Border Collie Art and Photography Prints

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Michelle Wrighton Art and Photography Prints



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Happy New Year - And Its competition time!

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

I hope everypup and every human had a safe night - and nobody got scared by the fireworks!

To celebrate the New Year, my mum and dad are holding two new competitions that are free to enter for Dog Lovers everywhere!

The first competition starting today is for a prize of a $100 (AUD) Amazon shopping Gift Card for the Dogsites member that makes the most forum posts from 1st January 2008 to 30th March 2008. How cool is that! Join in the discussion forum, learn some new doggy things, share your doggy experiences, meet new doggy friends, have some fun AND you get the chance to win this great prize!!!

The second competition is a photography competition and the theme is "Funny Photo". The funniest Dog photos will be chosen by Dogsites visitors using a rating vote system, so make sure you tell all your friends to come along and vote for your photos! The prizes are awesome and include an original 9"x12" Pet Portrait of your dog created by my Mum (who's a multi award winning animal and wildlife artist), a years subscription to the excellent dog magazine, National Dog, and a $50.00 gift voucher for Amazon.com.

Now what dog lover couldn't resist these competitions?

To find out more about these great competitions, please visit

PS: You can see my Dog Page while your there!

Woofs and Tailwags

Turbo Taj

Beach Boy!

I'm such a lucky dog, mum and dad decided to take me and the kids to the beach for some fun! As soon as we parked the car, I remembered it from last week with Aunty Kim and my cousin Smudge.

I had to wait for mum to get my tennis balls and chucka out of the bag.

Didn't you know that Border Collies are better retrievers than Labs and Goldens?"

"I have to bring it back and drop it at mum's feet otherwise she won't chuck it again".

"Ha Ha this is so much fun!!!"

"You gotta keep one eye on those waves, otherwise they sneak up on you and pour over your head!"

"My mum and dad say I am such a happy boy."

"Catch me if you can!"

"I love running in the water, but I don't like the big waves that go over my head."

Look at all this open space and its all for the dogs!

Looks like some more lucky dogs have come down to the beach for some fun.

"Can I play, Mum, please can I?
On second thoughts I only want to chase them away from my tennis ball!"



Mr Sandman.

These are some of the other dogs we met at the beach today.

"Time to go. We live an hour away from the beach, we so had an icecream first (I even got my own little bucket of icecream - yum!). Tee Hee then I stole some of my kids chips on the way home, but they didn't really mind. When we got home we were all hot so we had a quick swim in the pool. I'm so lucky that my family want to have fun with me!"

Definitely a fun day for everyone. Oh and, for anyone who is wondering, Tia didn't come with us because she dosn't like water, overheats too easily, dosn't like the car, and is a bit selective with other dogs.

Can you believe she dosn't like toys or tennis balls either? But thats because she's a Shar-Pei, not a Border Collie!