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    Australia's Indigenous culture has always had a place for dogs. They are part of our dreaming | Sonia Smallacombe

    My cocker spaniel Skippy filled my life with love and devotion, and I know how important dogs are in Aboriginal communities
    by Sonia Smallacombe for IndigenousX Nov 02, 2020 3 minutes
    Sonia Smallacombe adopted her dog, Skippy, in New York. Photograph: Supplied

    It started on a cold January day six years ago, when I was working in New York City and walked into a pet shop where animal adoptions were taking place. It was there I met a five-year old white cocker spaniel who I named Skippy. He became my companion who was there for me day and night and rarely left my side. He filled my life with love and devotion.

    I don’t know about Skippy’s past life. I noticed for a couple of weeks after I adopted him, while walking, he would run

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