Muster Dogs
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- Create Date：2022-01-24 04:51:40
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Aticia Grey
- ISBN：0733341586
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Summary
An outback story of kelpies， red dirt and the future of a family farm。
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
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
Reviews
Brit McCarthy
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I've been following along with Teesh and her dogs online at @pilbaraworkingdogs and was so excited to see she had written a book - even more excited to see it on display at my favourite Dymocks in Bendigo。 I had to buy it straight away。For a first-time author， this was such an enjoyable reading experience。 It definitely helps and you can definitely tell the difference when someone who wants to write about their life is a reader。 Her voice felt true and authentic and the words flowed smoothly and I've been following along with Teesh and her dogs online at @pilbaraworkingdogs and was so excited to see she had written a book - even more excited to see it on display at my favourite Dymocks in Bendigo。 I had to buy it straight away。For a first-time author， this was such an enjoyable reading experience。 It definitely helps and you can definitely tell the difference when someone who wants to write about their life is a reader。 Her voice felt true and authentic and the words flowed smoothly and uncluttered。 I have often griped about reading non-fic/memoir/biography that doesn't read well， but there was none of that here。 Teesh takes us through growing up on the land， how she got into using a team of working dogs， her management of the station and the changes she and her brother are implementing for regenerative grazing。 But of course， we are here for the dogs。 We get an insight into her methods， raising， training and further breeding of quality working dog lines。 I was also really interested to read about her venturing into using guardian dogs。 Teesh has a real common sense quality to her dog raising and training and it's one I definitely appreciate！ I train a whole different type of working dog and it was interesting to see where we overlapped in philosophy。 I would love to pick her brain！ Although I do agree with her， our dogs do tend to train us most of the time。And we love them for it。 Even if you're not a dog trainer， you will enjoy this read！ 。。。more
Shae Szorenyi
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I loved this book！ Really well written， great work from a first time author。
Jacinta Hoare
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I will admit I am biased in my review here as I grew up on the land and we now have two farm-failure Kelpies as part of our family。 I really enjoyed reading of the role of the dogs as the catalyst for change in how cattle are handled on the Station。 It’s tough country in the Pilbara and dealing with feral and scrub cattle makes it tougher still。An excellent book by a first time author，
Judy
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A great yarn。 Perfect for me， stories about dogs and even better working dogs， country life and connections with others。 I didn’t watch the doco that this book arose from but might need to seek it out。 A 3。5 star rating really but I don’t have that option， so I gave it a 4
Reference
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The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Muster Dogs&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0