Thread: Photos of your dog

Gosh I wish i had the lifestyle, time, and land for a good hunting dog. Would probably go for a wirehair pointer. All of your dogs are beautiful. Ive just got these useless noisy feathery things. Can't even use them for falconry. At least one of them appreciates the game I bring home.

Originally Posted by JessicaChen

Gosh I wish i had the lifestyle, time, and land for a good hunting dog. Would probably go for a wirehair pointer. All of your dogs are beautiful. Ive just got these useless noisy feathery things. Can't even use them for falconry. At least one of them appreciates the game I bring home.

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He'd be a top little guard dog. I had one that would wait till i sat down with my morning cornflakes and he'd go for my toes!
"Bobby bobby bobby!" He would run off saying. Bobby was a bit of a psychopath

@JessicaChen Back just seen this post as l was going through looking at the hounds & thought this may interest you ,in 2004 we did a huge trip to Central Australia by motorbike, we raced in 04 Finke Desert Race, had 2 weeks off & then rode across the Simpson Desert & up the Big Red Sand Dune out of Birdsville QLD around 1400klm & 6 days all up .


The deserts in Central Australia had see some of the best rains in living memory & while we were prepping for & doing the Finke Desert Race the flocks of Budgerigar's were that huge while they flew to & from fresh patches of seed grass that they looked like bushfire smoke at first from a distance ,their was tens of thousands of them in the murmurs.

Then as we got into the center of the remote Simpson Desert we witnessed the rare sight of the reason the Simpson Desert has the world's longest parallel sand dunes ,the north-south oriented dunes form & remain that way growing to around 100ft, because when they get big rain it pools at the base of the dunes in miles long narrow pools & remains for weeks meaning the dunes are then held in position by vegetation ,(mainly seed grasses & spinifex), that grows with the help of the pooled water. What that meant was we would come over the top of these big dunes at full throttle & be greeted by huge flocks of mainly Cockatiels .

These flocks of Cockatiels were that huge that they would black out the sky ,(many the same color as yours),as they were feeding on the seed grass around these long strips of water & bathing & drinking from them .These huge flocks were that big that at sunset they would fly in for their chosen patch at night & would make their own wind, there was literally Millions of them making the most of the water & feed in the middle of the desert .We were also surprised to also see ducks making the most of the desert sand dune pools & had to wonder how far they had flown into to make the most of it.

Originally Posted by bunji

@JessicaChen Back just seen this post as l was going through looking at the hounds & thought this may interest you ,in 2004 we did a huge trip to Central Australia by motorbike, we raced in 04 Finke Desert Race, had 2 weeks off & then rode across the Simpson Desert & up the Big Red Sand Dune out of Birdsville QLD around 1400klm & 6 days all up .


The deserts in Central Australia had see some of the best rains in living memory & while we were prepping for & doing the Finke Desert Race the flocks of Budgerigar's were that huge while they flew to & from fresh patches of seed grass that they looked like bushfire smoke at first from a distance ,their was tens of thousands of them in the murmurs.

Then as we got into the center of the remote Simpson Desert we witnessed the rare sight of the reason the Simpson Desert has the world's longest parallel sand dunes ,the north-south oriented dunes form & remain that way growing to around 100ft, because when they get big rain it pools at the base of the dunes in miles long narrow pools & remains for weeks meaning the dunes are then held in position by vegetation ,(mainly seed grasses & spinifex), that grows with the help of the pooled water. What that meant was we would come over the top of these big dunes at full throttle & be greeted by huge flocks of mainly Cockatiels .

These flocks of Cockatiels were that huge that they would black out the sky ,(many the same color as yours),as they were feeding on the seed grass around these long strips of water & bathing & drinking from them .These huge flocks were that big that at sunset they would fly in for their chosen patch at night & would make their own wind, there was literally Millions of them making the most of the water & feed in the middle of the desert .We were also surprised to also see ducks making the most of the desert sand dune pools & had to wonder how far they had flown into to make the most of it.

That must have been an absolutely incredible sight. Budgerigars and cockatiels are cheap popular household pets, and usually end up by themselves in a cage which is quite sad considering they are incredibly social animals that live in enormous flocks in the wild. I would love to visit Australia someday to see these wild flocks of budgies/tiels as well as all of the other awesome wildlife. Thanks for sharing your experience.