{"id":5630,"date":"2020-12-06T02:10:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T18:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/?p=5630"},"modified":"2023-05-30T01:04:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T17:04:24","slug":"a-dog-named-sue-ronni-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/a-dog-named-sue-ronni-salt\/","title":{"rendered":"A dog named Sue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I don\u2019t expect this to interest many people, but I have a Very Good Dog<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Her name is Sue because, well, that’s what suited her when she puppy-flopped into our lives. She was just a Sue. She\u2019s not just a good dog, she is the best dog. <\/span>#InternationalDogDay<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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She\u2019s a Kelpie; a proper sheep dog. A retired sheep dog now because she\u2019s 17 and she\u2019s been on the pension for the last 6 years. She\u2019s stiff when she walks these days. She finds it hard to see. But she really used to be something.<\/span><\/div>\n
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When you\u2019d whistle her up to the sheep yards, she\u2019d fling herself into the air. A flurried wind of whistling fur, she\u2019d clear those yard fences and land on the sheep’s backs like she had dog-wings. She still is something. Even now.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve lost a few people over the last 17 years; some expected, some too soon. And Sue has patiently sat by me through the loss of every one of them. Kelpies are incredibly loyal dogs \u2013 one person dogs really. And I\u2019m her one person.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So today, we\u2019ll walk one more time along the river. She\u2019ll find it hard because her legs are failing her. I\u2019ll take her for a ride past the sale yards so she can smell the sheep & hear the cries of \u201cSALE-OH!\u201d She can imagine she\u2019s flying over those sheep yards one more time.<\/span><\/div>\n
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And then we\u2019ll drive back home. We\u2019ll stop the ute. And I\u2019ll pause for a minute and take a deep breath. We’ll wait for the vet to come at the appointed time, but if I’m honest, I’m hoping they’ll be late. I’m hoping they don’t ever come.<\/span><\/div>\n
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But they will come. We’ll go outside underneath the ash tree because that’s her favourite spot, and then the vet will kneel down beside her while I hold her. And I will tell her all about her fabulous life. I will tell her how she is a good dog.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nI told her she was a very, very good dog. <\/span>#adognamedSue<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    I don\u2019t expect this to interest many people, but I have a Very Good Dog Her name is Sue because, well, that’s what suited her when she puppy-flopped into our lives. She was just a Sue. She\u2019s not just a good dog, she is the best dog. #InternationalDogDay       She\u2019s a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[401,476],"tags":[404,407,165,405,406],"class_list":["post-5630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animals-domesticated-and-free","category-articles-by-ronni-salt-jommy-tee","tag-kelpie","tag-loved","tag-ronni-salt","tag-sheep-dog","tag-sue"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t