Thanks Dad !!!

Our Blue Cattle Dog Tilly  and her mate Doug the Kelpie love to chase  a soccer ball. They will chase it all day every day all over the farm.They get to be a real nuisance at times pushing the ball into the middle of what ever project you happen to be doing at the time and expecting you to kick it or throw it for them..

We have a grey water pit at  the farm into which all out kitchen,bathroom and laundry grey water flows into. We then hook up a small petrol pump and pump the water from the pit  out onto the lawn and trees. It passes through a rudimentary grease trap before running into the pit.
The pit is quite deep, my husband can nearly stand up in it.
Well recently when Brian was pumping it out, the dogs were racing around crazy with their ball and it just happened to fall into the pit.I just love the following images, they were just too cute.

And then it was like...."Hey Tilly the ball has  fallen in, come and look"

And then...."oh dear what will we do"
I think they thought that if they watched hard enough and really willed it to happen, that the ball would just magically appear again.

I think it was about then that they realized that Dad was there and they began asking him to save it for them

 

So good old Dad came to the rescue and pulled out that dirty smelly old soccer ball out  of the grey water pit.

So there were two happy dogs ,once again playing with their old soccer ball.

Another time when Brian had just started  pumping it out, Doug the Kelpie was racing around chasing the ball and then he just disappeared. Suddenly Brian realized that he had fallen into the pit and had to quickly rescue him as the water level was quite high. It certainly scared him and he was very wary of it that day.
For safety reasons we always keep a heavy concrete lid on it, the only time it is removed is when it is being pumped out. Because we don't live there full time it doesn't have to be emptied as often as it will when we become full timers.
 Today is the end of Winter, with Spring just around the corner with the promise of new growth and colour, all we need is that ever evasive rain.
Until next time,
Cheers,
Jane.

It's a dogs life!

Nearly every trip that we have made to the farm we have in tow at least one furry friend and often two, when our daughters' dog Doug needs a little farm holiday.
So in the station wagon we pile, and they know !!! They are always so excited to get there  as they are aware of what a fun dog place the farm is and all the racing around like crazy that they can do.

We own the Australian Blue Cattle Dog, her name is Tilly, she is nearly 10 years old now and a real treasure.She is now full of arthritis and really starting to slow down. We have even treated her to a real luxury of a doggy electric blanket for her bed in the laundry where she sleeps.
BUT !!! When we are at the farm, especially in the winter, she knows that we allow them to bring their beds inside where the fire is to sleep.Such spoilt babies.
The Other ruined four legged mate is Doug the Australian Kelpie, belongs to our daughter who got him by default and  is so part of the family.

These two have such a wonderful life, going for big walks, helping  the man of the house with sheep work and racing aroung crazy chasing rabbits and balls and every other thing that moves.
We have a grey water pit into which our kitchen,laundry and bathroom water runs into ,and one day we were pumping it out(after having removed the manhole cover on top, turned our backs and Doug had fallen in,He was after his ball which  had gone in and  he went in after it.Such a panic.He was rescued ,safe and sound.

I know we spoil them, but their life is only very limited so why not give them the best time we can, well that's my  thoughts anyway.
Cheers
Jane