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 A New Zealand Huntaway | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | New Zealand Huntaway New Zealand Sheepdog | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Origin | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dog (domestic dog) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Huntaway (also known as the New Zealand Huntaway) is a large, strongly-built breed of dog used for general sheep-herding tasks in New Zealand, where they originate. They were bred to use their loud, deep bark to drive sheep.
The breed dates from the late-19th century, and is distinguished only on working ability. There is no prescribed appearance or lineage, but they are usually black-and-tan coloured. Only dogs that win at trials may be registered by the New Zealand Sheep Dog Trial Association in their studbook.[1]
- ^ Clive Dalton. 'Farm dogs – Heading dogs, huntaways and all-purpose dogs', Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09 Archived 2012-06-28 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 4 August 2012