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By: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:18:36 +0000

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By: Rod MacKenzie

Rod MacKenzie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:19:22 +0000

Brown Davies my cuzz – this important lingusistics debate about which dop spook n diesel refers to has been passionately debated by pisscat scholars on my blog before. Then in your opinion what is brandy n coke? Lus n diesel? As in ek lus…ek lus… n stukkie vis….

Michael Frances – you probably have some references to the amazing relation between people and their pets and the history of it going back millennia…. it is something I would like to read up on. Can you provide some titles or links?

By: remandlo

remandlo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:21:47 +0000

My childhood animal pet was a cat, Ginah. I never liked cats like I did for Ginah.One of the good memories is that during bed time, Ginah would roll herself next to me. What I could feel is the GRRRRRRRRGH vibration next to me. Cats are so wonderful and good friends. Unfortunately as she grew older she started climbing walls and roofs and loot food in other households. That’s how our friendship ended. But I still remember my pet cat.

- Smindlos

By: Brown Davies

Brown Davies — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:33:14 +0000

Rod my china, the spook&diesel refers to cane and coke, ask any self respecting fellow from Stanger or Verulam

By: Michael Francis

Michael Francis — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:03:25 +0000

I have too many pet stories (and pets) to relate in 250 words. I used to have a pony named Dusty who was a stray. How someone loses a pony is beyond me especially as we looked for the owner. By law he was to be sold at auction and we were to be compensated for looking after him from the proceeds. Mom bought him back from the auction as he was only bid on by meat buyers so our free find was not so free. I learned to ride on him, to fall (he was a vicious bastard that I Loved) and we had him for many years.

I also grew up with cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits, more horses, bees, donkeys, etc etc and wouldn’t begrudge my farm childhood one bit.

I still have two dogs and four cats and the family farm has that many more of everything.

By: MLH

MLH — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:29:26 +0000

Our family only had dachshunds when I was young and I stuck to them.
I bought my first, as an adult, after a killing in the house three of us shared. She got me thru’ PTSD and horrific months of nightmares.
I then moved to a flat, so took her every morning to friends who lived in a house and picked her up from day care again after work. By the time my son was born, I had three dogs and all became devoted to him.
When he was three, his dad gave him a dog (to replace one that had died). Dad died shortly afterwards. A cannot think of a finer gift to give a child…that dog watched over him throughout his childhood. She was his link to sanity and dribbled a soccer ball so well with her nose, she left him in her dust!
She was still going strong (though clearly a desperate Altzheimers’ case) when he left home for a year at 17. She died while he was away, just after he turned 18. He returned a man, but still misses her.
His friends think I look like a cat lady. I remain a dog woman and the two remaining climb a foam ramp at the end of my bed to curl up with me at night. I wouldn’t be without them…

By: milly vanilly

milly vanilly — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:46:48 +0000

Pets are great friends.
Hope you still keep animals.

There is nothing like the adoration of a critter.

Thanks for an awesome blog

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:35:29 +0000

Hey Rod. I am SURE you miss Bruce a helluva lot!

Oh, so many stories I can tell. These days it is just me and my doggie children. Liza and Bella. They are the most adorable basset hounds and share my bed with me. I’ve had them now for 5 years. But I did have my first Basset Hound Fergie, way back, when working on the gold mines in the Western Transvaal. The stories and anecdotes I can tell about Fergie  ! She was the inspiration for numerous stories I wrote in my weekly column in the Vaal Reefs Advertiser. Maybe one day I can publish a collection of her antics on a web page or a magazine like Animal Talk.

I grew up with Boxers (In Succession: Ounooi, Then Simba and finally Chips) Later years it was Golden Labradors (Charlie and then Dusty). And now the Bassets….

Dogs and horses are an integral part of my life. My hounds dictate where I stay, who my girlfriend is, etc. etc. Although they do just about EVERYTHING with their human dad, I doubt if they will join me on my visit next year to you in Shanghai. I would prefer that they do not appear on the menu of Uncle Rod’s favourite Dumpling joint. LOL.

Die bleddie Dutchman
Phil

By: Blip

Blip — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:35 +0000

I had a totally bonkers cross-foxie who ADORED water. One day I caught a small shark on a hand-line. As I was hoping for something edible — a mackerel, specifically — I lobbed the shark back. The dog leapt straight in to nobble the shark which had disappeared under water. After 20 minutes of frantic circling and wild barking in search of the long-underwater shark, I had to jump in and rescue my fast-fading pooch.

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