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#DAYOFDOGS16: THE Weekly Times has celebrated the second annual Day of Dogs. Relive the day or check out what you missed. BROWSE PHOTO GALLERY, VIDEOS.
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TODAY The Weekly Times documents the second annual Day of Dogs. SCROLL DOWN.
6.30pm TIME TO CALL IT A DAY
Dogs across Australia
LIFE as a dog is hard work, so sleep is important.
Just ask Vita, 7, a Border Collie-Kelpie Cross rescue dog.
Her owner Janet Barker was mulching in the garden at Castlemaine but it was all too much for Vita.
“I was mulching the garden with a big bale and she thought it was a pretty comfy spot to lie in the sun — supposedly helping me in the garden,” Janet says.
Well, it is time to call it a day for Day of Dogs. We have been overwhelmed by the response this year and want to thank everyone who was involved — there is a lot of love for our canine companions out there.
Scroll down for some of the highlights of the day, or check out our gallery of Day of Dogs 2016.
Sleep tight everyone!
6.05pm KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE DAYS
Southbank, Victoria
THE Weekly Times Dogs Calendar is back for 2017, packed with adorable photographs of Kelpies, Border Collies, Maremmas and more, by renowned photographer Zoe Phillips.
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5.50pm DOGS LEARNING NEW TRICKS
Zoe and Murphy, Sydney
Gayle Daniels and Ed O’Shea live in Sydney’s inner west and have two five-year-old Spoodles, Zoe and Murphy. Check out what they can do in this video of them demonstrating their tricks at a camp in Barrington Tops.
“We always try to make sure we have some pretty cool tricks for their trick competitions,” Gayle says. “I like to check out local collectors markets in Rozelle (Sydney) looking for interesting props.”
She said the dogs also compete in agility competitions and Murphy has already earned his first title.
5.40pm: LAZY BONES
Orsa, Melbourne
“BUT I don’t want to go!”
Chow Chow Orsa, 2, loves the park so much sometimes she doesn’t want to leave.
“She loves walks but she’s also very lazy, and her legs aren’t that long, so we often have to stop on our walks,” her owner Felicity Giuliani says.
“She loves to play in grass so combine the stubborn temperament of the Chow and the fact she’s a little tired gives you this video.”
Felicity said her full name is Orsa minore, which means little bear in Italian.
5.17pm: NOW WE’RE COOKIN’
Maisie, Eddington, Vic
THERE’S no denying dogs love a warm spot in the sun, to curl up in front of the fire or snuggle under the blankets in winter. But some dogs have another option — the bottom of the AGA stove.
Jules Nixon was minding Kelpie pup Maisie, of Eddington, while her owners were on holidays last winter.
“She’d really got to the point where she’d outgrown the plate warmer, but Maisie still stuffed her body in there,” Jules says.
“On this particular day, the oven was about 250 degrees and I really was quite concerned she’d bloody die in there, so, I dragged her out by the back legs — felt a little like the oven was giving birth.”
“I later put the door back on the plate warmer — didn’t want to ‘bust’ their dog on my watch!”
Jules says Maisie has since matured into a “wonderful dog” and there “appears to be no long term affects from her oven experience.”
4.52pm UNLIKELY FRIENDS
Dave, Bethanga, Victoria
KELPIE Dave, 4, is a “great lover of, and loved by, all creatures”, according to Philippa Packer.
Dave lives on Philippa’s parent’s beef cattle property at Bethanga in North East Victoria and loves to sing and spends hours licking his “adoring companions, including cattle”, she says.
One of Dave’s best friends is Cecil. When Cecil was a baby calf, Dave was his dedicated “fitness buddy”.
“They met every morning to go for a run around the perimeter of the paddock, shoulder to shoulder at a nice steady cantering pace,” Philippa says.
And while it might seem like an unlikely friendship, Dave has befriended Archie the wether.
“Archie prefers quieter pursuits, but loves Dave just as much, which is mutual,” Philippa says.
4.20pm LEARNING THE ROPES
Diva, Woodstock, Queensland
HERE’S some more information shared with us about a video below originally sourced from Instagram (see 2.33pm post).
Wayne Flintham shot this video of his young sons Hayden, 4, and Rylan, 6, working a dog on sheep for the first time.
The dog is 15-month-old Border Collie, Diva. She only has one eye from an accidental kick to the head resulting in the eye being removed.
Wayne says they are at CSIRO Lansdown Research Station in Woodstock, a beef research property.
The dogs are started on sheep and upgrade to cattle at a later stage. Diva is already working cattle.
4.11pm CAMERA-LOVING PUP
Jack, Mildura, Vic
BASENJI puppy Jack loves the camera, whether it’s being in front of the lens or behind.
“Jack just loves it, he even likes to ‘help out’ by offering to carry my camera,” his owner Vicki Kendrigan, of Mildura, says.
His sister Lucy is a bit camera shy, but according to Vicki they are “besties”.
“They do absolutely everything together,” she said.
“They’re very naughty but because they’re so bloody cute they can get away with almost anything.”
3.27pm: DOG SITTING
Tully, Warrion, Vic
IT CAN be hard to find a good dog sitter, but Sarah Chant, of Warrion, might have found the perfect one for her Kelpie pup Tully.
“She was just being a nuisance one day as a pup so we popped her up there and left her there for a while. [It] was safer on top of a cow rather than under it,” Sarah said.
As it turns out Myra, the cow, was a great pup sitter, according to Sarah.
Tully is now five years old and Sarah says she is her “right-hand girl”.
3.17pm: TIME FOR A SWIM
Dogs all over Australia
SO DOGS love getting into the water, and who doesn’t love that wet dog smell?
It’s a win-win situation!
Case in point: Louie is a Kelpie with a bit of Coolie and Rottweiler.
He’s from Bendigo and loves going for a swim in Bluejacket Dam at Whipstick State Park, also in Bendigo.
Happiness is a feisty frolic in some water with friends #dayofdogs The bouncy one was an abandoned orphan from Mt Isa. Good luck Thikka pic.twitter.com/r9NLOSI54c
— Dr David John (@mallee_man) November 2, 2016
2.33pm: INSEPERABLE PAIR
Diva, Woodstock, Qld
WATCH Hayden, 4, and Diva, the Border Collie 15 months, hard at it mustering sheep!
What an impressive performance by a dog and a boy who seem to be made to work together.
Here are some other Instagram highlights:
1.58pm: NOT JUST FOR SHOW
Stella and Emperor, Gorae, Vic
THEY might not be your standard working dog breed but Stella and Emperor the Neapolitan Mastiffs love the farm just as much as any Kelpie or Border Collie, writes XAVIER DUFF.
“Stella (3) and Emperor (5) are seasoned ‘ute dogs’ from Portland, Victoria, who like to supervise the daily farm duties from the back of the ute,” owner Kylie Walford says.
“We run cows and calves on a 45-hectare farm in the high rainfall area of Gorae sheltered by the Cobboboonee National Park.
“Stella and Emperor enjoy moving the rowdy calves from paddock to paddock, fencing and paddock renovations all in a supervisory role off the back of the farm ute.
“When they are not getting their paws muddy on the farm they are being prepared and presented for conformation showing, both titled Australian Champions.”
12.35pm: PLAY TIME ON THE FARM
George and Tilli, Nhill, Vic
FARM life isn’t a case of all work and no play for this pair.
George, the golden Labrador, and Tilli, the black Labrador, have a ball playing in the lentils on their Pohlner family’s property at Nhill.
Alice Pohlner, a journalist at The Weekly Times, says George is a sheep dog at heart and likes to help his dad with the farm work. Tilli likes hunting rabbits, receiving pats and having naps in the garden.
11.45am CHIPPING IN AT WORK
Molly and Sid, Jancourt East, Vic
MEET Blue Heeler Molly and Kelpie Sid, who belong to agronomist Caitlin Wynne from Jancourt East, Victoria. The dogs go out on the job with Caitlin every day.
The photo of Molly was taken while inspecting Caitlin’s boss’s oat crop in Naringal East, Victoria.
“Molly is my shadow and loves going wherever I am going, especially if there is an opportunity to roll in some mud or eat something inappropriate,” Caitlin says.
One photo of Sid was taken outside Caitlin’s office at work. “He was listening in on a work meeting and obviously thought it was pretty boring,” she says.
The other photo was taken on Caitlin’s property, Tyalla at Jancourt East. Caitlin says Sid had only just learnt he could jump from bale to bale and showing off.
Chipping in around the farm — or just coming along for the ride — is what these dogs love to do.
11.07am PART OF THE FAMILY
Sam, Cobden, Vic
BORDER Collie Sam, 3, is just like one of the family, says owner Kerry McGlade.
“This is a picture of our three boys,” Kerry says.
“He’s just like one of the family and we love him.”
He is pictured with his “brothers” Josh, 12, and Ben, 10.
“He loves coming inside in the morning to jump on their beds and wake up Josh and Ben,” Kerry says.
10.45am POLLIE WAFFLE
Parliament houses, Canberra and Melbourne
FEDERAL and Victorian MPs have been jumping on the #dayofdogs bandwagon.
Those who’ve tweeted pictures include:
TASMANIAN Senator Jacqui Lambie;
VICTORIAN Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford
VICTORIAN Health and Ambulance Services Minister Jill Hennessy; and
BENDIGO West state MP Maree Edwards.
Here are their contributions:
I #dayofdogs.#polilyf #dogsoftwitter pic.twitter.com/vBFLBW90Gd
— Jacqui Lambie (@JacquiLambie) November 2, 2016
These leisure dogs wish all working dogs a happy #dayofdogs @theweeklytimes pic.twitter.com/IjF0UBwCXD
— Jaala Pulford MP (@JaalaPulford) November 2, 2016
City dog (& @westernbulldogs supporter) says Happy #dayofdogs to all country hounds @theweeklytimes pic.twitter.com/y8UwEa00PJ
— JillHennessyMP🔴⚪ï¸ðŸ”µ (@JillHennessyMP) November 2, 2016
Nope not getting up even if the sun is out. Happy #dayofdogs @weeklytimes from Dora x pic.twitter.com/VS8b8Jor0K
— Maree Edwards MP (@mareeedwardsmp) November 2, 2016
10.06am BARK WORSE THAN BITE
Archie, Campbell Town, Tas
MEET Archie the long-haired Chihuahua!
His owner Madeleine Muirhead explains her prize pooch is a former Royal show winner who’s recently decided to turn his hand to sheepwork.
Here he is bringing in the ewes for shearing at Ewan and Jane Taylor’s property Greenhill.
9.12am A DAY TO REMEMBER
WE ARE excited to report that #dayofdogs is now trending, according to Twitter.
There’s also plenty happening on Instagram:
8.44am: LET’S PLAY!
Billy, West Footscray, Vic
BILLY the Blue Heeler is the funniest little fella, who is always happy and on the lookout for someone to have a game with him and his favourite ball, his Sherrin.
“We got Billy two years ago from a Melbourne rescue group who saved him from a pound up near Mildura,” owner Andrea Beattie says.
“He’s always up for a game and loves cooling down in the muddiest puddles he can find — we call him the Australian Cattle Duck when he does that.”
Mr Photogenic, Billy even has his own Instagram account, @BillyTheBlueHeeler!
Later today, pictures of Billy, along with many other dogs, will be added to our Day of Dogs 2016 gallery, but here’s some we prepared earlier :)
7.29am: DAY OF DOGS GOES GLOBAL
Southbank, Vic
GOOD morning, and welcome to our coverage of Day of Dogs 2016!
Just as your canine best friends are no doubt excited to be up and about, we can’t wait to sift through all the stories, pictures and videos of your best friends.
Already, submissions are pouring in via our email address and various social media accounts, including from as far away as California, US:
2day, Wed Nov 2 #DayofDogs @theweeklytimes Meet Muttzville Jackson, our hero #dogsoftwitter We LUV Wednesday xo https://t.co/sXWqm91sqd pic.twitter.com/Bi4nC4698Q
— Muttzville (@MuttzvilleHQ) November 2, 2016
If you don’t already, you might like to follow The Weekly Times on Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram.
Continuing the theme #dayofdogs @theweeklytimes #diggerthegsp pic.twitter.com/tq4pfA0yyA
— Luke Roberts (@luke_rob) November 2, 2016
Kicking off @theweeklytimes #dayofdogs I made my parents pose with their dog Rowdy. He's old, wise and invaluable on the #ausdairy farm pic.twitter.com/m7Fdgnq2th
— Simone Smith (@Simone_Smith04) November 2, 2016
Just don’t forget to use #dayofdogs when you post.
6.30am: OFF TO WORK WE GO
Lucy, Ivy and Charlie, Bridgewater, Vic
ZEB Broadbent is a stock agent from Bridgewater and says his Kelpies come to work with him every day.
In fact, he says they get annoyed if they are left behind.
“Some days I mightn’t use them at all, but they still come,” he says.
“They just love riding around on the back of the ute — except when it’s raining, it’s too cold for them.”
Zeb lives on his family’s sheep and cropping farm about 10km outside Bridgewater.
He has five working dogs — two-year-old Lucy, 18-month-old Ivy, six-month-old Piper, five-month-old Barry, and 10-year-old Charlie. Charlie was Zeb’s first dog and she is semi-retired.
Zeb says Lucy and Ivy came from WilWurk Kelpies in NSW, while Piper is from Hilton Park Kelpies in Bears Lagoon, Victoria.
6.30am: BREAKFAST TIME
Kelpie puppies, Pilbara, WA
HERE’S some puppy cuteness to start your day.
Aticia Grey posted this video on her Facebook page, Pilbara Working Dogs, of pups tucking into their breakfast.
And just like human babies, the question is how much ended up in their tummies versus all over their faces and paws.
Aticia is from Glenforrie Station in the southwest Pilbara, WA.
The family-owned and run cattle station is 197,000ha and currently holds 4000 head of cattle, mostly Brahmans.
Aticia said she had 20 dogs at the moment, including the seven pups who turned four weeks old yesterday — she will keep two of the puppies in this litter and the other five already have homes to go to across Australia.
She said the dogs help educate the weaners on the station, but she is also a registered breeder.
“There seems to be a lot of interest in how working dogs live and work and what they can do,” she said of the Facebook page.
“It lets me connect with a lot of other people with working dogs across the place.”
Video: Facebook/Pilbara Working Dogs
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THE WEEKLY TIMES DOCUMENTS A DAY OF DOGS 2015
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