Dogs

Dec 03, 2015

Not such a good day in Kintore today.

A dog - one of many in the community came into the childcare yard looking for food. It was so malnourished that it squeezed through the "dog proof fence".

I asked the owner to send the dog home saying that it’s not safe for dogs to be in the childcare centre ( I witnessed 7 dogs attacking one dog in the entrance way last week).

The owner of the dog threw rocks at it to get it to go home. This is a standard practice here.

The frightened dog tried to squeeze through the dog proof fence while having rocks thrown at it. It was screaming in fear and pain.

I was reduced to tears while walking across to the store to post up some notices and I thought of how my dog Dexter would not survive a day here.

The camp dogs - mostly dingo crosses would have him for breakfast.

To all my dog lover friends, please send cyber love to the dogs out here. They are treasured family pets, treated really badly but are loyal to a fault.

I really miss my Dexter boy