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The first day I met Scout I took a photo of her and her siblings and sent it straight to my partner. We had been looking for an Australian working breed rescue pup for a little while and just hadn't yet found the one for us. The little red bundle took our hearts almost instantly, and the next day we were at the RSPCA with the adoption papers signed, just waiting for her to get desexed so we could take her home. Since the moment she arrived home, we knew we had a little terror, but with time, training and...

I was given up at the early age of 7 months due to my endless energy. No one had put any time into me. I didn’t even know my own name.    I was rescued by Rockies K9 rescue and that is how my pawrents found me. I show them how much I appreciate them at night only since all the birds are sleeping then 😂   Joshua Barclay

    All tuckered out after a "Ripper" of a weekendThis is Scotty and his rescue dog "Ripper" captured resting after there lightening performance in the 15km finishing First overall. A massive big thank you to all who made this year a hugely successful event. Once again we had the most wonderful volunteers who managed to pull off an epic event with a record number of participants and everything went off smoothly. We had quite a lot of international visitors this year, with people coming as far south as Victoria and as far south at the Northen Territory.So many wonderful...

  ***** Please note -  not all of these are designated “dog” events, some of them “allow” you to run with your dog so please be mindful and courteous to other participants so as not to ruin the event for future participants who enjoy running with or without a dog******   New South Wales May Newcastle 5km Colour Frenzy Location: Newcastle, Foreshore Park Distance: 5km Type: fun run   July   Riverwood trail Run This event is proudly bought to you by TailRunner Location: Riverwood Downs, Monkerai Distance: 4km, 15km, 30km, 55km Type: Mixed Trail   August Dirty Dog Location:...

I am trying my hand at making some short videos and have started up a TailRunner YouTube Channel. Many of these are from my experience as an Ultra/Endurance runner. I'm planning on adding some helpful hints and strength exercises so you can see how I train for an event. As well as adding in some videos of the dogs so please subscribe so you don't miss out :)