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Kōrero: Farm dogs

Australian cattle dog

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Australian cattle dog

Regarded as the toughest of all farm dogs, this breed is used for controlling cattle. It is also known as the blue heeler, Australian heeler or Queensland blue heeler.

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Australian Cattle Dog Club New Zealand

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Clive Dalton, Farm dogs – Heading dogs, huntaways and all-purpose dogs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15321/australian-cattle-dog (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Clive Dalton, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.