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20-08-2020
Column: Living with Dogs - HERA THE WONDER DOG
Column: Living with Dogs - HERA THE WONDER DOG
Excelling at dock diving or jetty jumping is this young dynamic female, saved from the “green needle” by her current owner.
I remember her as a young puppy, in a shelter; her name was Pepper. She was unusually smart and loved her toys; her breed was described as a wolfhound mix with a genetically missing tail. As predicted, she was soon snapped up and adopted. I didn’t recognise her when she was returned because she had grown, and she had a different name, Teddy.
Being surprised at how such an outstanding dog was rejected, I tried to find out why; the only (supposed) reason was that she could not easily be contained, scaling fences. I have never seen a dog so focused on a ball or frisbee, or one so fast and agile, with so much potential for agility work.
We tried to promote her intelligence and athletic abilities to possible adopters, but we had no luck. A few people enquired about her but were told they had to have a fence greater than two metres high. However, there are alternatives like the hidden fence.

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