Top Dogs: a Celebration of Great Australian Working Dogs
Top Dogs: a Celebration of Great Australian Working Dogs

Author: Angela Goode

Publisher:

Published: 2017-01-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780733333286

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A unique celebration of our remarkable Aussie working dogs, illustrated with photographs taken by the people who love them. Ask anyone who lives and works on the land and they will tell you that a good working dog is the heart and soul of rural life. Working dogs can't be downsized, upgraded, outsourced or made into an app. They are just top dogs - agile and energetic, heroic and hardworking, loyal and loveable. In this joyous tribute to Australia's working dogs, people all over the country share their favourite stories and photos of the incredible dogs that make such a huge difference to their lives each day. These cheerful workaholics are celebrated in tales of heroism, extraordinary intuition, unflagging dedication and intelligence. Featuring 100 unforgettable photographs drawn from a nationwide competition on ABC Local Radio, and favourite true-life stories from Angela Goode's beloved bestseller GREAT AUSTRALIAN WORKING DOG STORIES, TOP DOGS is a celebration of these irrepressible four-legged companions who greet each day with enthusiasm and a wagging tail.

Great Australian Working Dog Stories
Great Australian Working Dog Stories

Author: Angela Goode

Publisher: Great Australian Stories

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9780733324826

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"Uncomplaining, tough and loyal, they are the only workers that never go on strike or hit the grog. Working dogs deserve every bit of praise they get!! With infectious enthusiasm, they leap on to the back of the ag bike to start the day’s work. You’ll get no argument from people on the land that these tail-wagging companions are the greatest of the nation’s workers. In this classic collection of more than 300 original stories, these cheerful workaholics are celebrated in the tales of heroism, extraordinary intuition and intelligence. On this journey around the nation’s farms, this band of canine characters shows they can be pretty funny, too."--From the publisher.

Working Dogs
Working Dogs

Author: Rural Press Staff

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 9781742613338

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Working Dogs celebrates the contribution of these remarkable animals in our communities and on our farms. It features over 300 photographs of the dogs that are a familiar and enduring symbol of Australian rural and outback life - kelpies, collies, heelers, and every crossbreed in between. We see the dogs at play, with their owners, riding tractors and utes, with their farmyard friends, and doing what they love to do best - rounding up the livestock. The work of the rural press photographers and proud working dog owners from right around the nation, this collection reminds us why Australian working dogs are so valued and loved by country and city folk alike.

The Complete Book of Great Working Dog Stories
The Complete Book of Great Working Dog Stories

Author: Angela Goode

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 597

ISBN-13: 9780733307102

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People of the bush regard their working dogs as the nation's greatest asset. Uncomplaining, tough, never needing to be fussed over, and hugely loyal, dogs rarely go on strike, don't hit the grog, only occasionally answer back, never ask for a pay rise, scarcely take a sickie and are always ready with infectious enthusiasm to start the day! Drawn from around 2000 entries received by the ABC Country Hour in a nation-wide competition, these stories take you on a vast farm tour of the country, celebrating the remarkable abilities of working dogs and the pivotal role they play in rural Australia

More Great Working Dog Stories
More Great Working Dog Stories

Author: Angela Goode

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780733302602

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Second volume of over 150 stories about bush dogs from an ABC Radio contest in honour of their role. Includes a glossary and a bibliography. The editor is a farmer and rural journalist. It is a sequel to TGreat Working Dog Stories' (1991).

Great Working Dog Stories
Great Working Dog Stories

Author: Mike Hayes

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 9780733300448

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Collection of true stories about the crucial role played by dogs in rural life. Explores the relationships between dogs and owners. Drawn from listeners' stories from 'South Australian Country Hour' on ABC Radio, with which both authors were involved. A sequel, 'More Great Working Dog Stories', was published in 1992.

Here Come the Dogs
Here Come the Dogs

Author: Omar Musa

Publisher: New Press, The

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1620971194

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A “brilliant [novel] . . . Immediate and compelling, this one deserves a place on the shelf next to Trainspotting or The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test” (Cleaver Magazine). In small-town suburban Australia, three young men from three different ethnic backgrounds—one Samoan, one Macedonian, one not sure—are ready to make their mark. Solomon is all charisma, authority, and charm; a failed basketball player down for the moment but surely not out. His half-brother, Jimmy, bounces along in his wake, underestimated, waiting for his chance to announce himself. Aleks, their childhood friend, loves his mates, his family, and his homeland and would do anything for them. The question is, does he know where to draw the line? Solomon, Jimmy, and Aleks are way out on the fringe of Australia, looking for a way in. Hip hop, basketball, and graffiti give them a voice. Booze, women, and violence pass the time while they wait for their chance. Under the oppressive summer sun, their town has turned tinder-dry. All it will take is a spark. As the surrounding hills roar with flames, change storms in. But it’s not what they were waiting for. It never is. “This stunning novel has such swaggering exuberance that it will make most other fiction you read this year seem criminally dull. You have been warned.” —Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting “With compassion and urgency, Here Come the Dogs excavates the pain of those who struggle to remain part of a ruthless equation that has been determined by others.” —Los Angeles Times “A bravado novel about survival and rebirth in a subculture that moves to its own rhythms.” —Kirkus Reviews

Muster Dogs
Muster Dogs

Author: Aticia Grey

Publisher: HarperCollins Australia

Published: 2021-11-01

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1460713532

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An outback story of kelpies, red dirt and the future of a family farm. Now streaming on ABC iView and Netflix. Life on the land is often boom or bust, forever at the mercy of Mother Nature. Aticia 'Teesh' Grey took on the manager's role on her family's West Pilbara cattle station a few years after picking up her first team of kelpies. Almost immediately she was faced with a severe and devastating drought that forced her to question everything she thought she knew about the fragile country of her home. Through the heartbreaking rollercoaster journey that followed, Teesh's loyal canine companions proved invaluable as she and her family worked towards securing the property's future. The versatility of these amazing dogs took the station in directions no one anticipated. In 2020, Teesh got the chance to showcase the potential of working dogs more widely. Joining the ABC TV series Muster Dogs, Teesh and four other farming families took on the challenge of training new kelpie pups and testing their worth on the properties they run. Through this experience they showed the bonds that are formed between human and dog and vividly demonstrated a positive environmental future for farming in rural Australia. This is a story of love, laughter, loss and hope, as Teesh finds her feet in an ever-changing world with the help of the dogs who have stood by her side through it all. PRAISE 'Kick your boots off and settle in for a wild journey of love and heartbreak, from the most inspiring cattlewoman I know ...' Margareta Osborn, author and grazier 'Evocative, authentic and freshly engaging account of pastoral life ... reads like a Wild West adventure story ... At the end of this journey Grey recounts her transformative shift to a regenerative agriculture approach that puts the landscape first so as to begin healing 'Country'. What is optimistically promised is a fuller, less stressful lifestyle and healthier, more productive livestock' Charles Massy, author and voice for regenerative agriculture