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I have just received a few pictures from new owners - have to share them here :)
Calli (ex 2Spot) :)
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Lucy (Pure Desire)
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Another Lucy (Skippy Bojangles)
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Lilly (Tara Lilly) at a recent GAP run in AKL
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Lilly (Tara Lilly) with Riley (Utar Big Rig) and his Dad Graeme
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Finally -pictures below are of Nugget (Pepper Law) who was adopted a while ago, but has just moved to South Africa!! Her Mum Carla sent me these pictures of Nugget in her new home:
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GAP Kennel Manager Sonja sent me these pictures taken yesterday, at the GAP kennels.
2Spot The Greyhound and Spot The Bulldog have made great friends :) Aren't they a lovely couple ? It is quite funny as they have such similar coloring -but the similarity ends there!
2 Spot (Spotty) is looking for a home btw. She is a lovely little girl who is now back at the GAP kennels whilst her foster parents take a holiday. She has been in the programme for a while now as she is not your typical greyhound -she is very active and needs more exercise. So if you are looking for a quirky, pretty companion who enjoys loooong rambling walks every day - Spotty is your girl!
. Last week we took the complete Feilding GAP contingent to the velodrome in Timona Park, where they had a mighty run! Greyhounds love to race around it and pretend they're back on the track :-) We usually go to the velodrome when we want to offleash foster dogs (or newly adopted dogs) as the velodrome is fully fenced; Louie, Lucy, Beryl and Fish are all recall-trained, dont need fully-fenced areas and usually run in the park itself, with other dogs of all breeds. If you need a fully fenced training area for your greyhound -do check your local velodrome! I know that most of them have "NO DOGS ALLOWED" signs, but if you talk to the cycling club secretary or the velodrome manager, and explain that you would like to run and train your hound there, I am sure most of them would be happy to make an exception! Velodromes are great as they are big, fully fenced, with grassy areas in the middle. We trained Lucy to recall perfectly to us in the Feilding velodrome :-)
The occassion for the velodrome trip this time was Blue: Blue (Belfast Blue) is a newly adopted GAP greyhound, joining the Feilding hounds Louie (Charlston State), Lucy, Beryl (Winsome Deluxe) and Fish (Thrilling Fish). He had only been in his new home 2 days when this video was taken (4th June) and this is his first time meeting his new greyhound friends:-) He had a blast even though he didn't like having his muzzle on! These videos were shot by Beryl's Mum Sue -thanks a million again Sue! (Note from Sue: Excuse the dreadful filming, most of the time I couldn't see a thing!) Before watching, make sure you have your volume on, as Sue , as always, has got fantastic music choices :-) Hounds: Beryl is black and white, our foster girl '2 Spot' is snow white :-) Lucy is a small black girl, Fish is a handsome black boy with blue collar, Louie is Mummy's beautiful boy, a big black doggie with Burberry collar :) and Blue is handsome blue greyhound (you dont see much of Blue on these videos though -he had a short run and then went to be close to his new Mum and Nana :-)
After a gallop round the velodrome it's time for a cool down canter:-) Except for Lucy who doesn't know anything but flat out galloping and flat out on the grass after it, lol!
Our foster greyhound '2 Spot' had a great time playing with her new friend, Ralph the miniature foxy, who belongs to our neighbours. They had such fun! They love each other and it is quite funny as they have such similar coloring! They love jaw-wrestling and chasing each other around the garden, and today also had a great time jumping on each other on the beanbag in our courtyard :-)
I took many pictures and compiled them in the slideshow below :-)
Well, for the first time ever, we have a white foster greyhound!!!! :-) She is the waggiest, friendly , exuberant girl. She has never raced as she hurt her leg as a puppy. Spotty has never left her trainer's kennels till now - so everything is new to her!
A suburban street is party central, as far as Spotty is concerned!! :-)
She is very very trainable and loves learning new things: Rachel has just taught her to sit :-) She is so playful and throws toys up in the air so well that they hit the ceiling. Loves stealing clothes too (we are working on that :-). She also is very puppy-like, despite being 3 years old. She tried to chew my toes!!!! LOL (we are working on that too :-) In her forever home, she will need a job - she needs an owner who would take her to dog obedience and to Rally-O and similar things. She just loves learning new things!
They told me not to chew this sheepskin....it is hard to resist though, so i sometimes give it a good sniff instead :-) Rachel taught me to sit :-) (Note to my future owner: I LOVE those bacon treats!!) And she taught me to lie down too! I am THE perfect pupil .. When is the next lesson? :-) I just love learning new things! So many toys, so little time... DOnt you love my ears? I look a bit like a dingo, dont you think?
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