"The farmer has trained her pack of working dogs, including three-year-old border collie Duke, to spring into action as soon as they hear that simple command. It's the magic word, Smith said from her property near Stonehenge in Queensland's channel country. If they hear that word, that means we're out of our pens, we're allowed off the car, we're allowed in the yards and we're allowed to go and do some work."
"Duke was on Monday crowned the winner of the Cobber Challenge, which uses GPS collars to track the distance, speed and hours clocked up by farm dogs around Australia as they work livestock. Border collie Duke at his owner Beck Smith's farm near Stonehenge, Queensland."
A 53,000-hectare cattle station near Stonehenge in Queensland's channel country operates a trained pack of working dogs activated by the command 'righto', which releases dogs from pens and allows them to work livestock. Border collie Duke covered 556 km over three weeks to win the Cobber Challenge. The Cobber Challenge uses GPS collars to record distance, speed and hours worked by farm dogs across Australia. Second place covered 316 km and third place 184 km. Over ten years competitors have accumulated distances equal to about two-and-a-half laps around Australia.
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