'He's been fine sitting on the back, as I don't drive too fast because I'd be worried about him jumping off. He doesn't jump in, I lift him in and out.'

　　“虽然我因为担心Dusty会跳下车而不敢开太快，但它在卡车后面表现很好，没有跳下来，都是我把它抱上和抱下来的。”

　　While the adventure down to the dam has only happened a few times, Dusty, who the couple often call 'Skip', has also picked up some very canine-like habits.

　　就这样在来回农场和大坝的几次旅途中，Dusty逐渐养成了一些狗狗的习惯。

　　'He just likes to hang out with the dogs, probably because he thinks he's a dog. He eats and sleeps with them, and will wander down to the shed with them and lay around if I'm working there,' Mr Stewart said.

　　“它很喜欢和两条狗呆在一起，可能是因为它觉得自己也是一条狗吧。他们吃睡都在一起，也会一起去我干活的地方并在那里休息。”

　　Dusty also has a collar, like many dogs, as a protective measure to ensure he can be found at nighttime.

　　和很多狗狗一样Dusty也有一个项圈，防止其在晚上丢失。

　　'When he was little we used to let him out during the day and he'd go off grazing and wouldn't come back at night, so we'd have to go looking for him,' Mr Stewart said.

　　斯图尔特说：“它小的时候我们白天把它放出去自由觅食，可它晚上不回来，所以我们得出去找它。”

　　'We just couldn't find him as kangaroos don't make any noise and are very still,' he said.

　　“我们总是很难找到它，因为袋鼠很安静，不会发出大的声音。”

　　'Once we found him he would always come back with us, so we decided to wrap somereflective tape around a collar so when we shone a torch at night we could see him'.

　　“每次我们找到它，它都会跟我们一起回来，所以后来我们决定给它戴一个有反光带的项圈，那样我们晚上用手电筒就能很容易找到它。”

　　'In a rural area like this there are always kangaroos around who unfortunately get hit on the road and for various reasons orphaned joeys are found, and so we weren't sure when we took him home what would happen,' he said.

　　“在我们居住的乡村地区，周围经常会有袋鼠出现，有时他们会不幸在公路上被撞死，由于各种各样的原因经常能能看到失去父母的袋鼠宝宝，所以一开始我们带Dusty回来的时候并不确定会怎样。”

　　But by the time the couple had started to feed him, and weened him off milk, he was part of the clan.

　　不过斯图尔特夫妇带Dusty回来后就开始喂养它，给它喝奶，当它是家里的一员。

　　Now, instead of milk, Dusty eats a mixture of grains, and guinea pig/rabbit food, his favourite treats are an apple or bread.

　　现在Dusty已经不喝奶了，而是会吃各种谷物，以及一些豚鼠粮或兔粮，它最喜欢的奖励是一个苹果或一片面包。

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