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Stella and Laddie are ecstatic that their "father" has come to Join them full-time.Ian Bost, 59, retired from the oil industry a couple of years ago to join his wife, Daphne, and their two border collies (Stella and Laddie) for a well-earned break from work."I wish I had retired 40 years earlier. It's great," he said.Mr. Bost worked in the printing and stationery department of his firm for 28 years and contributed to an employer-sponsored superannuation fund. When he received his lump sum payout he invested in a rollover fund - where the money will stay until he reaches 65 years of age.Mr. Bost started planning his future finances about five years before he retired. May 26, 1988. (Photo by David Richard Trood/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).