Pistol and Boo were the most famous dogs in Australia for a time for all the wrong reasons. We have some great woofs from blue healer cattle dogs, red cloud sheep dogs and border collies. All highly intelligent working dogs, these working dogs possess all the sought after attributes of a highly agile working breed.

Famous Western Australian police dogs included Rumble, they were media personalities, they grabbed plenty of crims, and they could be bought out in crowds. The movie is about Red Dog, the red cloud kelpie from the North West Pilbara region of Western Australia. The woof who played the part had a huge personality, poor Koko, he died at age 7, well before his time.

So, back to Pistol and Boo, the less than intelligent terriers of Amber Heard, they were snuck into Australia by Hollywood A-listers Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard on their private jet. When it was found out the dogs were not authorised to enter Australia, all hell broke loose – and rightly so. These dogs were snuck into Australia on a private jet, Depp and Heard bypassed Australian Customs and Quarantine and these two dogs bypassed all Australian biosecurity measures.

Whilst some attempted to argue that these could be the most pampered dogs in the world, the potential risk they posed to Australian dogs, and wildlife in general is amazing. We know the pampered pair [Depp and Heard] know little about potential diseases, we do not know if a vet inspected the dogs and performed the required tests for disease, we have to take their word for it.

Talk about carrying on like a pair of over paid, over privileged, spoilt celebrities, they personified the arrogant Hollywood elite who believe the rules do not apply to them. So when the story broke, they were indigent, they thought they could just apply their Hollywood status and the problem would mysteriously disappear – no chance.

So when Nation Party [Country Party] leader Barnaby Joyce took aim at Depp and Heard, he was protecting the interest of farmers and graziers. He was not letting this pair out of his sights, he had them cornered, the Hollywood A-list status wouldn’t cut it with him. I am not a fan of Barnaby, but in this case, he was right. These dogs had to be removed from this country or they would be euthanized, this was the correct course of action.

I think Barnaby handled it ok, he gave Depp and Heard notice, the dogs were to be removed from Australia, if they did not comply, then the dogs would be seized and then euthanised. This was not the first move, they were given options, remove the dogs at their expense or else. They were given sufficient time to make arrangements, they had more than enough notice. They tried it on, their feeble attempts failed and Pistol and Boo jetted out of Australia and back to the United States.