Cobber Challenge
Cobber Challenge: Australia's Premier Working Dog Competition
Every year, the Cobber Challenge celebrates the working dog partnerships that keep Australian farms running - recognising farmers and their cattle dogs, kelpies, and farm working dogs across the country
About the Cobber Challenge
Since 2016, the Cobber Challenge, Australia's Premier Working Dog Competition Has Celebrated Working Dogs Around Australia.
Cobber provides premium nutrition for thousands of working dogs in Australia and internationally. For almost 40 years, Cobber has worked side-by-side with those that work, live and love the land. During that time, we have learnt that farming in Australia is not like farming anywhere else in the world.
It has its unique opportunities and challenges and requires toughness and resilience from both the farmer and their working dogs. At Cobber we’re about celebrating the farm dogs, cattle dogs, and station dogs that keep the agricultural sector moving and fuelling their spirit for years to come through our annual working dog competition.
The Cobber Challenge has become Australia’s most prestigious working dog competition, recognising the incredible partnerships between farmers and their four-legged colleagues across cattle stations, sheep farms, and rural properties nationwide.
Cobber Challenge over the years
Hall of Fame
Meet the legends of Australia’s premier working dog competition. From epic distances to unstoppable teamwork, these cattle dogs, kelpies, border collies and farm dogs and their handlers have gone above and beyond in the Cobber Challenge. The Hall of Fame gives you a snapshot of those working dog champions who’ve left their mark through grit, heart, and a whole lot of kilometres.
Whether they broke records, inspired rural communities, or just gave it everything they had, these working dog champions represent what Cobber is all about: hardworking Australian farm dogs, loyal partnerships, and the drive to keep going.
Interested in being a part of the Cobber Challenge?