FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG - TWO ARE LESS TROUBLE

There are two visitors to dog blog this week:

Jaffa and Boston riding in the car.

Boston - looking sad.

Jaffa putting on a brave face.

Boston and Jaffa were looking for a new home this morning, and by late this afternoon they had found one. They were handed in to a vet in Canberra, but the vet nurses wanted to keep them alive if possible. At first things did not look too good, but Sharyn, the person who started activating the networks via email, was tenacious. She was even able to offer transport to Melbourne (about 500-600 miles) and to Sydney(300-400 miles)

One of her emails had the following:

PS (A lot of you know this already but some people don't realise the following) If you know of anyone that is unsure of taking on a pair please advise them that most often two dogs can be less trouble than one. They keep each other company and therefore overcome problems of boredom and loneliness. They exercise in play and are often less destructive and less likely to create a noise problem. . . . You learn much more about dogs and their more natural behaviours when they have the company and society of their own ie they get the opportunity to relate to their own species, express an extended repertoire of behaviours and to be dogs rather than solely a member of our pack.

I am inclined to think that Sasha and Dexter would agree. We had a disrupted week. We had rain - as you can see. Also we had the coldest November morning on record. And I had to stay over in hospital for one night. Nonetheless, we went out today, and we came back safely, even though Dexter cut his tongue on the spurs of an echidna. (The echidna was unhurt, and the dogs reprimanded.)

Dexter and Sasha: fluent tongues. 11 November 2006.

Dexter in the blink of an eye. 11 November 2006

Among the trees. 11 November 2006.

Someone approaches. 12 November 2006.

Sasha ascendant. 13 November 2006.

Power walking up the slope. 14 November 2006

Intent attention. 15 November 2006.

On the way home. 16 November 2006.

Sasha takes an interest. 17 November 2006

Looking this way and that. 17 November 2006.

Home in her sights. 17 November 2006.

Sssh . . . indulgent dog management. 17 November 2006.

As always we will seek to step on board Friday Ark #113 and be among the others at the Carnival of the Dogs. Our thanks to Modulator and Mickey's Musings.

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