I own a vineyard in the Hunter Valley Wine region of Australia, Austin was in charge of many tasks on the property and these included caring for our sheep, chickens, and dogs across our massive vineyard at the foothills of Wollemi National Park, NSW. I mention that because on walks you must be diligent since there are plenty of wallabies, birds, boars, and roos that stir up our dogs and you have to have a firm voice and strong hand to settle them to keep them from casing them. It is plenty easy to lose a pet in the fields but Austin was responsible enough. She lived with us for a month and a half and the dogs were quite keen on her, all together we owned three. Two Belgian Malinois/ German Shepherd mixes and one Australian cattle dog mix. She'd do their morning feeds and afternoon walks as well as evening foods. We are climbing in age and frequently host backpackers like her to do this and it was a treasure to have her here.