Our girl spent five months trying to get back to us
Karen Tucker, 68, Lameroo, SA.
Driving through the New South Wales outback I checked the signposts. Seven hours to go, I sighed. It was May 2023, and my husband, Gary, 75, and I had spent the past four days showing our dogs at the Broken Hill dog show.
Now, I was driving home with our 15 prized show dogs in the trailer, including some of our most expensive dogs, Baxter, our Chihuahua, and Mishka, our Tibetan spaniel, who had won best of breed.
For safety, Gary was driving behind me, and my friend, Jo, was in front.
Just then, as I travelled at 80km/h, I spotted a pothole. I carefully skirted around it, but suddenly, I was thrown against…