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Our furry best friends of 2021

Hay there: Sheepdog-in-training Korra, who'll one day be the main working dog on the McIntoshes' Dorper sheep stud at Wyuna. Photo: Cath Grey Photo by Cath Grey

We love all the dogs (and other animals and people) that appear in Man’s Best Friend and so this week and next we’ll be reminding you of a few of the many and varied four-legged stars —and their humans — who featured this year.

Taking it easy: Old Bob and Nigel the sheep — who thinks he’s a dog — tend to match speeds around Leigh Kempinski and Tara Beames' Girgarre dairy farm. Photo: Kloe O’Keefe Photo by Kloe O'Keefe
Great friends: Kelpie Doza with one of his best mates, Zac, a former mountain pack horse, at Jodie Brewer’s property near Numurkah. Photo: Daneka Hill Photo by Daneka Hill
True blue: We couldn’t not include Farmer Wants a Wife’s Will Dwyer, pictured here with Odin and Dixie at Will’s Longwood farm. Photo: Megan Fisher Photo by Megan Fisher
Lucky fellow: Ginger with three-year-old Rory Campbell at the Rover family’s Invergordon property. Photo: Megan Fisher Photo by Megan Fisher
Small but mighty: Molyullah dog Snow enjoys hitching a ride with hay contractor Trevor Phillips. Photo: Megan Fisher Photo by Megan Fisher
Young guns: Katamatite-based shearer Dan Dowsett with Ned, who, if can prove himself, has a life full of sheep work and travel ahead of him. Photo: Rodney Braithwaite Photo by Rodney Braithwaite
Over and out: Job done, Roxy sees herself out of the holding pen at Pine Lodge sheep farmer Noel O'Sullivan's command. Photo: Rodney Braithwaite Photo by Rodney Braithwaite

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