When I was little I would bring cats home and while I was at
school mum would get rid of them. And then we got a little
dog Sammy, a little Australian Silky Terrier. And he was
beautiful. We've always had dogs and some of them passed away
(and you say) I'm never going to get another dog. And then
someone rings up: "We've got a dog needs a home." And I really
want that to say "No", but "Yes" comes out.
I met Christina and Diana at Latrobe Doggie Park. We started
to walk along Victoria Parade with all our dogs. We had 10 to
start with. One of our dogs. Charlie is a very timid boy,
very frightened. So we decided we would call ourselves
Charlie's angels because he's so special. Archie is a taco
terrier. I got him when he was a tiny little puppy because his
mother was sick. Bennie is a rescue dog. He was found
wandering the streets at six months old in a mining town in
North Queensland. And he went through four different shelters
before I found him. He's the most beautiful little boy. We're
we're really trying to highlight the plight of rescue dogs. There
are so many old dogs and dogs with medical problems that
people don't really want. So hopefully the people we meet, go
to a shelter and get themselves a rescue dog.
My dog is Holly. She hasn't been that well of late. She's 13. She
plods along in the pram, out of the pram. Quite a few people say
to us, "Oh gee, they're in a pram. They must be lazy". But
they have health problems, some heart problems, some arthritis.
It upsets me when they don't know that story behind the dog.
Having said that, they're our fur babies, we love them and
they're just our world.
We met a beautiful couple Berneice and Reg, who we weere
lucky enough to find them a dog. Sorry. I get a bit tearful about
that.
We lost our dog, desperately wanted a little rescue puppy.
Ran into these beautiful ladies with 10 dogs between them and I
just wanted one. Charlie's angels went all out to find
Rusty and he had a bad start. He was in a chicken coop and a
little bit neglected
Charlie was from a puppy farm. The person who got him died. Her
partner was in a wheelchair and he couldn't cope. Charlie was so
timid, it took two years for him to sit on my knee. I shouldn't
say favourite, but gee I love him. He's just gorgeous. So,
then we got Gizmo. He's lucky I love him, I tell you. The
smiling assassin. He wants a cuddle and you pat him and bang.
I have got scars all over me, but he's still adorable, the
little s***.
I'd just like to say something special about Christina. She
really is an angel. At one stage, she had nine dogs. She
takes them from all walks of life. People that can no longer
have them or going into a nursing home. A lot of her dogs
need medical attention. She is an angel. Tuesday Thursday we go
to the Latrobe Dog Park. Benny, for some reason, he's taught
himself to go through the hoops. We don't really have a traveling
troupe yet because they're not very agile, actually. They're
not Border Collies. The main game is they just all chased
Benny.
My husband and I got separate bedrooms because there's not
enough room for all of us on the bed. I have to have a special
kennel license. Little Joe whose father died in Victoria. Ishe
the little shitzu, one of the biggest mistakes I've made in my
life - not. Ishe had to have teeth out so his tongue hangs
way out. Oh Gus, dear little boy, fell in love with my
husband. He was given to me when the floods came six years ago to
Latrobe from an old man who was so ill, had gone through a lot
of trauma that week. And he has to lay down with his head poking
out, so he doesn't miss on anything
Opposite the Spirit, we have our coffee there. Then they all get
tangled up in leads.
And the dogs don't care because they're used to it. It's a
beautiful sight. Nine dogs One would think that they would
fight but they all love each other share food bowls. They all
get on beautifully. They've got lovely nature's, not a mean bone
in their body.