Duck dog? Tasmanian farmer uses kelpie to herd his flock

Farmer Matthew Crane has relied on working dogs to move stock his whole life.

And now that he is running a duck farm, not much has changed.

“If you’re trying to move [ducks] without a dog it’s actually quite difficult, ’cause they will go in every single different direction they can,” Mr Crane said.

“[So] it just made sense to have a duck dog here.”

And ever since an outgoing young kelpie called Tildy – or Matilda, if she’s in strife — moved onto the property, she has taken…