There are two statues of dogs near the Boundary Stone on Bowen Rd, looking onto a waterfall. Has anyone come across these before or have an information on their background?
The only thing I associate with dogs and Bowen Road is the infamous dog poisoner who remains at large and had/has a habit of leaving poisoned meat out for unsuspecting dogs to eat. Are the statues new enough to be some sort of memorial to some previous victims?
Hi T, it could be the statues are from a time before the widespread cropping of tails became common. Many dogs naturally have long tails but they are cut at birth for whatever reason (aesthetics?). I was quite shocked to discover quite late in life that Schnauzers, for example (because my grandparents had several), are supposed to have quite long tails, but they are cropped at birth.
I will defer to the experts, but I don't think we should discount them as dogs just yet. I guess if they are old then my first thoughts above can be discounted.
Phil
Re: animal statues
Hi there,
The longer tail on the right making it unlikely to be dogs. Are those yellowy stains paints or colour pigments?
T
ps. could be feline.......
Dogs
The only thing I associate with dogs and Bowen Road is the infamous dog poisoner who remains at large and had/has a habit of leaving poisoned meat out for unsuspecting dogs to eat. Are the statues new enough to be some sort of memorial to some previous victims?
Re: animal statues
Hi Phil,
Those looked quite old to me. May go up there and have a look myself later this week.
A note, if you zoom in, the long tail on the right curl towards it's head along the hind leg. Doesn't look like a dog's tail to me.
T
tails
Hi T, it could be the statues are from a time before the widespread cropping of tails became common. Many dogs naturally have long tails but they are cut at birth for whatever reason (aesthetics?). I was quite shocked to discover quite late in life that Schnauzers, for example (because my grandparents had several), are supposed to have quite long tails, but they are cropped at birth.
I will defer to the experts, but I don't think we should discount them as dogs just yet. I guess if they are old then my first thoughts above can be discounted.
Phil