When a stray mutt is rescued from the Pound he never imagines he\u2019s destined for celebrity! That\u2019s REALITY BARKS, my first Rescue Dog\u2019s Funny Story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When he was called Barney, Elliott was a scruffy country dog from Bathurst. He\u2019s a bit secretive about how he got lost. Dogs live \u2018in the moment\u2019 he will tell you. So the mutt begins his story in Barranyup Pound, somewhere hot and dusty way out west. His life hangs in the balance. All his hopes and fears about whether he\u2019ll be rescued in time are the focus of that moment. Imagine his relief when he\u2019s rescued by not one, but two couples. Now he\u2019s not only a DINK dog, he\u2019s a Timeshare dog, with four Metro owners, living with all the comforts that the Sydney Harbour-side suburbs lifestyle affords. Even smart beachside cafes that welcome dogs, and snooty dog-grooming salons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s more astounding to Elliott is how he morphs from tatty mutt to being a TV Megastar. Elliott\u2019s pedigree purebred neighbours still look down their canine noses at him. Despite his luxurious surroundings, he\u2019s fed disgusting muck called BIFFO CHUNKY-YUMS because he\u2019s been set-up to do the TV ad for the brand. Yes, it\u2019s all a plot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What hasn\u2019t changed is his crazy sense of humour. Reality Barks! Elliott tells his story in his own words \u2013 his<\/em> sarcastic take on his four new owners; his nagging fear of being sent back to the Pound; his secret ability to understand everything that\u2019s said to him; to read auras; to learn how to tell lies, and lots, lots more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I used to take my dogs to Primrose Park, which is the setting for one of the more outlandish, funny scenes in the story. Instigated by Elliott, four dogs team up to turn the tables on their Jog-A-Dog tormentor, the fitness fanatic dog-exerciser Janet Atkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of my favourite scenes is Elliott\u2019s screen test for the TV commercial, when he has to be put up onto a box, or as they\u2019re called a \u2018riser\u2019, because his leading lady-dog is taller than he is. Let\u2019s just say that Elliott is not camera-shy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you like dog stories with a twist, high jinks comedy, and tales of human greed and manipulation, then you\u2019ll love how Elliott morphs from Mutt to Mega-Star .<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elliott says:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018For a dog, there are few forbidden pleasures to match luxuriating in the plushy nestle of their owners\u2019 dirty and discarded, but still rather attractively smelly, underwear.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When a stray mutt is rescued from the Pound he never imagines he\u2019s destined for celebrity! That\u2019s REALITY BARKS, my first Rescue Dog\u2019s Funny Story. When he was called Barney, Elliott was a scruffy country dog from Bathurst. He\u2019s a bit secretive about how he got lost. Dogs live \u2018in the moment\u2019 he will tell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitjamesauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A Look Behind The Scenes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n