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"...The world is a funny place, you know? Sometimes you pick
a dog, sometimes your dog...picks you..."
* - From my favorite movie "Red Dog" - (2011)
* - Song: Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro - Stumbling In - (1978)
* - The film is based on the true story of Red Dog and uses the novel Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres as the primary source.
* - Red Dog (c. 1971 - 21 November 1979) was a Kelpie/cattle dog cross who was well known for his travels through Western Australia's Pilbara region.
There is a statue in his memory in Dampier, which is one of the towns to which he often returned.
Red Dog is believed to have been born in the town of Paraburdoo in 1971 & had a variety of names to those who knew him, including: Bluey, Tally Ho, and Dog of the Northwest.
Soon after Red's death in 1979, Australian author Nancy Gillespie wrote and compiled anecdotes and poetry written by several people of the Pilbara region for her book Red Dog as did Beverly Duckett in her 1993 book Red Dog: The Pilbara Wanderer.
Red Dog's statue has caught the attention of a number of people passing through Dampier including British author Louis de Bernières, who was inspired to write Red Dog, a book loosely based on Red's legend.
A four-wheel-drive club has been named in his honour.