We saved a small life today
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
Rockingham, Australia
September 29, 2022 5:16am CST
We have two dogs to take care of here. There is a sheep-dog, a kelpie, which has a good-sized pen but he is let out each day for a run. He can’t be left unsupervised because, when he thinks you’re not looking, he takes off for parts unknown. We let him run freely but put him back on the lead before we get too close to home.
The other dog is, I think, a labradoodle,Lulu, but the owners think it might be inbred as it has a few behavioural issues. It can’t be let off the lead at all but it has a big backyard to roam in. We’ve been throwing a tennis ball for it and we’re now best of friends.
This afternoon Vince noticed it sniffing around and next moment it has a sleepy lizard/bobtailed goanna in its mouth. It took us a while to make Lulu drop the goanna and we were then able to relocate it well away from the yard. I just hope it doesn’t return. Rarely a dull moment when you’re house-sitting.
The photo is mine of Lulu.
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She looks adorable, labradoodles are cute dogs, but they can be really high strung that I know of.
@wolfgirl569 (95082)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Sep 22
She is cute. Both of those breeds were originally hunting breeds. She could just have a lot of the instincts from that.
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@wolfgirl569 (95082)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Sep 22
@JudyEv A good hunting dog seems to lose its hearing when on a trail also 
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@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Sep 22
@wolfgirl569 That's what we were told. If you let her run free and she gets on a trail, she won't listen at all.
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@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Sep 22
@rsa101 Yes, that's true and some of the retriever breeds are bred to pick things up carefully and gently without hurting them. But Lulu was flinging this one back and forth. I think she was pretty intent on hurting it if she could.
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@BarBaraPrz (45476)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
30 Sep 22
@JudyEv Hard to tell which end is which, it looks like it's going in both directions. The lumpy bit is the head?
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@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Sep 22
@BarBaraPrz It is hard to tell in this photo but yes, the head is on the left. It's also called a blue-tongue lizard/goanna.
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@LindaOHio (155971)
• United States
29 Sep 22
I'm glad you saved the goanna. Dogs are such fun to be around. Have a great day.
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@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Sep 22
@LindaOHio We don't go so far with the other one. We don't have to walk her at all unless we want to. But kelpies are really happiest if they're out and about.
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@LindaOHio (155971)
• United States
30 Sep 22
@JudyEv I'm sure they enjoy their walks!
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
29 Sep 22
As long as you enjoy what you are doing life out there should be great for you
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@Hannihar (129418)
• Israel
30 Sep 22
@JudyEv
It sounds like your work is cut out for you in dealing with the two dogs. I had a lab-husky and would take her out on her leash all the time and then one day I wanted to trust her and instead of her going up to the apartment she went back down and out of the building and was gone for two hours. I believe she did not realize she was coming home because she followed a lady with a dog and it turns out the lady and the dog came to visit a neighbor of mine. The neighbor brought her home to me and my dog was confused and not happy to be back home again. When I walked her after that I would never take the leash off of her. I learned my lesson well.
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@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Oct 22
@oahuwriter Yes, I think so. We saw one last night as we were going off to bed but it didn't hang around.
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@arunima25 (85269)
• Bangalore, India
30 Sep 22
Very true rarely a dull moment there. Well, these dogs sound like a handful but also a lot off fun.
. And it seems that Vince and you are having a having fun there with them.
Lulu is so adorable. I am glad that the lizard had a narrow escape.
. And it seems that Vince and you are having a having fun there with them.
Lulu is so adorable. I am glad that the lizard had a narrow escape.2 people like this
@arunima25 (85269)
• Bangalore, India
30 Sep 22
@JudyEv Yes, it is tough to distinguish them. Hope the dogs don't touch them. They can't be lucky again and again to be saved by Vince and you.
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@snowy22315 (169897)
• United States
29 Sep 22
The lizard thanks you. Nico was sniffing around a box in the kitchen. I was praying there wasnt a mouse in there. I have never had one in the house and I don't want to start now!! He never plucked anything out of it. Hopefully, it was his imagination!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
29 Sep 22
The goanna had a narrow escape.Two dogs bring lots of joy to your house-sitting.
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@RebeccasFarm (86731)
• United States
29 Sep 22
Oh I hope it does not come back..glad you caught it and saved it.
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@RasmaSandra (73368)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Sep 22
LuLu is adorable, I am glad you saved the poor creature,
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@Marilynda1225 (79678)
• United States
29 Sep 22
Lulu sounds like she has a lot of energy and a handful to watch. I hope that lizard learned his lesson and wanders far away from Lulus turf.
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