IS ONE OF THE STUDS IN THE DEXTER GROUP OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER STUDS. BEING APART OF THE GROUP IS BRILLIANT AS WE ALL HAVE A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP. TO VISIT THE DEXTER GROUP OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK CLICK THE LINKS BELOW OR LOOK IN THE SIDE BAR FOR LINKS. WEBSITE ALSO COME VISIT GLENWARLOCKS FACEBOOK PAGE! |