LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT
Man and dog have lived side by side for a millenia, yet the nuanced needs of the animals in the interspecies friendship are often lost in translation.
Case and point, Betoota dog Holly Purpette (5/35) mistook mum, Linda Purpette (45), carrying a full laundry basket as an invitation to grab a frisbee and muck about for a bit.
While humans her age would be busy stressing about family, career or the fear that the shit Pauline Hanson says will one day start to resonate with her, little Holly wants nothing more than to spend eternity retrieving a frisbee until she is satisfied enough that she can call herself a good girl.
Mum Linda however just came outside to hang up the washing and isn’t quite in the mood to trip on an inconveniently placed frisbee while doing so.
“Holly, how could you seriously think I have time for this?” asked Linda, speaking English to her dog for the millionth time.
“No, I don’t have time for frisbee right now.”
Unfortunately for the energetic little pup, of whichever breed she is in the photo, all she understood was that her mum said frisbee which was clearly an invitation to leave the dirty, twisted frisbee on her foot as mum hangs out the first of today’s four loads of washing.
