My dish cleaning job!

What Did Your Parents Most Want You to Be? Indy found this interesting.

What Did Your Parents Most Want You to Be?



Makes you think!



Indy

Can a leopard catch a fish? Have a look!

Check this amazing story and picture.
Do you think you could stare down this leopard?
Enjoy
Indy

Reunited at Last - German Shepherd Back from Iraq

Please read this wonderful story of a German Shepherd being reunited with his partner after working in Iraq. We German Shepherds  know the joy of reunion after separation.
Click here for the news story.
Indy

Happy at Kromme

I was really happy today. Great to back by the  river.
Indy

Here I am swimming in the Kromme and clearing up part of a tree from a winter storm.

My first swim after Easter.
Indy

John's Musical Tribute to Quakers

John composed this a few month ago. He hopes you enjoy it.
Here is what John thought:
"Quaker Dawn. Written in four short parts. Hopefully the music (although way far from perfect and very amateurish) shows that almost excruciating soft gentle compassion  can have a steel and resolute backbone, both buttressed by independent thought. All this resulting in a life of quiet practical compassion guided by the Light."
Indy

Cecil the lion killed - Warning: This will upset you

Cecil the famous lion has been killed in Zimbabwe.

Please Google:  Cecil lion
See what is on the web
In Google, click on images for pictures of Cecil.
Click on this link as well.

Do your research responsibly.

Words cannot express how outraged I am about what happened, according to news reports.

To those who say: "Why are you so upset about the death of a lion when millions of innocent people are dying throughout the world?" my answer is: "We should of course be more outraged when innocent people are killed and I hope we are and always will be. But lets stick to the point - this blog is about Cecil the lion who was killed in Zimbabwe recently.

Request to followers of this blog: Please respond by doing whatever you can do lawfully to protect the rights of animals. Remember - every little bit helps.

Thank you.

Indy

Cruelty to Animals and a Special Kind of Hell

As John's son Stephen said: There is a special kind of hell for people who treat dogs this way.

Click on this link and weep.

Indy

The Cat and the Ducklings - an Indy Recommendation - Enjoy

Have a look at this. There is more to us animals than you humans think. Watch the video!

Indy

With two good friends in San Francisco

I wish I had been there too.

Indy 

Jogger Dog Paws Golden Gate Bridge - For Indy

John took this video for me at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Watch where dogstouch our paws! I so wish I could jog there ....

Indy

German Shepherd Golden Gate Jogging

John and Patricia are in San Francisco. Joggers jog with us dogs to where the Bridge starts and then jog back. There is a place for joggers to touch and turn. There is a place also for us dogs to touch out paws and turn. See the pictures below. 

German Shepherds and the 23rd Psalm

Have a look at this!

Indy

German Shepard and Golden Gate

John at the place under the Golfen Gate where U.S. dogs touch paws and turn back when jogging. 

Below - The Golden Gate San Francisco 

Indy 

Transport in San Francisco

Hi
John sent me this photo!

Enjoy

Indy 

Dad and the Commander of Fort McHenry 1812

Dad pointing out something to the Commander of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1812.  Picture taken in the planning  room of the Fort.

Indy

German Shepherd and the News Reader

 

 

Patricia reading me the newspaper. This is the good life....

 

Indy

The lyrebird has a message for us

Have a look at this video of one of nature's greatest mimics - the lyrebird. It is amazing. It will change your attitude to cutting down trees for ever.
To see it type into Google: youtube lyrebird mimic chainsaw

Indy

Hearing for the first time

What happens when a person who has been deaf hears for the first time? 

Find out by typing into Google: Youtube hearing for the first time

You will be amazed - and humbled.

  

Indy

John's New Melody

Hi

Here is a short, simple melody composed and played by John. He hopes you will enjoy it.

Indy

Bluebelle's Chair

Hi

Bluebelle is a beautiful young German Shepherd who lives with her owner Eva in Port Elizabeth at Arieva German Shepherds.  Bluebelle tells me she really loves Eva and it is great staying with her. But - there is the chair issue.

Bluebelle has SMSed me that she is not allowed on her own chair! I think this is the problem: All German Shepherd owners must understand that all the chairs in the house belong to us. This means we can sit on any chair at any time for as long as we want to.  No argument. All German Shepherd owners please note: GERMAN SHEPHERDS RULE. 

Here is a picture of Bluebelle on her own chair.

And below is young Bluebelle on the floor after being told to get off her own chair - not all that happy I must say.

Really this must stop. Bluebelle must get her chair back.

Take me for example. I stay with Patricia and John. It took them months to understand (no offense meant -they are human) that all the chairs in the house are mine. Below is a picture of me waiting to watch "Animal Planet" - the only worthwhile series on TV.

Indy

A Tribute to Thomas Gray who lived for only six days

John and Patricia read this story today. It is very moving and important.
Please read it.
Here is the link:  The Thomas Gray Story.
Indy

Dad Home Alone with Indy - Cooking Rice in Microwave

Patricia is off to London for 2 weeks. So, its Home Alone for Dad and me. Here is Patricia explaining how to cook rice in the Microwave.

To all other Home Alone Dads.
I hope this helps.
Indy

Cheetahs Feeding - Table manners

Patricia, John, Rosanne and Anna watched cheetah feeding at the Kragga Kamma Game Park yesterday. Its a great Game Park. But the cheetahs! Such squabbling over the food. They should all get some training at my German Shepherd Club - learn some good table manners. I would soon get them into line. The first thing I would do would be to make them sit with the meat balancing on their noses before eating. Good eating discipline is what those cheetahs need.

Indy - the German Shepherd
(I sit before I eat)

Watch the short fight. Such shocking manners....

Indy

Woman rescues dog on highway

Wow! This woman is my hero! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for saving one of us.
Indy

Sunlight on the Kromme

Early morning on the Kromme. 

John and Mozart

Here is John playing the theme from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. Playing it John's way! I don't know if Mozart would approve but one thing is for sure - John is a huge, huge fan of Mozart. John says that for him, Mozart opens a window into another world.

Yes - the picture is of the Kromme River in South Africa.

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