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Puppy farm is a dirty word in the dog world. It’s a term used by foot-in-the door reporters to describe dog breeders who they claim are producing inferior animals. But there is another side. We visited a puppy farm in Victoria. After years of roadtests on dogs,...
Kookaburras The rollicking call of the Laughing Kookaburra is one of the most enduring sounds of the Australian bush. Most people think that the birds are happily chuckling away, but nothing could be further from the truth – their calls are really serious...
Faverolle Chooks Breed: Faverolle Temperament: Placid Cost: Around $50, more for quality breeding stock. Lifespan: 5-7 years Recommended for: Backyarders Appearance The Faverolle is a deep chested bird with a thick rectangular body and an...
Luke’s Pet Pug Last February Luke Smale was a passenger in a car which crashed and caught fire. He was trapped, and suffered serious burns and other injuries which led to the amputation of both his legs below the knees. Luke is in the difficult recovery phase...
Modena Pigeon Breed: Modena pigeon Temperament: docile, robust Cost: $50 plus Lifespan: 10 years Recommended for: beginners, enthusiasts The Modena is a pigeon which has more than its fair share of colour – especially in its past. In the 1300s in the Italian...
Mud Dauber Wasps Mud daubers are large, solitary wasps. The females collect mud and use it to construct nests or brood chambers, which can often be seen attached to buildings or under the eaves of houses. They are bottle shaped with a tunnel entrance, and look just...
Exhibition Poultry Breed: Rhode Island Red Temperament: Hens docile, roosters can be aggressive Cost: $80 Lifespan: 5 years Maintenance: Medium Recommended for: Enthusiasts, backyarders Rhode Island Reds emerged in the 1890s in the Boston-Massachusetts-Rhode Island...
Pat Parelli – Horse That Can’t Be Caught Pat Parelli is world famous for his ability to teach people what horses want and need them to know – savvy. He says that if you can try to understand why horses act the way they do, you’re on the way to...
With more than 300,000 exhibition budgerigars bred in Australia annually it’s the world’s most competitive animal. But what of its wild cousin – the bird which began it all? Appearance Wild budgerigars are quite small, slim, athletic birds when...
Pat Parelli – Horse Won’t Float Pat Parelli’s theory of horsemanship is based on the prey-predator concept. Horses evolved as prey animals and their best defence against predators was to run, or in other words, the flight response. Pat says that if...