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Get away back

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Get away back

A block of typical, steep North Island hill country. A shepherd must be able to control a dog working on any part of such an area.

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by Clive Dalton

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Clive Dalton, Farm dogs – Traits and defects of working dogs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15326/get-away-back (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Clive Dalton, published 1 March 2009.