Buddy the blue heeler was diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier this year, and owner Emily Mochan wanted his remaining days to be positive.
She made a bucket list of 50 things for them to achieve together, including having a famous cricketer throw the ball for him, sitting in a cop car and (of course) going for a run at the beach.
Gobi the stray dog ran about 125 kilometres across China in an endurance race with running buddy Dion Leonard, after appearing "from nowhere" while the Australian was competing in the Gobi March footrace earlier this year.
Leonard said when he first saw Gobi he thought she would not last the day running with him, "but 25 miles I think we ran that day and she was still with me at the end".
The bond between the two became so strong Leonard decided to adopt Gobi and bring her back to live with him in Edinburgh, despite some minor setbacks. Duke the politician
He cleared a 2.951-metre barrier earlier this year, smashing the previous record set in 2007, in front of a crowd of thousands at the Casterton Kelpie Muster in Victoria.
"It just happens naturally. We don't tend to practice at all. We just make sure he's really fit and we spoil him lots," owner Tegan Eagle said.
The city pooch spends most of his day perched on his master's bed, whines if he is left outside in the cold or rain, and eats leftover human food. Maggie the matriarch
She had lived on Brian McLaren's dairy farm in southern Victoria since she was just eight weeks old, and had "the greatest life" rounding up cows, waiting for the kids to come home from school, and drinking milk (but not too much).
According to the Guinness World Records, the oldest age recorded for a dog is 29 years and five months — for another Australian working dog named Bluey. The guide dogs
A shout-out to all guide dogs — not all heroes wear capes
These hard workers help the vision-impaired go about their daily business.
PHOTO: Queensland Police Service allowed Buddy to be a police dog for the day.(Facebook: Buddy's Bucket List)
PHOTO: Buddy poses for the camera as part of his bucket list.(Facebook: Buddy's Bucket List)
PHOTO: Gobi the dog ran almost half of the 250-kilometre Gobi March with Dion Leonard. (Supplied: 4 Deserts)
PHOTO: Gobi was found after five days of searching. (Supplied: 4 Deserts)
PHOTO: The nine-year-old great pyrenees was first elected in 2014.(Twitter: Karen Nelson)
PHOTO: Bailey keeps guard over the museum's vessels.(Supplied: Australian National Maritime Museum)
PHOTO: These alpine dogs competing in a sled race at Mount Buller are all rescue pups. (ABC News: Margaret Burin)
PHOTO: Tegan Eagle bought and keeps kelpie Bailey as a pet in her suburban backyard. (Supplied)
PHOTO: Brian McLaren estimates Maggie was almost 30 years old when she died.(Fairfax Media: Jono Pech )
