Boronia Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) http://www.courierma...f-1226594827039 Series of images released today that were sent to Somerset Regional Council show what appears to be a bloated, muddy and lifeless staffy-cross lying in a field, before it miraculously comes back to life. Source: Supplied DO you know this flood dog that just wouldn't die? A southeast Queensland council is putting out a call for anybody who recognises this plucky pooch to get in touch. The series of images released today were sent to Somerset Regional Council, to the west of Brisbane, for inclusion in a commemorative book of photos documenting stories of recovery from the 2011 floods. Two show what appears to be a bloated, muddy and lifeless staffy-cross lying in a field. When first found lying in a field, the dog was bloated, muddy and lifeless. A third shows a person hosing off the unfortunate animal, as it becomes more recognisable.A final instalment in the series shows the newly-clean dog, smiling happily for the camera. Council plans to use the photographs in its book The Somerset Story, documenting the region's flood recovery, if it can identify the dog's owner or the person in the picture. As this person hosed the dog down, it gradually became recognisable. Somerset Regional Council flood recovery officer Jane Williamson said the dog had won over everybody involved in the production. "The photographs tell an amazing story of a dog that truly looks like it's had its day," she said. "It's quite amazing that the dog survived the floods when you look at the earlier photos of it bloated and lying in the grass. Finally from bloated, muddy and lifeless, the pooch staged a miraculous return from the dead, cracking a smile for the camera. If you recognise this dog or the person hosing it down, contact Somerset Regional Council. "We really want to include these photographs in the book but to do that we need to know who submitted the images, who the dog belongs to or who the person is in the photograph." More information about the photographs is needed by March 20 if they are to make the deadline for inclusion. Anybody with information should contact Somerset Regional Council on 5424 4000 or email [email protected]. gov.au Edited March 17, 2013 by Boronia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I hope he gets reunited with his owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisey Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Oh me too! That photo makes me cry - even though I know it survived - poor darling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) It's not really clear the way the story is written, but I'm not sure that the dog is actually lost. That might be its owner hosing it down or taking the photos. The more I look at it I dont think the dog was bloated, I think it's just a typical thick bodied staffy type. For all I know that dog could have just jumped in a mud bath and then be rolling around trying to dry itself. The person hosing it off almost appears to be smiling, although I suppose you would be smiling if a dog you thought was dead came back to life. Edited March 11, 2013 by Kirislin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckoTree Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yep pretty odd pics were sent anonymously to Sumerset regional council from snail mail too, seeing as they have to ask for public help in identification and all. Nice dog, pitty about the story. Someones poetic learners licence at play me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yep pretty odd pics were sent anonymously to Sumerset regional council from snail mail too, seeing as they have to ask for public help in identification and all. Nice dog, pitty about the story. Someones poetic learners licence at play me thinks. It looks to me like hes just having a roll in the grass but still, its a feelgood story after the floods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yep pretty odd pics were sent anonymously to Sumerset regional council from snail mail too, seeing as they have to ask for public help in identification and all. Nice dog, pitty about the story. Someones poetic learners licence at play me thinks. I'm thinking the same thing. Even the ground the dog is laying on doesn't look like it's been flooded. If it was the grass would probably be all flattened and dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Yes, the silly dog was probably playing in the mud then having a lie-down and then some idiot turned the hose on him and spoilt his doggie-dreams :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 It's not really clear the way the story is written, but I'm not sure that the dog is actually lost. That might be its owner hosing it down or taking the photos. The more I look at it I dont think the dog was bloated, I think it's just a typical thick bodied staffy type. For all I know that dog could have just jumped in a mud bath and then be rolling around trying to dry itself. The person hosing it off almost appears to be smiling, although I suppose you would be smiling if a dog you thought was dead came back to life. I agree. The dog isn't bloated and if you look just behind and to the right, there are stakes around a bush. I reckon he is in his own yard and has been having lots of fun in the mud. Yes, the silly dog was probably playing in the mud then having a lie-down and then some idiot turned the hose on him and spoilt his doggie-dreams :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasha Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 The ground in the pic of the muddy dog sitting up has cracks in it..... Not a flooded look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Somerset Regional Council's internet will be going into meltdown with people pointing out the anomolies in this story Edited March 12, 2013 by Danny's Darling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 We could be wrong, but that's my perception of it. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story eh? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Bloated? It's just a fattie having some fun in the mud... lol! T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisey Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Bloated? It's just a fattie having some fun in the mud... lol! T. I hope so!!!! Makes me sad thinking of him nearly drowning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Bloated? It's just a fattie having some fun in the mud... lol! T. I hope so!!!! Makes me sad thinking of him nearly drowning. I don't think a doggie just brought back to life would have such beautifully pink tongue and gums. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 What confused me most was that lying on the ground getting hosed you have an almost clean brindle yet sitting up and smiling that dog is still covered in mud. And I would suspect some hacking up of water from the lungs would've been necessary to bring a drowned dog back to life? Maybe a bit of mouth to snout even? It's still a happy story to cling on to but that chunky monkey looks like it was having a sunbake after a roll in the mud to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) It was as you all thought...she was having a roll in the mud :laugh: Lazarus-like revival of Tika, the 'dead dog', gets hosed down by owner Vivien MacBeth by: Andrew MacDonald WENT VIRAL: Far from being dead, Tika was just enjoying a roll in the mud. Picture: Jamie Hanson Source: The Courier-Mail MEET Tika the indestructible mud dog. The 14-year-old staffy and her owner Vivien MacBeth became the unlikely subjects of a southeast Queensland search last week, when Somerset Regional Council launched a public appeal to identify a plucky pooch featured in a series of photos from the 2011 floods. The images show a muddy, bloated dog lying still in a field before a hosedown from a woman brings it "back to life". Keen to include the snaps in a book commemorating the post-disaster clean-up, the council called for the dog's owner to come forward. Bemused Esk resident Ms MacBeth confirmed it was her beloved pet in the photos, taken by an SES volunteer friend. She said far from being at death's door, Tika had been enjoying a stretch and roll after a romp in the mud. "That's just her normal behaviour, I'm afraid," she said. "She must have been a warthog in another life because if we can find a pond or a creek ... she has a bit of a swim." Ms MacBeth said it was hardly Tika's first misadventure, with the hardy animal having previously survived a jump from a fast-moving truck, being run over, a near drowning and a fish spine through the foot. "She just keeps going," she said. A series of images released by Somerset Regional Council showed what appeared to be a bloated, muddy and lifeless staffy-cross lying in a field, before it miraculously came back to life. Not so, says the owner. Ms MacBeth said she had no idea the images had been sent to council and was stunned at the fuss. "It's amazing really because it's gone all over the bloody countryside," she said. "I just want everybody to know she's safe and well, alive and kicking, and spoilt rotten." Edited March 17, 2013 by Boronia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) double post, sorry Edited March 17, 2013 by Boronia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 LOL@ warthog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hahahaha I knew it! I think anyone who knows dogs would have picked it up if they'd really looked at the photos. Well, lucky it's been sorted out because it would have looked pretty silly being included in the flood stories. I do wonder about the person who sent the photos in originally, were they up to mischief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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