Bus-based doggy daycare finds fans in Queensland community and online

ABC NEWS (Australia)

It could be the happiest, if not the most chaotic, school bus in Australia. In the rural Queensland community of Boonah doggy daycare has found millions of new fans online. But it's not just the puppies learning new tricks.

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00:00This is a school bus with a difference. There's no kids, there's no uniforms, just dogs learning

00:14to live their best lives. That's a cool thing about dogs, somehow they know the time and what

00:19day it is, particularly when it's their day to go on the dog bus. Each morning Joe McBilly picks up

00:23about a dozen dogs from around Boona, taking them for a day of training and play at a purpose-built

00:29adventure park. To have a really well-balanced dog, if you give him the basics and the boundaries

00:35and train them from the beginning, you're going to have a really happy dog. She's usually

00:40just at home on her own, so we did it basically for a socialisation. It can be chaotic. One

00:46moment they're ignoring you, now she's not even interested. The next they're playing fetch

00:53with your camera. Or just falling asleep on a moving bus. They literally know where

01:00their seat is and if another dog tries to get up next to them, if they haven't picked

01:04up their mate that sits with them, that dog will tell that dog to get off. They're photogenic

01:11two. Joe's TikToks have racked up more than three million views. She's also creating job

01:20opportunities for locals living with a disability. Sage Conway Keogh wants to become a dog groomer.

01:26Because I'm a little girl, I love animals. While the dogs are helping Amber Carts to make

01:33new friends. It's touchy. I love them from pieces. I don't want to let it go, you know. With

01:40disability, you do have those off days, but you come down here and that's all forgotten. If

01:46you put dogs in the mix, just sitting here, they can touch and be patting the dog and still

01:51being able to have that conversation, it's really beautiful to see. A mission these pooches

01:56are prepared for.

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