MarieC Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) Heard on the radio that Julia Gillard, after watching the first episode of "At Home With Julia" (in the show she has a dog named "Bill Shorten") has decided to get a dog for The Lodge. Unless I missed it, there was no mention of breed, so thought it would be fun to speculate what she might get Edited September 11, 2011 by MarieC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxagirl Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hope its not an "oodle" :rolleyes: For some reason I could see her with a Red cattle dog or Kelpie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atanquin Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 No I think more of a lap dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 She needs a feisty but friendly red head with street appeal... just like the one I have at home, so a Brittany ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) By the way anybody know what breed of dog is Bill Shorten ? Edited September 11, 2011 by MarieC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbaudry Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 (edited) "Bill" is a Jack Russell Terrier... Edited September 12, 2011 by fbaudry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 If she doesn't get it from a pet shop or BYB, and she or OH are home often enough to raise it then good luck to her. She'll probably have some polling done to see what breed or crossbreed might lift her approval rating. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hate to say it, but there was a report on ABC TV I think (was channel surfing) last night & it's an -oodle. Reddish colour. Already ordered & arriving Oct. Can't find the report now, so assuming it was fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitch Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 What a shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 She looks like a Greyhound so I would have thought more along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezy Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 she stuck me as more a cat person than a dog person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hate to say it, but there was a report on ABC TV I think (was channel surfing) last night & it's an -oodle. Reddish colour. Already ordered & arriving Oct. Can't find the report now, so assuming it was fact. Hopefully the RSPCA will have something to say about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 If she doesn't get it from a pet shop or BYB, and she or OH are home often enough to raise it then good luck to her. She'll probably have some polling done to see what breed or crossbreed might lift her approval rating. ;) So no A-pitt for her then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hate to say it, but there was a report on ABC TV I think (was channel surfing) last night & it's an -oodle. Reddish colour. Already ordered & arriving Oct. Can't find the report now, so assuming it was fact. Hopefully the RSPCA will have something to say about that. Hopefully it's not one from Kate's puppy farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVO8Gold Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 If I was her I wouldn't be getting too settled. Once the Australian voter gets an opportunity to have his/her say we will see the removal vans lining up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 She looks like a Greyhound so I would have thought more along those lines. I've never seen a greyhound with an enormous arse and who speaks perfect strine. I'm with EVO8gold - the dog wont be in The Lodge for much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkes Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 The Australian Oh Jesus its a Poodle x Schnauzer ONE of the better gags in ABC1's At Home With Julia is the faux prime minister owning a terrier called Bill Shorten, a "portrayal" the human Shorten endorses. So we'll admit to dropping our biscuit at the end of yesterday's Insiders when host Barrie Cassidy informed us Julia Gillard and Tim Mathieson have a puppy on order: a snoodle (a poodle-schnauzer fusion otherwise known as a schnoodle) that will be named -- you guessed it -- Billy. With its dark curls and petite beard, the puppy shown bears a somewhat stronger resemblance to Gillard's media adviser, Sean Kelly, but that's a detail. "Is this life imitating the ABC?" Shorten mused to Strewth. "For myself, my first dog was a British bulldog called Harry. Great all-round family pets and great for political analogies: never, ever give up." Quite so. Alas, despite the tease, it turns out the pup's name is not yet confirmed; Mathieson will leave that decision to Gillard when he gives her the puppy on September 29, her 50th birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9's-mum Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 thought she would have got some sort of a retriever so it could go and get some of her approval ratings back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancinbcs Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Great Now we have the PM endorsing puppy farms by buying a designer mongrel. :mad :mad :mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.mister Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Great Now we have the PM endorsing puppy farms by buying a designer mongrel. :mad :mad :mad +1 I am so utterly disgusted. Just another thing that shows that an absolute drongo is running the country.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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