Names: Jug and Coffey
Ages: 3 years old and 2 years old
Mixes: Jack russell/pug and Corgi/Staffordshire Terrier
Hobbies: Jug likes walks, visiting the beach, cuddles and his daddy. Coffey likes going on trips, playing fetch, swimming, snuggling and clinging to mom.
Owner: Sassy, Victoria, Australia

Meet Sophie tucker. This adorable little Australian Cattle Dog fell overboard her owner’s boat over four months ago. The seas were rough and her family believed her to be drowned in the waves, but Sophie swam over five nauticle miles to an island and survived in the wild for four months.

Her family was devistated by their loss. However, when they heard about a ferral dog surviving on wild goats on Bees Island, they couldn’t help but hope it was their little girl -and it was. When rangers brought her back, she seemed extremely happy to be home with her family.

Griffith said that when the dog was first spotted on the island she had been in poor condition.

“And then all of a sudden she started to look good and it was when the rangers had found baby goat carcasses so she’d started eating baby goats,” she said.

Sophie Tucker, a member of the Australian cattle dog breed, had been quick to readjust to the comforts of home, complete with air conditioning, Griffiths said.

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Name: Valjean
Age: 8 months
Mix: Australian Cattle Dog/Red Heeler/Dalmatian.
Hobbies: Eating, sleeping during the hot Darwin days, chasing lizards and annoying other dogs at the beach.
Owners: Lucy Rogue and Joe Sciglitano, Darwin, Australia

Name: Maia
Age: 3
Mix: A maremma/miniature Collie mix
Hobbies: Running, managing the household, being cute, getting cuddles and looking like she knows what she’s doing on her sheep-grazing property.
Owners: Tom & Claire Schoeffler, Turton’s Creek, Australia

Name: Redd
Age: 2
Mix: Corgi Mix
Hobbies: Sleeping, chasing balls and barking
Owners: Andrew and Alaine, Sydney Australia

Name: Boomer
Age: 1
Mix: Border Collie mix
Hobbies: Giving hugs and kisses, stomping her enemies, getting chased, escaping to visit the neighbors and stealing socks.
Owner: Bex, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia