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Dog tucker

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Dog tucker

Cutting up carcass meat for their dogs was once a routine operation for most sheep farmers. Today a range of more convenient dog foods is available.

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by Clive Dalton

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Clive Dalton, Farm dogs – Feeding, housing and health, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15338/dog-tucker (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Clive Dalton, published 1 March 2009.