Zippo

This little fellow is as cute as a button with his freckled face and lop-sided ears. He is so different from the other pups that it's hard to believe he's from the same litter. Unlike the others he has short little legs and is a bit longer than he is tall, and he is half the size. Zippo is cuddly, adorable, easy to get along with and generally cool, calm and collected. He is a really lovely little boy.

Zippo was born in Ampilatwatj after his mum Stripe was rescued by a visiting worker from life as an unwanted stray. Initially Stripe was in a bad way, but luckily for her puppies she was well cared for in the month before they were born. By the time they came to Kunapa Kari in Tennant Creek, Stripe was looking pretty good and her puppies, only a day old, were healthy and doing well.

They have been raised on a rural block on the outskirts of Tennant Creek. It's been a peaceful and protected environment for them, and this really shows in their temperaments. All of the puppies are calm and confident, have learnt how to behave around the bigger dogs, and have had plenty of handling and cuddles from our volunteers and the neighbouring kids who visit.

Stripe herself is a15 kg medium build dog. We have included a picture of her in Zippo's profile. The puppies vary in size a lot. Zippo is the smallest of all the puppies so we think he will be between 10-15 kg fully grown, probably towards the lower end of that scale.

Our rescue and rehabilitation work happens in Central Australia, but because of the scarcity of adopters locally, our re-homing operation is in South Australia. Zippo's adoption fee includes crate hire, courier transport by road from Tennant Creek to Alice Springs, and a direct flight from Alice Springs to Adelaide.