DogTorque podcast: hosts, YouTube and working-dog interviews

Key facts

Subject

Working dogs, handlers and agricultural life

Team named by the publisher

Daniel Camilleri and Laura McKillop

Video access

Publisher-linked YouTube channel: @dogtorquepodcast

Audio access

DogTorque listing on Apple Podcasts

Archive format

Named guest interviews and Q&As, including stockdog trial topics

What is DogTorque about?

DogTorque’s stated purpose is to preserve and share knowledge from the agricultural and working-dog community. Its introduction connects that aim with the experience of stockmen and stockwomen and the risk of knowledge disappearing when people die or online groups close. It presents conversation as a way of retaining those experiences for future listeners.

The publisher describes an interest in working dogs across breeds and jobs, alongside broader farming and animal subjects. For a reader exploring stockdogs, the archive offers people’s accounts of their involvement with dogs, rather than only short demonstrations of a finished task. The value of that format is context: who is speaking, the work they describe and the experiences behind their views.

Who are the people behind DogTorque?

The official Hosts page names Laura McKillop and Daniel Camilleri. Laura’s biography connects her interest in working dogs with her mother’s yard trialling and attending the 2019 Bathurst Royal Show. Daniel’s biography describes a family cattle-feedlot background and participation in yard, three-sheep and utility trialling. These are the publisher’s biographical accounts.

Their backgrounds help explain the show’s stockdog and rural connections. The interviews also give space to guests with their own experiences. When taking notes, distinguish the host’s question from the guest’s answer, and retain the speaker’s name with any account of a dog, breeding decision or training approach. A podcast appearance alone does not establish a professional qualification or a verified competition result.

Where to listen and watch

The official website has a Podcast page linking to Live DogTorque on YouTube and a separate Previous Q&As archive. The YouTube destination linked by the publisher is @dogtorquepodcast. Using that publisher link helps distinguish the show from similarly named accounts or clips uploaded by someone else.

Apple Podcasts also carries a DogTorque show listing. Search for the single-word name and check the publisher and show-website link. For older conversations, the official Q&A page lists episode numbers and guest names with video links. The compact references below include both the publisher’s access pages and its YouTube destination. An archive entry establishes where an interview was listed; availability can change on the receiving platform.

Episode starting points for stockdog listeners

For utility trial interest, the publisher’s archive lists episode 138 with Kevin Howell and Gary White. The Apple listing describes it as a discussion recorded around the NSW Utility Championships in Eugowra. It is a useful starting point for finding the conversation about that discipline; consult the relevant trial rules separately for current class requirements.

For a handler and working-country perspective, episode 135 features Dave Crawford. Its published description identifies a conversation about his dogs, the country he works on and personal stories. Episode 139 features Angus Armstrong and is described around his dogs, interests and ambitions within the industry. These starting points are selected from publisher titles and descriptions; they are not reviews of the full recordings.

The official video index also includes interviews labelled Tom Joyce, Pip Flower and Bill Davidson. Search the actual guest name or episode number within the archive when following a particular person. Names in an interview index should not be used alone to merge handler identities, dog pedigrees or sporting records across different sources.

Using an interview to learn about dogs and their work

A useful listening note records the episode, speaker, topic and timestamp alongside the conditions being discussed. For example, a comment about selecting a dog is more informative when you also know whether the speaker is describing yard work, paddock work, cattle or a particular trial. Keep that setting attached when comparing another handler’s approach.

Personal recollections can lead to further research into dogs, people and events. Where an episode mentions a result, pedigree, health question or regulation, verify the claim against the relevant record or authority before treating it as a reference fact. This preserves the interview’s contribution while making it possible to distinguish remembered experience, opinion and documentary evidence.

How DogTorque connects with the working-dog library

Use the linked three-sheep and utility trial guides to understand discipline vocabulary before exploring related conversations. Breed and working-type articles provide another route into questions raised by interviews, while the oral-history guide explains how to preserve accounts with dates, speaker information and source context.

This page is an independent WORKING DOG reference profile. DogTorque’s publisher controls its recordings and official access. Follow the original episode for the full conversation and credit the show and speaker when referring to it. The profile identifies the show and useful entry points; it does not imply a partnership with WORKING DOG or reproduce the interview archive.

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