60 points!

I have done it again, Best of Breed at Bermagui in NSW. This takes me to 60 points towards my champion title, but what a way to do it. It started raining yesterday, thunder and lightning all night, then the annex on the van failing in the middle of the night so KnK had to go out and fix it, which meant that I did not get any sleep at all. Then at the show, the grounds were flooded with just a little dry (well, less wet) patch for me to run on. The pic shows me in the assembly ring getting ready to go in. The water is over Kathy's shoe and I am up to my hocks in it. Despite all this, I still mange a Best of Breed. I hope tomorrow is better, but it has not stopped raining yet.

The trial tonight has been cancelled as there is no dry land showing in any of the trial rings and as there is a high tide and the grounds will not drain.

Where the dog sat on the Tuckerbox.

It seems that whenever a dog visits Gundagai we have to sit on a box of tucker, whatever that is. Anyway, here I am following the local tradition. We did not have a tucker box, so we turned my toy box upside down and I sat on that.

After the photos, we went a bit further down the road, about five miles, and there we found the source of the tradition,

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Someone wrote a poem about the dog that sat on a food box and so there is a memorial, or tourist trap, built to mark the spot.

So, here I am again at the official site of the dog on the tucker box.

Murrumbidgee

There’s a track leading back to an old fashioned shack along a road to somewhere or other near where I am in the picture. It’s the Murrumbidgee river that is flowing past Darling Point which is a town just across the Hay Plain. I slept most of the way across the Hay Plain, but every time I looked up the scenery was the same, flat, long straight road ahead, no trees.

My new Mobile Kennel works very well. Two nights in it and I have got the routine worked out already. I jump on the bed, lick the nearest face and the door opens so I can get out. Its tough being a Toller.

My New Mobile Kennel

Here I am in my new mobile kennel, KnK bought it yesterday so I can travel in comfort. It is colour coded to match my coat and there is even a shower and toilet for the humans.( But no lawn area for me. What am I supposed to do on a cold wet night?) Anyway, there is lots more room for everybody, but it is only a little bit longer than the old one so it will still fit in the front yard.

We will be trying it out in February when we go to NSW for a while so there is a lot of work to do fitting all the little luxuries that need to be installed before we go away.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone. We stayed home on New Year's Eve, I had to make sure the humans did not get scared by the fireworks. KnK spent the night eating oysters, prawns, calamari, scallops and whiting, while all I got was a plate of chicken and rice. I even sat at the table with my best ears on, but it did not do any good.

We went to Port Wakefield earlier this week to get the fish from Mathews Fish Shop, lots of local produce direct from the fisherman.

There were a lot of bangs and flashes at midnight that woke me up so I went out to see what was going on. Lot of noise in the distance, but nothing to bark about.

I got a message from Archer, my half brother /cousin. He will be at his new home with Michelle for Christmas so maybe we will get to meet in the new year. Archer and I have the same father, Rio, but his mum is my aunt Cherry, so he is my half brother/cousin or "brothsin". Dogs don't go in for all that monogamy stuff, we are here for a good time, not a long time.

December Doldrums

Everybody is making a fuss about Christmas coming, but it is ho-hum to me! KnK keep going out and leaving me behind, so I do not see why I should get excited about that. They did come back with a new toy, a snake, but I had the squeaker out of that within the hour. Hardly a challenge at all.

We went to look at a new caravan, they took turns at looking inside but they would not let me in to check it out. I guess my opinion is not worth much. Even when I got to play with some new people at the caravan yard, they were only paying casual attention to me, with their main focus on talking about the caravans.

Ah well, I will just lie here and look at the ceiling until somebody notices me.

I have put a link to KnK's travel blog, so that when we are on the road every one will know where I am. It is on the left of the page.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my friends.

I am going to another Christmas Party tonight at the Gundog Club. Last week we went to the SAODC Christmas Party. Rob the Head Instructor was dressed in his old red pyjamas and every body called him Santa, but he still smelled like Rob to me.

KnK have been getting ready for Christmas, we are going to Audrey's on Christmas day, so I will have someone to play with. Its my first Christmas, so I am not sure what to expect, but it will involve me finding something to chew or bark at.

The pic shows us dressed for Christmas wearing silly hats. Kathy had to hold me down to stop me from ripping my hat off and giving it a good chewing!