Thread: My best mate

Kev ..... I am so glad to read that you are getting a new dog, I read the tread a few weeks ago and felt your pain .... Sitka will never be replaced but you are doing the right thing by saving yet another dog. There is something special about taking care of an otherwise unwanted / unsuitable animal and I am sure that you will be rewarded in spades.

Woodlee,

Yes duckshooting is banned down here. Once upon a time if you wanted to shoot a duck, that's what you did.

Then, you'd better have a licence to do that....OK get a licence, yer pays yer money and nothing changed. Shot the same sort of ducks in the same places.

Then, you'd better sit a test before we give you a licence OK, I can do that, but I tell you if you had not spent at least 5-10 years afield you would have been flat out passing the test. A quick flick of a bird on a a screen for a couple of seconds and you have say yes or no if it is a target specie. Paid more money shot the same sort of ducks in the same places

Then, you'd better have a firearm licence.OK, pays yer money, yer gets yer licence. Pay more money and we got to shoot the same sort of ducks in the same places.

Ban duck shooting. Nothing changes, we get to...................

Governments are great at taking away your rights and selling them back to you as priveledges. So mate you are not missing anything.

Might have to come up to the territory...........with the dogs, of course

All the best

Colin Howkins
Graceville Qld

Originally Posted by Colin Howkins

Woodlee,

Yes duckshooting is banned down here. Once upon a time if you wanted to shoot a duck, that's what you did.

Then, you'd better have a licence to do that....OK get a licence, yer pays yer money and nothing changed. Shot the same sort of ducks in the same places.

Then, you'd better sit a test before we give you a licence OK, I can do that, but I tell you if you had not spent at least 5-10 years afield you would have been flat out passing the test. A quick flick of a bird on a a screen for a couple of seconds and you have say yes or no if it is a target specie. Paid more money shot the same sort of ducks in the same places

Then, you'd better have a firearm licence.OK, pays yer money, yer gets yer licence. Pay more money and we got to shoot the same sort of ducks in the same places.

Ban duck shooting. Nothing changes, we get to...................

Governments are great at taking away your rights and selling them back to you as priveledges. So mate you are not missing anything.

Might have to come up to the territory...........with the dogs, of course

All the best

Colin Howkins
Graceville Qld

My duck seasons ended progressively ,I used to live in stage one of Kakadu National park , we used to shoot ducks at what is known as Bull swamp and Magella point .It was on aboriginal land , it was leased by the national Parls service and that ended that .
We then moved to the West Alligator area ,which was mostly Crown land ,a wild area with lots of shallow swamps and billabongs ,this was taken by National Parks and willdlife service as Stage 2 of Kakadu ,duck shooting ended there.

Then finally stage three of Kakadu took away the last areas where we would frequent ,Not only hunting ducks but feral pigs ,donkeys and buffalo.

Sad days indeed ,when Govts lock away huge tracts of land for the international tourists at the expense of their own citizens ,but then I guess the holy dollar is more important than the needs of your own people.
At least the NT Govt has had the foresight (no pun intended) to set aside hunting reserves for the use of hunters .

Kev.

Originally Posted by ptc

is he there yet ?

Well after a long drive we finally have Hutch at home .
We arrived in Darwin at 10:15 pm , we had a quick meal (try finding a place to eat in Darwin at 10:00PM on a Monday night),so it was just a quick chinese take away at Uncle Sams ( good food and quite inexpensive and 24 hr service).
Then slip over to the Airport freight teminal and make some enquiries ,the plane arrived 10mins before we got there so we had to wait about 20mins for the cargo to be unloaded and be delivered to the frieght terminal .Great timing,had a smoke and a chin wag with one of the fellas.

Then the freight arrived and the guy I was chatting to went straight in and brought the dogtainer to the front ,I signed the consignment note and Hutch was mine.

I could see this white faced dog looking through the mesh of the cage , he didnt seem stressed at all .There was a large A4 envelope taped to the container with all Hutches medical history and some tips on caring for Huskys.

I clipped Sitkas lead on to the collar ring and led Hutch out ,I walked him around for 20mins or so to let him stretch and do what dogs do.A drink of water and he was ready to go.

No fuss straight onto the back seat and and with a look that said l"ets go" we were on our way home.
On the way out we stopped to fuel up ,my wife bought a pack of dry dog food , so we gave him a feed.

The drive was uneventful , apart from a couple of occasions where Hutch decided he wanted to drive ,We stopped at Pine Creek for a stretch and another walk then continued on our way .
We finally arrived home at 2:30 am and I spent the next two hours walking Hutch around and introducing him to the place.
Finally putting him on a long tether and getting him to settle down on his bed, I went to my own bed and slept like I was dead.

This morning I was awake at 6:30am and I got up to check on the dog , my eyes felt like they were on sticks ,he was sleeping peacefully underneath his bed ,typical husky , must have that closed in security feeling..
I spent most of the day getting to know our new dog and walking him on lead and just seeing what he is like ,I guess I was being scrutinised as well .
He is a fine dog and has had some obedience training and knows a few commands , I just need to reinforce some of the training .

I guess it will take a little time for us to get to know each other ,but already he has made the loss of Sitka a little easier to bear ,and has made himself quite at home.
I will take some pics on the weekend and post here.

Off to the vet on Friday for a check over and some heart worm treatment , and a bath on Saturday for flea and tick treatment.

Thank you all for your support and encouragement ,I'm glad I decided to adopt this fellow and have no regrets for doing so.

Cheers ,
Kev.

Great news Kev , sounds like he had a good ride and is going to settle in well.

Kev pleased every thing went ok.
looking forward to seeing the pics of him settling in.
our dog will do anything for a pigs ear.

glad to hear he got there ok. look forward to seeing some pics.

Soooo sad . Woodlee I'm sad to hear of this friends passing. I love'em all. He's a beautiful friend.

Tony

pics ???

kev.
hope all is well.

Originally Posted by ptc

kev.
hope all is well.

All is well ,Hutch is adjusting very well and has made himself at home.
He started sleepng out side at night ,but started "singing" at 2.00am in the morning so has been given a spot at my bedside.
The missus is not happy about that ,but he dosent snore like she does.

We have been walking 5-8 klms each night ,and I made up a 40' lead so I can take him to the oval and let him run . As you know PTC Huskys are reknown escapeists so no free running on unfenced ovals .

I have been busy getting things cleared up around the place for the wet season , putting stuff away and securing stuff around the yard in case of cyclonic conditions ,so no pics yet .

Hope to get some soon.

Cheers

hope your new mate appreciates you
pic of ours on local beach On Long Lead.
never ever let them have a free run.

Originally Posted by ptc

hope your new mate appreciates you
pic of ours on local beach On Long Lead.
never ever let them have a free run.

Looks like a great place to take a walk ptc , nearest beach to me is 320klms away.
Its been 40c for the last three days ,I think Hutch is feeling it a bit .He has a swimming pool now so he can cool off during the day .As soon as I get home I dry him off and he shoots straight indoors into the airconditioning .

Got some materials being delivered tomorrow so I can raise the height of the front fence to 6 feet then he can have the run of the yard .

Cheers.
Kev.

glad to hear he's settling in ok. i saw the pics of hutch on the rescue page, looks pretty good.