Welcome to the New Zealand Smithfield Website

The purpose of this site is to provide owners and breeders of Smithfield working dogs from all parts of the globe with a forum where they can contact each other, and exchange information. 

 The Smithfield breed is a unique breed of working dog that sports a distinctive bob-tail.  They are a gentle, hardworking and intelligent breed; however sadly, there are fewer of them every year as cross breeding dilutes the bloodlines. 

 A concerted effort needs to be made to stem the demise of this distinctive breed, and this website aims to begin this process by providing a database of people who share an interest in the Smithfield breed.

  What is a Smithfield?

The New Zealand Smithfield is a medium size dog – typically long coated, but through out-crossing in New Zealand, tend to be anything from short coat through to long coated. 

 The original English bred Smithfield had a long shaggy blue / black  coat, however  because of the out-crossing of bloodlines, in New Zealand, they can range across the full range of coat lengths and colours. 

 The trademark of the Smithfield is the unique and distinctive bob-tail.