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So much charm and so much potential! Young Pip is keen to work but needs someone with the time to train her - shes showing good instincts so far. Shes also great with other dogs and enjoys interacting with humans.We think Pip is the ideal package and that face - ๐ŸฅฐFind out more about Pip: https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/pip-te-anau/

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๐ŸŽฉ ๐‹๐š๐๐ฒ ๐‹๐ฒ๐๐ข๐š ๐Ÿพ ๐€๐ ๐ž: 9 years young ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐: Heading Dog X ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ: Expert cuddler, loyal companion, puddle inspectorโœจ Once upon a tail... There lived a gentle soul named Lydia who believes the best spot in the world is right next to you. Sheโ€™s got the loyalty of a storybook knight and a deep love for water, walkies, and warm-hearted humans.Sheโ€™s not here to chew your shoes; sheโ€™s here to mend your heart. ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’Œ ๐€ ๐…๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ฒ๐๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: ๐Ÿถ Gets along great with kids, other dogs, and even cats (chickens? Not invited!) ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ Enjoys a good stroll and would love more adventures ๐Ÿ’ฆ Obsessed with water โ€” puddles, ponds, bathtubs, you name it ๐Ÿ›‹๏ธ Cuddle queen who thrives with people nearby โ€” perfect for someone home often๐Ÿ“ Fostered in Masterton ๐Ÿ’‰ Desexed, vaccinated, microchipped, and ready to bring joy to your home!๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‹๐ฒ๐๐ข๐š? https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/lydia-masterton-rwdnz-foster-dog/

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๐Ÿพ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ โ€“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐ŸพAt just 1 year old, Tip is a ๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐จ๐  ๐— with energy to burn and love to give. Confident, curious, and always ready to explore, Tip is the kind of dog whoโ€™ll happily trot by your side on every mission โ€” whether itโ€™s river swims, bush walks, or backyard games of fetch.Smart, social, and super friendly, Tip is already nailing the basics and thriving in his foster home. Heโ€™s house-trained, crate-savvy, and loves the company of both people and dogs.โœจ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฉ: ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ Young, active, and ready for adventure ๐Ÿถ Great with kids and other dogs ๐ŸŽพ Toy-lover, fetch champion, and river-swim enthusiast ๐Ÿš— Calm in the car โ€” your ideal road trip buddy ๐Ÿง  Eager to learn and loves mental stimulation๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:๐Ÿšซ Not suited to cats or chickens (a bit too enthusiastic!) ๐Ÿ“ Fostered in Wellington ๐Ÿ’‰ Desexed, vaccinated, microchipped, flea and worm treated๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ?Check out his profile here: https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/rwdnz-foster-dog-tip-hastings/

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๐Ÿพ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ŸพHe is an 11 year old Huntaway, a big softy who loves a cuddle, lying in the sun and mainly just cruising around enjoying retirement. However he would not give up the opportunity to help shift some cattle. He is only being rehomed as his owners are moving off the farm.๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž & ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/chase-gore-but-we-move-to-chch-2nd-sept/

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๐ŸพTRANSPORT NEEDED๐ŸพFern needs to get to her new foster home... are you traveling from Waiouru area to just north of Hamilton and wouldnt mind this little pocket rocket passenger? You will probably want her in crate or a dog box/back of ute canopy. If its a return trip we can loan you a crate. Please email adoptionsrwd@gmail.com or message the page with when youre traveling. We will update this post when we have a confirmed plan.

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๐Ÿพ๐Œ๐ž๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐  ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ŸพShes a pure-bred huntaway, 9 years old, so friendly with people, she thinks everyone has come to visit her. Sheโ€™s been on a lifestyle block with sheep her whole life & still has a couple of years left in her.๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ & ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/meg-invercargill/

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UPDATE - ADOPTED Hi there! Im Marty, a 10-month-old Huntaway boy looking for my forever home! ๐Ÿพ Im a big, goofy lad who loves playing with other dogs and making new friends. Im still learning my manners, so a patient family who can teach me not to jump up would be paw-fect! I get along with all animals. Id thrive in a home with other dogs and kids (just need to learn some gentle giant vibes ๐Ÿ˜‰). Can you be my forever family? ๐Ÿ“Fostered in Ohakune ๐Ÿ’‰Vaccinated, microchipped, registered, and ready to bring joy to your home!๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž? https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/marty-ohakune-rwdnz-foster-dog/ ๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ? https://form.jotform.com/adoptionsrwd/ADOPTIONAPP

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๐Ÿพ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ/๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ŸพSam is a friendly, loyal huntaway, 6 years old. She was supposed to be a farm working dog but she never really got into it so she became a pet. But her owners have moved to town and Sam is really missing the farm life. They would love to find a kind rural/lifestyle family/woman to take her. She prefers females. She gets on great with all other animals - dogs, cats, chickens, sheep, goats, cows, pigs etc.๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/sam-te-aroha/

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๐Ÿพ๐๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ/๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ŸพShes a stunning 17 month old heading dog, very friendly and energetic but unfortunately has not much interest in working on the farm. Shed make a great pet and might suit agility training, either way, she has a heap of energy, so its imperative she has an active home.๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐œ & ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/pic-methven/

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๐Ÿพ ๐€๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž!๐ŸพFrom seasoned working stars to early retirees who decided working life wasnt their thing โ€” these eight dogs are all looking for one special job: ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž. Each has their own story, personality, and charm, and every one of them is ready to swap the kennel for a couch.๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž? Find out more about these dogs here or the link below their photo: https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/ Fill out an adoption application here: https://form.jotform.com/adoptionsrwd/ADOPTIONAPP

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Look at sweet Tess. At 10 years old and after doing a bit of Run/Paddock work she would prefer a smaller property or to retire. Tess is a very friendly dog that loves a good cuddle or a run.Shes been around children, good with Stock but not with chickens.If you would like to know more, contact her owner below https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/tess-waikouaiti/

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Introducing Skye, a 1 year old Huntaway x located in Waikouaiti. This Lovely girl is looking for new place to call her own. She is a very happy girl who is great with other dogs, has been around children.Has plenty of go in the paddocks and shows potential. If you would like to know more contact owner below. https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/skye-waikouaiti/

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๐Ÿพ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž!!๐ŸพHope is a 4 year old Heading x Huntaway. She is energetic and full of life. She came from a farm as a very young pup and has been raised as a town house dog. Her owner feels she has all the skills needed and would probably just need training to be a working dog. Her speed, agility and focus has been noticed ever since she was a pup. He thinks she would thrive as a working dog or at least living in a farm/lifestyle environment.๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/hope-palmerston-north-2/

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UPDATE - ALL SORTED, THANK YOU! Help Needed: Transport for Bo to his Forever Home! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿš—Our lovable friend Bo is heading to his forever home and needs a ride from Morrinsville to the Manawatu (or a couple of hours out is close enough)!If youre available and willing to lend a helping hand (and vehicle), wed be forever grateful! Please get in touch with us to discuss the details. Lets get Bo to his new home safely and happily! โค๏ธEmail adoptionsrwd@gmail.com or message the page. We will update this post when we have a confirmed plan.

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Jill is a beautiful Huntaway/Bearded Collie X, 7 years old , who came from a sheep station almost 4 years ago where she was a working dog. After having a litter of pups, when they brought her back to work, the shepherd felt she cut into the herd too quickly, so she was deemed a farm fail and rehomed. Jill adapted to domestic life easily. She is happy to lie in front of the fire in the winter, and outside in the sun when itโ€™s warm, and is always ready to go for a walk. Jill does get excited with company with the Huntaway greeting but settles down and loves to be with people. She is a dear girl who loves to stay close, lots of attention, and getting brushed.Sadly, changes in her owners family circumstances require that Jill be rehomed so she can get the love and attention she deserves.Have you got a place for Jill? Contact her owner below:https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/jill-hastings/

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Beautiful Paddington is as sharp as a tack and eager to be a โ€œGood Dog.โ€ He is Joy, Enthusiasm and Happiness in a dogโ€™s body. At just over a year old, he takes his current rabbit control job very seriously and is already showing signs that he could be incredible at working sheep (with training โ€“ which his owners lack experience in). Paddington should not be a full-time working dog however, due to three additional vertebrae in his spine which means that he is on long-term pain killers, but he would be perfect for working stock on a smaller lifestyle block, an obedience dog or possibly even search and rescue.For more info and to contact his owners click on the link below:https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/paddington-amberley/

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UPDATE: We have a pretty confirmed plan for next week. Thank you, everyone that offered. Amazing supporters. ๐Ÿพ Transport needed ๐Ÿพ We are seeking transport for Pip from Palmerston North to Napier. Will you be traveling after July 29th with available space for a beautiful passenger? Although our ideal travel date is after the 29th, we are willing to consider earlier. To coordinate, please email adoptionsrwd@gmail.com or message this page with your contact number and travel plans. This post will be updated once transport has been secured.

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๐Ÿ“ŒAdopted๐Ÿ’“Rhonda is a high-energy, intelligent 8-month-old heading dog with loads of potential. Sheโ€™s at the age where keen working instincts often begin to shineโ€”but so far, Rhonda hasnโ€™t shown quite enough natural interest in stock for her owners to keep her on as a working dog.That said, sheโ€™s still young and impressionable. With more one-on-one time, consistent training, and the right environment, she could very well grow into light farm workโ€”or at the very least, make a fantastic active companion in a rural or lifestyle setting.For more information about Rhonda click on the link below:https://retiredworkingdogs.org.nz/dogs-for-adoption/rhonda-waipukurau/

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Toni Bingley

New life for retired dogs

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Toni Bingley of the Carterton Crier kindly did a piece on RWD in the June 2018 issue. When I saw the name โ€˜retired working dogsโ€™, I imagined elderly, arthritic heading-dogs, curled on a bed in the lounge, waiting until heaven … Read More

Foster dogs looking for homes (North Island)

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We have a variety of wonderful dogs looking for their forever homes. All of these dogs are located in the lower-mid North Island, property checks and adoption fees apply. Please contact us if you are interested in knowing more about … Read More

Local dogs lead the way to help out poor pooches

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Tails will be wagging on Greytownโ€™s Rail Trail when the owners of pooches of all shapes and sizes take to their leads and join in the BIG Rail Trail Dog Walk on Sunday 27 May. The canine fundraiser is aimed … Read More

Nat makes “cover-girl”

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The December 18th edition of Farmers Weekly has a surprise on the cover!ย  In the article “Giving life to old dogs” on page 8, Nat explained to Richard Rennie the purpose behind Retired Working Dogs NZ and how the dogs … Read More

Saving our โ€˜matesโ€™ – Wairarapa Times-Age

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Nat was interviewed by Beckie Wilson about the background to Retired Working Dogs. For full story, see the Wairarapa Times-Age article…

A word from one of our sponsors – Totally Vets

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Totally Vets works with Retired Working Dog Adoption New Zealand to help treat and rehome working dogs that are retired through age or injury. Visit their web page here…

Dogz FM – RWD on National Radio

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Radio New Zealand interviewed Nat and some of the team and broadcast it on 29 September. See the full story here…

The longest walk

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Whilst walking the length of New Zealand in aid of animal welfare organisations across the country, Stephen Brassett found time to contact Natalie and find out more about what we do. See the full write up on Steven’s blog here… … Read More

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