Nov 19, 2023
Created by Murray Hone Ball ONZM (1939 - 2017) for his comic strip series, ‘Footrot Flats,’ the sheepdog simply known as Dog was born on October 13th 1978 in a dirty clothes box at Aunt Dolly’s holiday home for cats in Tauranga.
Dog now spends his days on the farm and can be found with his best friend, Wallace (Wal’) Footrot, and a cast of friends and foes, in over 1000 strips, a stage play adaptation, an animated feature, a life sized statue, and a now defunct theme park
All rights to the Footrot Flats are held by Murray Ball’s estate