2014 -15

haggy dog stories

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c o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h a s i l i c o n e d o g

an art project by tom hackett

t h i s i s t h e t a l e o f h i s r e p l i c aThe fall 1980

n

e v e r s e e n d o g b r e e d e r

On

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ydog's Tinkerbel l who

isteacup

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ahu

a/m

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ture

Daschund

cross

s h e

w i l l

c l i m b

u p

o n t o

m y

B e l g i a n

S h e p h e r d

J e t

a n d

s i t

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h i m

a s

a

c u s h i o n

Whe

n Je

t st

ands

up

he

m

akes

a ru

n fo

r it

just to get close to the sun

My

14

ye

ar

ol d

Ge

rm

an

Sh

ep

he

rd

Sta

rta

ke

sTi n

kerb

el l

f or

aw

a lkaround

the

ga

rde

nw

hi l e

sh

eg

rip

sh

i sta

i li n

he

rm

ou

th

t r u e

Youcatch the eye…………….good

Yo

u

s m i l e ………………good

Is the urban dog walker more or less

a p p r o a c h a b l e ?

- - - - - - - - - Dylan is a little bit happy

and a little bit naughty

he growls at people

my sisters

and my

mum

My old labrador/alsation 1st cross, Fritz was a bit of a celebrity where we lived. He was the only one whoever had a slate at our local indian corner shop. He used to take himself down the road go into the shop &gently take a packet of Quavers from out of the box & then leave the shop and go back home proudly carrying his crisps. No matter where they moved the quavers box he always found it and if he could notreach the box he sat there & barked & howled until someone gave him a packet. I used to go to the shop andRaj would say to me "Mrs Walker your dog he been stealing again". I used to say "come on then what's hisslate this week?" ans would pay the dogs bill. I knew exactly how many he had because he always ate them

in the lounge in his chair & the packets were there.

They reciprocate………..good and so it begins…………….

- - - - - - - - -S

ca

re

d

H e u s e d t o e a t s a r d i n e s & b a n a n a s

this

wo

ma n

h a d a b u l l t e r r i e r a n da

tod

dler

it

waS

horrible

they

couldn’t

get

it

off

she

let

it

off

the

lead

on

scarborough

beach

it ran up to a donkey and

leaptup

lockiing its teeth onto the donkeys buttocks - - - - -The workershave hearts of

g oldHe was a cruelty casefrom the local dogshome aged about 18months but he had sucha great life with us andhe was a softy. Mygrandsons learnt howto walk with the dogshelp. They used to pullthemselves up on himand he would walk sogentle with them holding on to him. Evenif they twisted his skinas they pulled themselves up hewould never snap atthem.

One Sunday we took him in the local woods for a run & as we were walking through we

heard him barking from up ahead. When we got to him he was stood over a dead pheasant

barking like mad. There was a shoot taking place on the estate so my husband felt under

it's wing & it was still warm so he told me to wait there while he got the van. Fritz stood

guard over the pheasant until his dad came back & watched hubby put the pheasant

under the drivers seat

t h e n o i s e t h e y m a k e i s a k i n t o b r a y i n gd

o n ke

ys

He was 18 when we had to have him put to sleep because his back end went

andit broke our hearts, but he really did bring a lot of joy into so many

peoples lives. His beautiful brown eyes charmed many an old lady & they

were always bringing him fresh bones & treats

you were a lovely dog x

Ou

rC

at a n d

d og

we r e b e s t f r i e n d

s

Usually Fritz sat

on the front seat

between us but

not this time he

was laid on the

floor in the back

keeping his eye

on his bird When

we got home he

watched hubby

pluck it and clean

it and put it in the

oven. We were

going to have a

pheasant salad

for tea, so once it

was cooked I left

it out on the

kitchen table to

cool

K a y l e i g hh e

l ps

he r s e l f t o

b an

a

na

s

catches squirrels, while waiting

A G e r m a n D w a r f - b i t e r . . . . … A . K . Aminiature Pinscher A.K.A….A.K.A

chiPSo

for his owner to

steam him some

chicken

Unfortunately th

ough the dog played

'finders keepers' &

stole the pheasant

off the ta

ble and ate the lo

t. This was

the first a

nd only time th

at dog stole

food of the ta

ble but no way was he

letting us have HIS pheasant

an

do

t h e rf i n

ed

el i c

a

cie

s

l u c k y c h i p s o

R.I.P Fritz

X

roSie

Upon p

icking

myself

up

and sh

outing

at the

owner

to get

his d

og

on a l

ead an

d

get co

ntrol

of

it, I

was to

ld

in qui

te an

aggres

sive w

ay

to f*c

k off,

walk o

n, tha

t

if he

came

across

the

road t

o me

Istood myground, andwas still arguing

with him when he saidagain to walk on, that he

was a naughty man and he would

not be messed with. He said he

didn't care how big my 'old man' was

F * * K O F F ! ! ! !

iS

Scared

PigeonS

While walking

my two dogs

with my mum

one Sunday

afternoon a

dog ran out

of its house,

across the

main road and

got into an

altercation

with one of

my dogs. This

resulted

in both my

mum and me

do

n’t w

ant any, no mate....

eats own poo and bananas

H

e’sa Cocker Spaniel Blue Roan…

he

steals food. wrappings fromfood

in

middle

aged man in the shade of a tree watching

bik

ini…

Sunbather

i n S e c t

X What a twat!!!

not i would

like it

fallingdown onto the

pavement

ca

pt

a

i nt h e s p a n i e l

Lo

tt

i e

j um

ps

i n p

oo

l s,

ru

ns

ar

ou

nd

fa

st

, i s t

wo

ye

ar

s o

l d a

nd

go

es

to

pl a

y w

i th

ot

he

r y

or

ks

hi r

e

te

rr

i er

s

sirrus the lakeland

terrier jumped onto

the trampoline to

jump over the

fence, luckily

he is chipped,

but he still

managed

to escape

from the

police

station

if I see him again I’ll get my rifle!

He

us

ed

to

chase r a c e h o r s e s

bo

yw

as

ar e

s cu

ed

og

,f oun d

i n a h e d g e h e s t o l e a s t r i n g o f s a u s a g e s f r o ms o me one ’ s

ba

ck

do

or

We

acquired

two

dogs

and

while

dragging

them

around

I

notic e d

a l u m p i nm y

g r o i n a n d n o wI

a m

ha

v

ing

a

he r n i a

o

p

Teddy,

nicknamed

SPIT after Bob Caro-

gees. She hate

s hedgehogs

and will

wait for 3 hours fo

r them to

come out so she can bark at t

hem and gets

her nose pricked. She also barks at h

orse

chestnuts

for hours

Harry the rescue dog is epileptic and takes

d i a z e p a m

Tillywas our

borderterrierand went

missing from ourfront verge, We walkedall aorund the park looking for her andput up a reward notice in the car park. Thiswoman got a call from her sister who sawthe notice and she brought Tilley back andclaimed the reward. This was despite

her picking her up fromoutside our house.

be

nt

le

yc

he

w sp l a

s t e r f r o m

th

e

co

rn

eri put mustard on the walls,

that stopped it!

harry avoided

puddles

he

rem

ove

dco

rks

out of wine

bo

ttles

fe

et

l i k e s a u c e

rs

7stone

pu

l l e d c h i l d r e na l o

ng

on

a s l e dge

he died in my

a r m s

if I see him again I’ll get my rifle!

He

us

ed

to

chase r a c e h o r s e s

Ou

rd o g

s e tf i r e t o

ou

rs

o

f a b y c h e w i n ga

b o x o f m a t c h e s o n

bo

yw

as

ar e

s cu

ed

og

,f oun d

i n a h e d g e h e s t o l e a s t r i n g o f s a u s a g e s f r o ms o me one ’ s

ba

ck

do

or

ch

ris

tmas

day

of the

r o o m

the minute we

leave the house, bob the

beagle will rip the bin bag out

of the bin, open it and drag the

remains of last nights take away

upstairs and hide it under the bed

or somewhere. You find some

various bits allo ver the place.

He also has a habit of

eating fox poo

He

ch

as

e

d

a s e a g u l l i nS k

e g n e s s

then

cam

e

running back with a look of terroron

his

face

He

is

now scared of seagulls

be i n g c h a s e d b y h u

n

dr

ed

so

f

se a g u l l s

his tail is

lopped off

If anyone trumpsJasper will sniffhis own bum to check it wasn't him

I too

k

him

fish

ing

with

my

frien

ds,

Jasp

er a

te

all the

bait

while w

e

wer

e no

t

wat

ching

our rescue

dog was tied

to one of our

cars when

we were

camping,

and we

drove off

towing him

round the

field

Ruby the labradoodle is a non sheddy dog

who

grabs

cardigans

c a r r i e s s o c k s a r o u n dand

Billy

DAISY

barks a

t the

sea is

ten m

onths

old a

nd reco

gnises

other C

ockapoo’s

adog

barks

and

my

ea r s p r i c k e

d u p .. . . . o n l y

t

orealise

it

was

a

duc k ,

n o t a d o g,

n o r w a s

it

abutterfly

&Colin the pug is silly

he’s called ‘locksmith’ as everytime I pick up his lead he makes a bolt for the door

h e ’ s c a l l e d t r u m p e t , s h o r t f o r

t r u m p e t v o l u n t a r y a s h e b a r k s w i t h t h e v o l u m e

o f a c h u r c h o r g a n

how totally

ludicrous!

took

Jed

climbing

mountains

and

he’d run right

the edges

he

was

very

surprised

ha

da

nA

l s a t i a n / L a b c r o s s w h o u s e d t o g oa f t e r

d u

c ks

pe

op

l eu

se

dt o

s h o u t

up

to

we

and peep over them

Jasper fell asleep and rolled off

the sofa

adorable

he was really affectionate when I waspregnant

Our Staffie is scared of the kids

p

ul l e

d

he gets his

ears

Bruno is scared of teddies

and tea towels but was very

protective when I was

pregnant

my son did a poo in the

garden and ruby the

dog came and ate it

get your dog on a lead

Bobby

ate

all

of

my

chocolates

from

my

advent

calendar

Joey my Jack Russell is as

He

ch

as

ed

af t e

rd

uc k s a n d

r an

i nt o t h e

r i ve

r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

He

on

ly

ba r k s a t t h e p o s t m a

nwellaw

ellawellahuh!s o f t

a s

g r e a s eher o

l l s o n h i s ba ck , e s peci al l y

f or

g i r l s

.

I told him he couldn't have treats until

he finished his dinner. He then ran to the

kitchen, gulped his dinner, ran back and

Threw

up

h e r u n s a r o u n dw i t h a f r i s b yo v e rh i sh e a dl o o k i n gv e r y p r o u d o f h i m s e l f

Our puppy ripped the room toshred and devastated everythingbut left a box of 6 eggs untouched

Paris survived

Pavo

a r m i n a r m l o v e r s

Our dog managed to get inside the cardboard box and eat the Easter eggs

she licks you like hell... like you’r e

her dinner

she budges you off the bed

LUNAR the siberian husky

h a s p i e r c i n g b l u e e y e s

he

pee’d

on th

e m

att

Our dog pisses

everywhere

he ate some tin oxide

and had to take some

charcoal

Lizziethebeagle

stolefrom someone else’s barbecue.

Shealso

fell

downacliffinCromerandwehad

to walk round

milestorescueher

big pile

Ears

Wil low

andRowena are s i s ters taken

fromtheirmother

t he

yc l e a n e a c h o t h e r ’ s

Maddie

,m

ad

asa hatter was found in the lake

dis

trict

Islachewed up my £540 glasses whilst I was too drunk

to notice

getS

carried

around

like

a

baby

a r o u n d t h e

a n d t a k e s a w a l k

b l o c k

S i t s i n f r o n t

o f t h e b a s k e t

di

st

an

t

la

u

g h t e r

We have a history of Alsatians

Zac lived for8years

Deefa &Df o r

d o g

I was walking along and my dog Grace

fell into a B.T . manhole at the side of me

Ellais intuitive

Petra

when

9

could not leave her bedroomin

casebrig

htth

em

astiff

attackedher

h e rm o t h e r

used

to

b

ri n g h e

rm e a

l s u pto

h

erin

her

toom

w e h a d a t h r ee

l eg

g e d m o n g

re

l

Iw

as

bu

l l i ed

i n t o w a l k i n g t h e t h r e e p e a ks

i

had

to

carry

the

dog

in

the

rucSac

mo u t h l e s s

t y p e

w o u l d g e t

the

l a b r a d o o d l e

is a non sheddydog

Daddie shut the baby gate

Gus

fe

ll

d

o

wn

I was 18 and on my way to buy a washer.I walked into a yard and a man shouted

The dog bit me on the backand I had tohave stitches, I still have the

r u n !

ac

i rcu

mc i s e d c e r a m

i cd

og

. . . . . c uri o

us

Jimmy eatS footballS

chewS them uP

eatS carrotS

ruby

s c a r s

&a

i

Petra

when

9

could not leave her bedroomin

casebrig

htth

em

astiff

attackedher

Iw

as

bu

l l i ed

i n t o w a l k i n g t h e t h r e e p e a ks

mo u t h l e s s

t y p e

She spins r

ound with

the washing

machine

B u b b abritiS

h

bull

dog

jumped

on

my

grands

on’sskateboard and wouldn’t let

himb

ack

on

self-aware dog.

a very

Honey

isa

whippet-lurcher cross who was found with a crushed

foot bythe

sideof

aro

ad

inK

ent

he only has 3 paws but runs elegantlyAs a child

my dog

Dinky a Yorkshire

terrier, w

as my best

friend, we slept

togeth

er, we w

ere

inseparable.

T o b y t h e

e a t s CO

CK

ER

s p a n i e l m e m o r y s t i c k s

got from done ro

aming,

they get them from

deathrowf o s t e r e d i n W o r k s o p

good with

children

We took Dinky to

Great Yarmouth,

Dinky was left in the

car. My parents

forgot to wind down

the window. Dinky

wilted and diedMy parents drove

around Yarmouth

looking for a Vet.

They put him on my

knee. They told me

later he had gone on

Holiday

I for

got t

ill I w

as 2

1 and

I

saw

him

on

a ph

oto.

I

aske

d m

y m

um ‘d

id I

used

to h

ave

a do

g?’ A

nd it

all

cam

e

flood

ing

back

My

P h o e b e b i t e s P o s t m a n ’ sf i n

ge

rs

,S

he

i sm

ed i u m a n d b l a c k

homer the labradorwellcomed the burglarwith a pile of shoes

Bailey can tell the

time

he wandered in

and my mum turned

and said.....it

must

be 8

O’c

lock

I love my go

lde

nla

bra

dor,

he

does so many funny

thin

gs.He got his head stuck

in

a

met

alfen

cein

aco

w

field

for about

10m

inutes

S a m s t r u g g l e d t o w a l k i s d a f t

&

He

wouldn’t

hurt a fly !

t o S S t h e

c o i nLe

xie

the A

lsatia

n

is sc

ared o

f the

dark. S

he will

only

go out i

f Wesle

y the

Yorkie

goes o

ut firs

t

Do

ll

y

i s h a v i n g h e r e y er e

m

ov

ed

you notice n a t u r e m o r e

w o u l d n ’ t e a t h i s c h a p p i e o n c h r i s t m a s d a y , e v e n w h e n

g r a n n i e p u t s o m e

b r a n d yo n

h ei t

why ?

My

da

ughter had an Alsat ian wh

o

died from cancer ag

ed4

Ellie chases

shadows

They sit in a

circle on collapsible

chairs. Dappled light

shimmers across the more

intense looking man who

addresses the fold. He was a young

gun, no doubt brought in to shake

up the department. Sadly the

normal tranquillity is laid

impotent by the latent

intensity and underlying

threat that prevails

My

re

scu

eb

ox

er

l i k e s t o c h a s e h a re s a n d r a b b i t s

he

al so

ea t s r a s p b e r r i e s f r o m t h eb

ush

luckily some younger

dogs found him

Tim fell in a hole in the moors

he is a bitsa

lhe br

ings

both

the

bowl

and t

he

spoo

n to u

s

like a baby

oScar

lookS

he’s crazy

if

o n l y s c o t t i ec o

u

ld

beam

th

em

up

I w a s v i s i t i n g s o m e f r i e n d s n e a r

Avignon w h o h a d a n o l d

w o l f h o u n dw h o w a s f r i e n d l y e n o u g h a l l

e v e n i n g t i l l I g o u p t o f e t c h

a j u m p e r t h e n i t b i t m y

l e ga r m

bo

t t o m

and

Brillianthope it all works out for you buddy

T h e y b e c o m e a w a r e

t h e y c h o o s e

i g n o r e o r s m i l e

t o S S t h e

c o i n

t h e y w e r e m o s t a p o l o g e t i c

We had

two W

esties

and t

wo Lab

s ever

yday t

ogethe

r for

two ye

ars

Murphy takes his bed time bear, which tells him its bedtime

Charlie has a heart condition and takes water tables

I got hunted by a pack of Jack Russells

Monty the Labrador eats rubbish and cow pats, he fell in a pond

We had a dog called Stella,a cross breed , a bit alsation, head like velvet, very gentle

Jinny rspca rescue dog is partially sighted, needs glasses

Poppy the black Labrador doesn’t get fazed by other dogs

I was bitten by a whippet when I was 11

Luke got bitten by ‘boots’ the sheepdog

Jack the spaniels got taken by a man in a white van

We had a dog called Stella,a cross breed , a bit alsation, head like velvet, very gentle George the boxer buts the window to communicate with the cat

Summer gets self concious when eating

&

Sh

el o s t a

b o

yfriend

an d

dog

Ja

ck

os

tan

ds

i nf ron t o f t he

TVand

re cogn i ze st he

soun

ds

of

f ri e

nd

sc

ar

sThere is no

Punch line

i t i sf u

nn

yp

e

c u l i a r

You cannot carry a cup of tea while pushing

a wheelbarrow

I was never that

bothered by dogs,

growing up in a cat

obsessed family, but

ended up falling for

Tricia a keen dog

lover, so ended up

in a house with her

and Marty, her

chocolate Labrador.

It was tricky at

first as he growled

at me whenever we

were getting up

close. But I got

used to him, and

more important him

to me. Things really

softened between us

when he saw me

nursing Tricia

through a bout of

food poisoning. He

kind of understood

we both loved her

a

E as

i l

y

So Sad

So Sad

i t ’ S

sad sad situation

a

even the breeze is hot

it is so

our dog

adores wood !he pick up a

bit of dead wood

and runs around

with it.

he’s c

ompl

etely

bat

ty

The doctors told me

had I not been seen

quickly the damage

could have been much

more serious and

permanent. Don't get

me wrong, I still

love cats, but I just

can't imagine any

amount of miaowing

having the sameeffect. So I owe a

big, huge debt of

grattitude to good

old Marty. He really

had my back covered

In

t he

wo

od

st h e y

a r e r e t i c e n ta n d

l e s sh u m

o u r ab o u n d s

A man sitting glittering with

the morning paper

One thing is

certain,.....

.....

I will n

ever do P a n a m a

Anyway, one day I was home alone andfell down the stairs, knackering myspine. It killed and I couldn't move.Marty found me and started to barkrelentlessly, so much it roused MrsC, the old lady next door, who cameround to complain. Luckily I saw hersilhouette through the glass door andmanaged to shout her for help. Shecalled 999 and the ambulance took mein. The hospital managed to get theswelling on my lower back down, andsave the odd twinge all is normal

Clouding over…that’s better

he h

ad a

l ways

wor k

ed i

n t

he a

ut o

i ndust r

y

he

was

buyi

ng a

1940’s

ex

counci

l

it ha

d orig

inal f

ire p

lace

s

i broke down

I was dumbstruck

to

m e i t b e c a me

cr y s t a

l c l e a r , I w a s a n

o u t s i d e r

s t ep p

i n g i n

hot

Ic

al l

La

ura

Lo

laa

nd

Lo

la

Lau ra . S he ’ s a v e r y l a i d b a c k g r e y h o u n d w h o d o e s l i t t l e

exe r c i s ea

n

dth

i ev

es

an

yth

i ng

3 0 s e c o n d s o f m a d n e s s

no

ti n

t h eh o u s e

o

f

f un

Jericho is stupidJericho

woofs

heprickedhimselfontheholly

He started pattinghim like a real dog,saying

he’salo

vely fella, he’s a lov

el

y fella

He

wa

sa

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they scare her

saw some people in the distance and went towards them

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f u n n y side

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she was a renouned Houdini

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a n y t h i n g u p i n c l u d i n g t e d d y b e a r s

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scaledthe christm

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legs

alone again

naturally

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tattoos on her thighs

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alfie

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nauzer

goes round collecting my dirty knickers

and socks and sorts them all out

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whether I just liked dogs

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when they have gone?

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scaledthe christm

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alone again

naturally

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being a dog lover

i t c u t d e e p

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tried

to

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him

with

his

bag

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crow

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he filled it with

polystyrene

chippings

so it

would

float

his leg... not the dog

on

l yd

og

sc h i l d r e n a n d b e a r s c a n s h i t i n t h e w o o d s

used to reared up like a horse and

broke icy puddles

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my mother has alzheimer's and she becomes animatedwhen Harry our biscuit cockapoo comes in

t h e r e i s a d i f f e r e n c e y o u k n o w … . s i n c e y o u a s k

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wheeling

into

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It looked really

funny

my do take me places familiar

my dog takes me places strange

my dog takes me places

die

d

i nh i s

b e di n

t he

ki t c h e n

Lucy suffers from

anxiety

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had

Westies 2Lucy &Paddy

Since Paddy

She keeps looking for himShe comes for a cuddle between the legs

the man with the artificial leg did not likemrs

crow

on

l yd

og

sc h i l d r e n a n d b e a r s c a n s h i t i n t h e w o o d s

as

mi

l e. . . a

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as

if su

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walking

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admiring the

sheep over a gate

and this Collie comes

from nowhere and

sinks its teeth

into my

calf

s o r r y

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Ithen

realizedit had ripped my trousers

andgouged

ahole

inmyboots

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r o b a b l y f r i g h t e n e di t

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published by tom hackett art dialogues: november2014

published alongside the sculpture installation ‘shaggy dog stories’

20-21 visual arts centre church Square, scunthorpe DN15 6TA27/09/14 to14/03/15

the orangery, rufford country parkOllerton,Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF03/04/15- 31/05/15

project production and publication funded by grants for the arts arts council england, 20-21 visual arts centre,and nottinghamshire county council.

special thanks to rachel hackett, matt bunn, lenny, the dogs, the owners, the others, nottinghamshire county council, rufford, 20-21, north lincolnshire council and arts council england for their valued support

all images and and layout by tom hackett, all images and text subject to copyright

project curation by dominic mason and diana pasek-atkinson

further info on www.tomhackett.org or tom hackett sculpture facebook

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