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From: Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
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Subject: Re: 7 Words That Dogs Can Understand (And 4 That No Dog Can)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:15:44 +1100
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On 14/03/25 00:59, Janet wrote:

> In Australia, they use real dogs to herd sheep
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Kelpie

In the TV show I mentioned, the teasers ask whether the collies or the
kelpies will win in the Dog Trials. I guess I'll hear the answer eventually.

The Dog in Footrot Flats, a popular NZ comic book series, is a collie.

> Scotland's kelpies are much bigger and tougher.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kelpies

I do admire creative ideas in sculpture. Australia has, unfortunately,
gone overboard in the matter of giant animals. I think it started with
the Big Merino, a giant statue of a sheep just outside Goulburn in NSW,
but by now lots of towns have introduced their Big Things. In Hexham,
just near Newcastle, there's a horrible-looking Big Mosquito, in
recognition of the denizens of the Hexham Swamp[1].

[1] I think the politically correct term now is the Hexham Wetlands, but
everyone I know calls it the Hexham Swamp.

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Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW