Introducing our friend, Nala
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338368)
Rockingham, Australia
September 20, 2022 7:23am CST
Twice a week at our house-sit we walk our friends’ daughter’s 14-month Labrador, Nala. The daughter lives just down the hill and only works a few days a week. We take a bag of treats with us and stay away from the sheep but otherwise Nala is very good. She loves the puddles and dams. The cows totally ignore her.
However, today while we were out, we disturbed a kangaroo and Nala took off after it. We were a bit concerned that she might disappear over the hill and far away chasing the ‘roo but I guess it left her for dead as within a few minutes, we could see her up ahead and she came back to us easily enough.
She’ll be having a sleep-over here on Thursday as it will be school holidays and her family is going away. We leave the next morning but our friends will arrive home later that day so Nala won’t be on her own too long. One interesting fact is that, In the three weeks we’ve been here, we’ve never heard her bark which seems a bit odd.
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@wolfgirl569 (104943)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Sep 22
@JudyEv They are usually very easy going dogs too.
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@JudyEv (338368)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Sep 22
@wolfgirl569 I've only met one that was a bit 'off' but she was inbred.
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@Marilynda1225 (82519)
• United States
20 Sep 22
Sounds like you're having a great time at your house-sit and adding Nala to the mix is even more fun. She's a pretty dog but weird that you've never heard her bark.
Glad she didn't go too far chasing the kangaroo
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@Marilynda1225 (82519)
• United States
20 Sep 22
@JudyEv my daughter has a black lab and he's so lovable. Having treats is a very good idea 
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@JudyEv (338368)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Sep 22
@Marilynda1225 She is only young really so is still learning.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
20 Sep 22
Best to ask Nala's fur parents about her not barking.
Otherwise, she sounds like a good girl.
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She filed that role well.
@Hannihar (130222)
• Israel
20 Sep 22
@JudyEv
I love the pcture of her and she looks very sweet. I thought she was a lab. I loe the name they gave her. I met another lab recently that was about Nala's color. She was very sweet but when I was leaving she did not want to say goodbye to me.
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@Hannihar (130222)
• Israel
21 Sep 22
@JudyEv
Mine was part lab and part husky and she was black and had some white. Her mother was a lab and her father a husky. I love those dogs and that is the only dog I would want these days if could have one but too hard to have one now. I have Sophie and she is my companion now.
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@LindaOHio (176085)
• United States
21 Sep 22
What a beautiful dog. I'm jealous that you get to dog sit!
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@LindaOHio (176085)
• United States
22 Sep 22
@JudyEv That is so, so cool. I miss our dogs so much.
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@allknowing (134950)
• India
21 Sep 22
Labs. are the mildest lot and no wonder you did not hear her bark
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@JudyEv (338368)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Sep 22
I haven't seen the owner for a few days. We might get the chance to ask tomorrow when she brings Nala's bed up to our house.
@RasmaSandra (79209)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Sep 22
Nala is very beautiful I love that photo
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@JudyEv (338368)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Sep 22
It's been nice having a dog to look after for a few weeks.
@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
21 Sep 22
Actually that may be a good thing that she hasn't barked. She is a real beauty!
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@JudyEv (338368)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Sep 22
It's a good thing indeed. I can't stand yappy little dogs.
