Clancy the Wandering Whippet
Chapter I - Introductions and Tail Wags
by Clancy W, April 2008
Hallo everyone!
Clancy the author
I'm Clancy, a 9 month old and lovable, if I do say so myself, young Whippet boy. I was born in Ballarat, in Victoria, where I lived with Lulu, my Whippet Mum, and my first people.
All my litter mates went off to live with their new people whilst they were still quite small and for a while I got overlooked, but then my new person came along.
Annie picked me up in a rather strange sort of car thing, it has our bed in it and a kitchen and a fridge (very important) and a TV/stereo……just like a little toy house! Then, in our house on wheels, we went for a drive on a road called the Great Alpine Road. Very aptly named to my mind, the Alpines really were great big high ones, with wet cold white stuff on top, (Annie said it was called ‘snow') I liked trying to eat it & playing in it, although it was a bit chilly on my little paws!
Living in our little house on wheels is quite cosy when we all snuggle up to watch TV or listen to music, often staying in these Park places where lots of people make a big fuss of Carlin and me. Other times we camp in the bush, which is really good fun as there are usually lots of good smells and things to roll in there – then it's good to just watch Annie's face change when we try to get cuddly again!
Carlin and I are quite comfy in our House on Wheels!
Annie has a sort of a job to do on the road, she says she is a ‘quality controller' and that someone has to make sure all the country bakeries & coffee shops are maintaining a high standard – Annie says it is a hard job, but someone has to do it. That is ok with Carlin and me, ‘coz we are the assistant quality controllers! We visited some of Annie and Carlin's friends and then we started driving a few hours each day, having lots of play breaks and getting a little bit warmer every day. When we are on the road like this Carlin and I take it in turns to be Navigator and sit up front with Annie, it's good to sit up front as a little Whippet like me can see so much more from the front seat!
We travelled this way for quite a while, sometimes it got very hot, even at night, but Annie kept us as cool as she could and then we reached a place called Darwin. We have stayed in Darwin since last November. We live a few minutes from where we send Annie to work (so as she can keep us in the manner in which we feel we should become accustomed). Annie comes home twice during the day just to see us. While we are here we spend our days stretched out on this really big verandah, where it stays shady all day. We have a puppy couch of our own and we can peer through the railings and keep an eye on the world.
There is a beach not too far away, it is a free run beach and we have a lot of doggie pals to play with, the funny thing is that the water here is so warm that even I swim quite happily, in fact even the rain here is warm.
See I can swim!
Just lately Annie has been putting ‘stuff' into the little house on wheels (it seems to me that people have lots of stuff), Carlin, who knows the signs, tells me that we will be going somewhere very soon. I have heard Annie talking about Broome. I don't really know where that is, but as long as I am with Annie and Carlin I am sure I will like this Broome.