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 Outdoor Dogs
 Top Town - 1977 Final
 A Dog's Show - 1981 Final
 This Film is a Dog
 Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Synopsis

Dogs of all shapes and sizes — from huskies and ridgebacks to Alaskan malamutes and King Charles spaniels — compete in this episode of TVNZ's canine challenge. Encouraged by their unfailingly devoted owners, they display varying degrees of ability and interest in an obstacle course, sprints, fetching and scent tests. Away from the cauldron of competition, presenter Mark Leishman's golden Labrador Dexter — the real star of the series — has his portrait painted and there's home video of the lengths, and heights, one dog will go to for a drink of water.

Credits (13)

 Tessa Tylee

Tessa Tylee
Director

 Jo Raymond

Jo Raymond
Director, Producer

 Gilly Tyler

Gilly Tyler
Director

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Dexterity Productions

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 TVNZ Archive

TVNZ Archive

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Quotes

It’s basically about dogs and people having fun together and I think that’s why it appeals. 

– Mark Leishman, (Women’s Weekly, 9 August 1999, p32)

People just melted around him. It made my job easy. I was just the guy hanging on the end of the lead. He would break the ice. 

– Mark Leishman on his canine co-star Dexter (Women’s Weekly, 8 January 2001, p21)