Working Dogs
The Dog and Ram Run
Country Life heads out with a vet to give farms dogs their annual once-over and gets up close and personal with rams to see if they're in good shape for mating. Audio
Kiwi working dogs
Jo Caird has co-written a book on New Zealand working dogs - a book which is keen to recognise the role canines play beyond the farm. Audio, Gallery
A Boost for Vets and the Regions
Thirty-two graduate vets will receive $55,000 over five years from the Voluntary Bonding Scheme for Veterinarians to help ease the shortage of veterinarians working with sheep, cows and working dogs.
…Ajax the kea detection dog
The story of a working dog's life in the high country. Kathryn Ryan talks to Department of Conservation wildlife biologist Corey Mosen about how he trained his dog Ajax to be one of the very few kea… Audio, Gallery
The New Buzz on Mustering
The King Country's John Gray has spent years working with sheep. Now he's combining his skills as a stockman, his trusty dogs and a drone to round up feral goats. Many landowners paying him to clear… Audio, Gallery
The Kiwi sheep dogs working in Japan
For 20 years, Ross MacDonald and his teams of NZ shepherds and working dogs have entertained millions of people at farm shows in Japan. Audio
New Zealand working dogs
Andrew Fladeboe is an artist based in Minneapolis. He came to New Zealand on a Fulbright scholarship to immerse himself in rural life and to document and to photograph traditional New Zealand working… Audio, Gallery
Wairoa Vet
Vet Christine Hahn is used to working on lions, snakes and vultures but now she is turning her attention to working dogs and kunekune pigs. Christine moved to New Zealand earlier this year from South… Audio