It's a blusterous, gusterous, dusterous day and Hairy Maclary is ready to play. So he trots down to the park where, while enjoying a game of catch, he comes across a windblown wedding party. Poor Grandmother Pugh (a vision in blue) tries to hold on to her hat, but the wind whistles through it and blows it clean away. It's no problem for Hairy Maclary, though! Off he shoots to the rescue, chasing the hat high and low until ...with a swoop and a flurry of black, he caught it and carried it all the way back.

長毛狗Maclary的故事一出版就受到新西蘭乃至世界各地兒童的喜歡, 且經久不衰, 出版年代最早的《Donaldson牛奶場的長毛狗Maclary》重印已達12次, 《長毛狗Maclary》系列已被列為兒童經典圖書, 被譯成多種文字。現在, “長毛狗Maclary”已經擁有自己的戲劇團, 表演也已經被制作成錄影帶進行發行。