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July 10, 2003
For those who share their lives with dogs. I just love that sign. It is so different to the authoritarian signs on South Australian beaches that increasingly ban dogs from roaming free on beaches with their guardians. Even deserted beaches in mid winter.
The phenomenon of dog attacks is increasingly being used to ban dogs from public places. There are less and less places where dogs can run free in a city, such as Adelaide. They are less free than the violent, abusive homeless kids who roam the city streets destroying houses and cars. It is the dogs who are monsters not the kids.
The above link is via Joseph at reading and writing. He has a lovely post on having dogs around, being included in their animal lives and living with them like an animal in the world. He expresses a way of living with then in a shared world. I have yet to read Santayana's Animal Faith and Spiritual Life. But here is a link to a book by an Australian philosopher writing about living with dogs.
Here is a photo of Ari, our apricot standard poodle, taken at Secret Beach Mallacoota.
The photo was taken when we were on holidays in May of this year.
And this is Agtet, our grey standard poodle.
The place is Petrel Cove in Victor Harbor. The photo was taken just prior to going on holidays.
Ooops, Suzanne says that the photo was also taken at Secret Beach in Mallacoota. And she is right.
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Beautiful photos and a great post, Gary.
I love Joseph's on the summer camp, it's a bit like this here with the current pack of four I share my life with. One of the best things about sharing your life with dogs is witnessing that pure canine joy, often when running free in parks - and especially at the beach. It's so sad that the hysteria surrounding dog attacks has led to their absence along the deserted shorelines of winter. Alas, the scared and joyless will inherit the beach. Missed your link to Gaita btw, which I read last year. Would be interested to read your review of it.