Tank & Cooper

Here's my boys. Tank is an Australian Shepherd, crossed with a Red Heeler, and Cooper is a Border Collie crossed with a Spaniel of some description.
Tank is lucky to be here. He was bitten my a Tiger Snake in our back yard a couple of months ago. I believe it happened not long before I got home from work, and luckily the Vet was still at the clinic when I called. $1300 dollars later, he still has some confusion with the operation of his legs thanks to some nerve damage from the venom. But thankfully he hasn't lost his spirit!
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And just to ensure the Wife doesn't feel left out, here i her baby, Opie.
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You have adorable dogs - but that cat. That photo speaks volumes. I wouldn't go anywhere near that thing without welders gloves or something similar!

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Originally Posted by nDR01d

You have adorable dogs - but that cat. That photo speaks volumes. I wouldn't go anywhere near that thing without welders gloves or something similar!

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Haha, he is actually the biggest powderpuff. Not an aggressive bone in his body! Unfortunately, I prefer a bit more aggression in my cats, this one is a big let down!!

Tank and Cooper look like a lovely pair of Dogs, Tank is very lucky to be still alive, Tiger Snakes are supposed to be one of the most venomous species of snakes in Australia, and their venom is supposed to be very potent, Opie's a real cute looking cat, out of my two cats, Holly is probably the most aggressive when she wants to be, she was a bit bitey and scratchy when she was a kitten, the other cat, Gengle, is real placid.

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Originally Posted by DrNomis_44

Tank and Cooper look like a lovely pair of Dogs, Tank is very lucky to be still alive, Tiger Snakes are supposed to be one of the most venomous species of snakes in Australia, and their venom is supposed to be very potent, Opie's a real cute looking cat, out of my two cats, Holly is probably the most aggressive when she wants to be, she was a bit bitey and scratchy when she was a kitten, the other cat, Gengle, is real placid.

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Thanks Doc, I'm very lucky to have my boy still with me. The timing of it all was crazy.

I regularly donate Plasma after work, which can take anywhere from 45mins, to an 1&1/2hrs. This same night they asked if they could take whole blood, which is over an done with in about 15mins, so I arrived home about 1/2hr before normal.
Tank was not waiting for me at the back door like normal, but Cooper was, which straight away was weird.

I called out to him a couple of times, and heard some noise coming from around the corner, and when he finally appeared he was staggering around like crazy but all he wanted to do was to get to me.

The vet agreed that it looked like a snake bite, so I immediately told him to give the Anti-venom. Luckily, down here in Tassie, we only have 4 snake breeds, 2 of which are venomous. Unlike the mainland, both snakes venom can be treated with the one anti-venom.

As you can see from the photos below, Tank has to be near me at all times. He nuzzles any chance he can get, and flops down on top of me if given half a chance.

Cooper is his own keeper most of the time, and prefers to try and keep a ball or tugging rope away from you at all times!

Nice affectionate looking dog you have there.

Hey Doc, Inland Taipan followed by King Brown or Mulga snake rank higher than Tigers for how potent their venom is. Have spoken with many FIFO mine workers and they usually carry satellite phones and reckon if bitten by a Taipan you barely have enough time to call your loved ones before it's all over. What makes them even more deadly is that are usually 2.0m or more in length, very nervous and strike fast up to the full length of their body multiple times.

Zandit's dog was very lucky indeed.

Glad Tank is doing well

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Originally Posted by wazkelly

Nice affectionate looking dog you have there.

Hey Doc, Inland Taipan followed by King Brown or Mulga snake rank higher than Tigers for how potent their venom is. Have spoken with many FIFO mine workers and they usually carry satellite phones and reckon if bitten by a Taipan you barely have enough time to call your loved ones before it's all over. What makes them even more deadly is that are usually 2.0m or more in length, very nervous and strike fast up to the full length of their body multiple times.

Zandit's dog was very lucky indeed.

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Originally Posted by stan

Glad Tank is doing well

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Thanks Guys, most appreciated!

You know how I was saying how much I love my dogs........
























































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bwhahah bit of a mess, so is that Tank or Coopers handy work ?

Edit I scrolled up, looks like Cooper is the naughty boy !

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Originally Posted by wokkaboy

bwhahah bit of a mess, so is that Tank or Coopers handy work ?

Edit I scrolled up, looks like Cooper is the naughty boy !

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It would have been a joint effort. Cooper just happened to be in my wife's photo. Not Happy Jan!!!!

haha so Tank is smart enough to run away when evidence photo's are being taken !

Haha, most definitely!!

"We slayed the beast Dad, we did good huh?"

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Originally Posted by Dedman

"We slayed the beast Dad, we did good huh?"

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Hahahaha!!! LMAO!!!

Damn! Its those exploding pillows again!

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Originally Posted by dingobass

Damn! Its those exploding pillows again!

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An absolute coincidence that the dogs happened to witness the exploding pillow...

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Originally Posted by keloooe

An absolute coincidence that the dogs happened to witness the exploding pillow...

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It is a well known fact that soft furnishings only explode when in the presence of dogs.
No one has ever been able to explain this phenomenon.
Unfortunately dogs always end up getting blamed for this anomaly.

Some updated photos of the boys...
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So the sun comes out in Tassie then?

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Originally Posted by Andy40

So the sun comes out in Tassie then?

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Hi Andy, down there they are much closer to the hole in the ozone layer and when the sun comes out you get fried quicker than you can say KFC haha! Same thing in NZ South Island too.

Wow. Photographic evidence of sunshine in Tasweigia!

Yes, it was out for about 5mins!!:p
As Waz mentioned, you fry to a crisp down here very easily!
Some cousins were down from Cobar who were nice and brown from their 40deg weather up there, and after just 20mins of a 20deg day they were brunt!! Being a natural ginger, I lost many layers of skin thanks to blistering and sun burn as a kid.
I really should get in for a mole check soon.

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Originally Posted by Zandit75

I really should get in for a mole check soon.

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So you work for the secret service! ;)

I just had a growth removed from my nose today. Probably just a warty thing but it has been bleeding for a few months, so they thought it best to remove it and check it out in case it was a BCC.

Careful what you say Simon as there are plenty of 2 headed jokes about Tasmanians, all untrue as there is a country town about an hour north of where I live that has already taken the gong for that.

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Originally Posted by wazkelly

Careful what you say Simon as there are plenty of 2 headed jokes about Tasmanians, all untrue as there is a country town about an hour north of where I live that has already taken the gong for that.

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There's a couple of Central Western NSW towns that could vie for that gong. Some mean banjo being played <nudge, nudge, wink, wink>