Dogs Onlne by Nigella

Everybody is on the internet these days so it’s not surprising that the dogs of Mawson Lakes have some cyber space too. Yes, I have a facebook profile and a blog, so my family and friends can hear what I’m up to, who I’ve met and some of my naughty antics.

Ohyes, I do get up to mischief . . . particularly when the family goes out and leaves me home alone. It’s sooo boring, but you’d be surprised how high I can reach and how low I can go.

Poor Mummy nearly expired the day she came home and found I’d eaten her Valentine’s chocolate heart. It was on her desk and I devised a clever way to reach it.

This resulted in a very serious talk from Mummy about the dangers of dogs eating chocolate. Mummy is a former teacher and you’d swear she was disciplining an errant pupil. All I could do was hang my head in shame. She said very seriously, “Nigella, we need a relationship built on trust.” It gave me something to think about in the sin-bin (the laundry).

Courtesy of the internet, the family gets to hear of my every indiscretion. I’m not sure this is a good thing. Happily, they also hear about the funny things that happen to me, like the time we were camping in the Blue Mountains and I was chewing on a delicious bone when a magpie swooped down and stole my treat. How rude!

You can see my blog at nigella-maltese. blogspot.com.au. where you’ll find lots of pictures of my canine friends in ML.

Pictured on this page is my intelligent friend Oscar, who is a master of the internet. He has the job of photo editor for his owner, photographer Janet Coelho. He advises on the best photos for the Adelaide Pet Photo website. I think he does a fantastic job. Take a look for yourself at www.adelaidepetphotos.com.au

Mummy and I love to watch dog videos on YouTube and laugh at doggie tricks. One of our favourites is Ashwyn the German Coolie. He is learning to dance and is just starting to participate in dog dancing competitions. Ash is fast, smart and ever so talkative. He barks whenever he performs a good deed, just to let everybody know! Google Ashwyn the german coolie.

Other local dogs are on YouTube too. How we laugh at Roxy playing in Dry Creek with his rascal buddies, especially the splash’n’play when they find a BIG stick in the water. This video is set to the music ‘Who let the dogs out’ and it’s rollicking good fun. See ‘Who let the dogs out by 777KittyKat’

Some dogs are particularly camera-clever and photogenic. Take Koko the West Australian kelpie who is the canine lead in the movie Red Dog. He recently won a prestigious award in Hollywood for his acting ability. His acceptance speech is on YouTube.

And don’t miss Red Dog’s screen test for the movie. It’s brilliant.