( Australia) IN a case of
life imitating the Henry Lawson story The Loaded Dog, a
five-month-old puppy caused a police incident when he brought home
what appeared to be a 20cm stick of dynamite.
Tiffany Evans was about to take her children to school when her
samoyed Harry brought the explosive to the door of her home.
"Harry came running to the back door with what I assumed was a
stick in his mouth. He stopped and gave it to me and I thought: 'It
looks like a stick of dynamite'," she said.
Mrs Evans put the explosive aside and took the kids to school
before returning to investigate. She then took the explosive into
the family's road machinery factory at the rear of her property in
Haven - south of Horsham in Victoria's west.
After emailing photos to friends and searching the internet, Mrs
Evans was sure Harry had brought home either dynamite or
gelignite.
Police were called in and photos sent to the bomb squad.
"The officers asked that no one go within 10m of it," Mrs Evans
said.
After a tense wait the explosive was revealed to be a large fire
cracker.
The cracker has been put in a mechanic's pit in the family's
factory until they can work out how to get rid of it.
It's not the first time Harry has brought "treasure" to the back
door.
"Usually it's pieces of metal or something like that - nothing that
has the potential to go 'boom'," Mrs Evans said.
"He's a beautiful little puppy. I'm not changing his name to Boom
Boom or anything."
The stick of dynamite Harry brought home.
