03/07/2025
You'll find this wagger of the week immersed in any body of water, any time of day, in any temperature! Meet Murphy!
My official name is Murphy but I also answer to Murph, Dolphin Dog, Murph-a-chino (because I am a frother!) My grandad picked the name Murphy because of his Irish roots in Galway.
I am a 9 year old Border Collie and I was born in Wellington. I started out at a different home with a different name (biggie paws!) but found my forever home with Rebecca and now live in the water paradise of Lake Hawea!
Some of my favourite things are bike rides, swimming, slices of ham, swimming, chasing bugs on the lawn, swimming, riding in the tray of utes, chunky dog roll and SWIMMING!
I actually love ham so much that I was originally trained as a deer hunting dog, but had to retire as the nearby piggies led me too astray. Speaking of deer, I am also terrified of a pet deer named Britney Deers, so it's fair to say that wasn't the profession for me!
Some of my other fears include nail clippers, blenders, vacuums, and a beeping fridge door. Close the dooooooooooor!
This winter will be my 9th season of being a professional ski bum. One time in Ohakune I was chilling on the front lawn keeping an eye on all proceedings and as the house had no fence an animal control officer thought I was an escapee and picked me up and took me for a ride in the back of his truck! Woohoo! He decided to return me after having called my human and realising he actually dognapped me from my own home, but I was enjoying the truck ride so much I didn't want it to end and refused to get off when I was called. This meant the officer had to be assured that this was in fact my owner and my house, but I was no doubt lured with a piece of ham, and I resumed my position as neighbourhood surveillance. What a great day!
I joined the Dog Squad this year and have been loving having other my new Hawea mates Finny, Fergy, Billy and Roo to chase after and swim with! Tuesdays are now one of my favourite days of the week!
