The Hobyahs
Out from the gloomy gullies came the hobyahs, creep,creep, creeping. Through the grey gum-trees came the hobyahs, run, run, running. Skip, skip, skipping on the ends of their toes ran the hobyahs... |
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Noodle's Story
My name is Noodle. I am an 11 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback and I have epilepsy... |
My Very first feeling of love
By the time I was eight years old I did not ever remember being loved.... |
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Our Vet Stories
We have a blue cattle dog named Smokie (Bear) who is now 10 years of age....
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Dog Trials - Novice
My first trial! What on earth is going on? Am I going to make a complete ass of myself?
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Missy the Wonder Dog
We had this little Jack Russel Terrier called Missy ,she was as you would call them a house dog but my dad wouldn't let her in the house...
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Cassias
My brother was living on a cattle property about 120 km. from
Charters
Towers, the property was owned by my father....
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Animal Hospital
My job at Flossmoor Animal Hospital in Homewood, Illinois is the
perfect job for a dog lover like myself.....
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Picking up Bear from the Vet
We got Bear (Newfoundland) for the showring but he has ended up being our 6 million dollar speed bump....
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Mateship
Picininny dawn was forcing its way through the scrub surrounding the waterhole below the rocky ledge where I had set up camp the night before....
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A Bundle of Bull Terriers
On August 3rd, 1998 a crazy group of bull terrier owners got together to socialize and give their pets a chance to play together....
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Bingara Mayo's Son
There was once a time in our splendid past when the Queensland Blue Heeler, or the Queensland Blue, as the animal is more commonly known, epitomised everything that stood for a proud nation...
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Cynthia's Babies
Cynthia, an Australian Silky Terrier, is a little old lady of 14 years. The years have made her deaf and blind...
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Revenge is Sweet
Have you ever had a mate like mine? You know,the "She'll be right,
mate." or the one that can get you anything, you just have to wait for
the truck?...
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Tails from the Bush
One year when times were pretty tough and you took on any job to earn an
extra "shillin", the Dingoes were giving the cockeys out Richmond way
(Qld.AU mid west) a hard time...
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Flea Control Method
An old method of flea control and one that has been handed down from
generation to generation, usually of a Saturday afternoon at the local watering hole..
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Tribute to Lucy
Lucy was a dog of mixed breeding, mostly black and white corgi, and with a high degree of intelligence. Her owners didn't do the right thing by her - they didn't train her, feed her properly, or look after her, even in her old age...
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Jackaroo
A few years ago I did a bit of jackaroo work. Every bloke that worked out there had a dog, and some of the big shots had two - a couple of dogs in the back of the ute was better than one...
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Australian Working Dogs
In the 1800's Australian farmers bred working dogs suited to the Australian climate and farming conditions.The Kelpie was bred for working sheep...
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Great Doggie Biscuit Robbery
The day started out as any other day, Butch and Rusty where released from their dog run at
around 0600 hrs. The first anyone knew the crime had been committed was...
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Strange things Dogs Do
Sometimes dogs pick up an unusual behaviour that is peculiar to that dog and that they repeat often. This habit can become a little tedious, but the dogs are very hard to dissuade...
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Trips to the Vet
I am sure I have been to the Vet many more times than I
have ever been to the doctor. In fact I much prefer Vets...
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