Green Dogs Conservation

Green Dogs Conservation Green Dogs Conservation is a non-profit organisation which focusses on wildlife conservation by making use of highly specialised trained domestic dogs

Sunday morning training....when you get so excited about the finds that you forget to photograph the 🐕.
02/08/2026

Sunday morning training....when you get so excited about the finds that you forget to photograph the 🐕.

Bobby modelling his new Ruffwear Swamp Cooler harness. Penny and Bobby both got harnesses and buffs to help cool down an...
14/06/2026

Bobby modelling his new Ruffwear Swamp Cooler harness. Penny and Bobby both got harnesses and buffs to help cool down and recover after working in the hot conditions we face.

End of the day walk, just being dogs. I'm a firm believer in dogs that are physically and mentally healthy performing be...
11/06/2026

End of the day walk, just being dogs. I'm a firm believer in dogs that are physically and mentally healthy performing better. They work hard...they deserve it! They did, however, all come home smelling of warthog...

The new crew...Penny and Bobby. It's always fun developing young dogs and these two are just fabulous. They both love th...
02/06/2026

The new crew...Penny and Bobby. It's always fun developing young dogs and these two are just fabulous. They both love their balls, but even more importantly they LOVE to search.

So as part of our throwbacks, I thought I would include our work on Riverine Rabbits. Way back in 2011 we did some work ...
31/05/2026

So as part of our throwbacks, I thought I would include our work on Riverine Rabbits. Way back in 2011 we did some work for the EWT surveying south of the Outeniqua Mountains in the area around Barrydale and Montague. Pretty much all the work done on this species until that point had been done around Loxton. It was a new survey area and we learned a lot from it. Run totally independently from each other, both dogs indicated on hillsides, which was not considered Riverine Rabbit habitat. We followed up with camera traps, which confirmed the dogs were right, and an individual rabbit was physically trapped at the site the dogs both indicated on, allowing for genetic samples to be taken. It was a new area to survey and we found and confirmed new findings with the dogs. With a name like Bunolagus monticularis, it suggests that their tendency to go up hillsides was known at some point, but got lost along the way somewhere. I have still never been to Loxton, but I hear it is lovely.

Lots of new smells in the bush but totally focused when the ball comes out. I'm very excited to work with him.
24/05/2026

Lots of new smells in the bush but totally focused when the ball comes out. I'm very excited to work with him.

We have a new team member! Introducing Vom Haus Harrock Bobby. He is spectacular and I am really looking forward to work...
20/05/2026

We have a new team member! Introducing Vom Haus Harrock Bobby. He is spectacular and I am really looking forward to working with him!

20 Years! It is actually a little more, but it's 20 years that I have been working with Conservation Dogs in many countr...
30/04/2026

20 Years! It is actually a little more, but it's 20 years that I have been working with Conservation Dogs in many countries in Southern Africa, and have had the opportunity to work on some incredible projects in stunningly beautiful places with fantastic people. Some projects have been my own, and some in partnership with a wide variety of passionate conservation organisations. Geographically, the projects have stretched from Barrydale to Senga Bay (but watch this space for later this year...) and I have learned so much along the way. I'm going to share a few flashbacks, but this guy was my first Conservation Detection Dog. Snoopy was fabulous and bore the brunt of all my terrible handling and taught me a huge amount. I started with him finding Cheetah kills because the Brown Hyenas kept eating my data if they got there first. I needed bones from legs to quantify the fat content in bone marrow to assess body condition of prey. The Hyenas were welcome to the rest. A random sighting of a Cheetah eating a Scrub Hare whole showed me that I needed to find s**t, so that was where that journey started...

Hobbies outside of work include dunking as much of her face underwater as possible and yoga...
20/04/2026

Hobbies outside of work include dunking as much of her face underwater as possible and yoga...

20/04/2026

Proof that she doesn't just sleep! This was working her 4th target in an area heavily contaminated with jackal scent, but not a difficult problem by itself. The vegetation is sparse and there was a light breeze but it was starting to get warm.

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