Two beautiful Jack Russells and a home in a central quiet estate with lots of bike paths and parks
We love these two Jack Russells, Candy and Parker, who we looked after in 2016 and now at Christmas 2017/2018. A mum and her son who are absolutely the most amazing little dogs.
We arrived just before Christmas to see the owners off on their holidays and settled in with Elmo with the joy of having a wonderful swimming pool and we got straight in as the weather was hot and steamy.
Candy and Parker never showed interest in entering the pool, but Elmo was in his element, he loved playing ball in the pool, trying to pick up the ball from the edge, his head bobbing in the water, often, falling in and dog paddling to try and get out. We used the pool every day, usually after spending some time in the garden, getting hot and sweaty.
Walks in the cool of the morning and late afternoon when the heat had died down, there was a lovely park backing onto the property and was very popular with the dog population. We also took them to Emerald Lakes where there are amazing walks and bike paths around the man-made lake and great coffee shops, which we frequented often. Lots of bird life throughout the wetlands and plenty of places to walk and bike.
It was the perfect place to take off on our Indian Motorcycle up to the mountains for lunch or coffee.
We rode through winding green roads for miles and miles.
Unlucky for us, Candy bit into a cane toad on the 2nd day and had an episode, she was so quick, I couldn't get there fast enough to catch the toad. Straight away we washed her mouth out with water from the hose and rang the vet and told them we would be straight in. We were sure she had swallowed the poison and she started to have convulsions, then she went stiff as a board. The 20-minute ride to her vet was extremely stressful, but we tried to keep her quiet and cool with the air conditioning on full blast. It was such a relief to hand her over to the vet so she would get the care she needed. She stayed in overnight while a drip was performed and we picked her up the next morning. Of course, the owner was contacted immediately and they confirmed we had done exactly the correct thing. Apparently, this was the 4th time Candy had tried to eat a toad. (She must have 10 lives and she is a very strong little dog). It was very traumatic for us and we kept a sharp eye around for more toads the rest of our stay. It really is important for the owners to have information for the dog and house sitter to read and be ready for any emergency. We love those little dogs and didn't want anything to happen to them on our watch!
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