WE SUPPORT RUTLAND MANOR - MY DOG AIN'T NO MUTT

"The Goombah d'oro"

I have a precious friend in "The Goombah d’oro" (Golden Buddy, for those of you whose New York Italian isn’t up to snuff). I love him and he loves me. Goombah is a Labradoodle with a deep and rich family heritage. That heritage goes back to a root established by Beverley Manners, the founder of Rutland Manor Breeding and Research Centre and the co-founder and developer of the ASD (Australian Service Dog) Australian Labradoodle.

Attacked from Left - Attacked from the Right

Several weeks back, as I was trudging home from a particularly engaging meeting, I had the distinct feeling that I was being followed.   It had been a long day and it was nigh on the twilight hours.   Each time I snapped around to confront my dogged shadow, I was confronted with naught but a calm, ever darkening void -- there was no living creature there.   This action (or rather reaction) was repeated several times, and the experience was becoming a tad unnerving.    Finally, on what must have been the seventh or eighth spin-around, I caught a fleeting glimpse of a small animal, furtively scurrying behind a low-lying bush several yards behind me.

I began walking backwards, continuing along the same homeward-bound path, when a small head with two round floppy ears peaked out from behind the shrub, (cntrl click to in new window &) read MORE