Ever since the fires in February last year we haven't had our dogs. Of course we took them with us when we evacuated and took them to David's parents. But we couldn't keep the there for too long (we ended up having to stay at Errol and Leonie's for over 2 weeks) so, Claire, a good friend of mine from The Paw House Kennels, came to pick them up for surposedly a short time till we got to move back home. Well that short time has so far turned into over a year and i had no idea that when Claire came to pick them up that we wouldn't see them again for a very long time. I kissed them both goodbye in the back of her van, expecting to see them again in about a week. I have since shed many, many tears. It turns out that once we moved back home we discovered all our fencing gone and the block was too unsafe and unstable to have the dogs there. So another friend over east in QLD offered to take Georgie and Scarlett for as long as we needed. She would campaign them both there in the show ring and look after them for s long as we needed.
The fencing was going to cost a lot of money to fix and we couldn't repair one side of the block till the neighbors rebuilt, because all the retaining walls had burnt too. The block, being steep, was also very unstable after all the trees had burnt. So Georgie and Scarlett stayed in QLD with Julie.
Georgie did fly back after 8 months and has since gone to live with a friend, who also owns Logan, one of Scarlett's puppies from 3 years ago. Scarlett is still there and will be having her last litter whilst there. we will have one of her babies and once the show season has finished at the end of 2012, Scarlett will finally fly home to us!
A house is not a home without a Whippet!
Scarlett winning BEST IN SHOW!!
Georgie girl.
My pretty lady. Australian Champion Stonegrace One StarryNite "Scarlett"
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