Category Archives: Dogs

Camp Dog of the week: “Ding” the Dingo Pup

October 29, 2009 – 9:56 am

He must have been a lot more relaxed being held by me because he started eating like crazy and nearly ate my fingers as I was holding the chicken neck! He was very skinny, with bones showing through his skin and I could count all of his ribs..

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Camp dog of the week – Miku Ganambarr-Stubbs

October 19, 2009 – 7:03 pm

The best fun that Miku has with dead things is with the occasional Cane Toad that she finds squished on the road outside her house. If she finds a newly road-killed Toad she will roll in its remains in an outburst of unalloyed joy…

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(Cutest) Camp Dog of the Week – Mr Fluff – farting through silk on millionaires row!

October 1, 2009 – 4:22 pm

Mr Fluff now has a new name, “Mali”, and is the winner, against some pretty stiff competition, of the Woolahra Council’s Cutest Dog Photo Competition.

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Camp Dog of the week – Fluffy

June 19, 2009 – 9:42 am

Someone suggested that we could call this leatherback camp dog “Jenny” as a tribute to Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin – but “Fluffy” is more suited to her undoubted charm and character.

By Bob Gosford | Also posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, Animals, Camp Dog of the week, The NT Intervention, Uncategorized, Yuendumu | Comments (2)

A Plague of Beautiful Dogs

November 13, 2008 – 8:51 pm

The traditional relationship between Aboriginal people and dingoes as companions and hunting aides has changed and many communities are have real problems with non-dingo dog health and numbers…but there are some that are really taking steps to do something about these problems…

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