Nightrave greyhounds blog

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Miss Google Magoo !

By Fatima |

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Posted in GAP ,| Google Magoo | 0 comments

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Gorgeous Google (Google Magoo) has turned 4 last weekend and sent us this cute posey photo :-)

Cute pictures from Billy (Billy Ma's Tip)

By Fatima | Posted in Billy Ma's Tip | 0 comments

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Cute and playful Billy is one of our foster greyhounds - he now lives in Auckland with Kim and her 10yr old son Orson.
Kim just sent me a few cutest pictures (I love the one of Orson's and Billy's bedroom!)

Orson and Billy :-)

Billy looking beautiful

Billy's and Orson's bedroom (on the left hand side, you can see Billy sleeping upside-down in his crate !!!)

GAP in "Herald On Sunday" :-)

By Fatima |

Monday, September 20, 2010

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Lynda (GAP North Regional Coordinator) was interviewed by 'Herald On Sunday' as a leadup to Pet Expo held last weekend. Wonderful article and great work by Lynda -lets hope this inspires more people to adopt one of our precious hounds :-)

Click on the picture below to see larger scanned article:

PS: watch this space as I am just compiling all the pictures from the Expo too :-)
And , although totally unrelated to the post, I cant resist posting this 'awwww picture' of Bonnie (Iteru Kefa) and her Dad Tony :-) :-)

Bonnie and her Dad

Our gorgeous foster girl Cilla

By Fatima |

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Posted in Cilla ,| Foster dogs ,| GAP ,| Winsome Deluxe | 0 comments

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Cilla has been with us for a few weeks now and she is a true pet dog now :-)
She is a stunning looking black brindle girl, she could have had a great career as show dog we think!

She loves other dogs and is great with Louie and Lucy. She is also great with our bossy cat :)
She is totally housetrained, sleeps through the night, is so affectionate and could have cuddles for hours :-)
Cilla LOVES her toys and plays with them for hours too :-)

Cilla (with red collar) with Louie and Lucy

She would be the best to go to a home with another dog (she is very social and slightly less confident at the same time -she will need another dog in the household, to lean on and have as a leader). Cilla simply follows Louie and Lucy -whatever they do, she does, she models their behaviour, she is delightful :-) We love all our foster dogs - but we will really miss Cilla when she goes to her forever home.
She ADORES children too :-)

Cilla with Lucy

Cilla is a dog who wants to please -she tries to do everything right, it is quite heart-warming actually :-)
We taught her recall -she is PERFECT in that, we call her to us and she comes galloping through the park, quite an amazing sight! Despite the fact that Cilla did not make it as a racer -she is VERY fast, and quite a sight when running!
Check her out running with Beryl (Winsome Deluxe) and Lucy in the park the last week:

Cilla with Beryl (Winsome Deluxe)

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Big "GAP Spring Clean" fundraiser

By Fatima |

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Posted in Fundraising ,| GAP | 0 comments

In the mood for a spring clean? We can help you! Let us sell your unwanted items and donate the proceeds to our hounds!
I have volunteered to list the items on Trade Me and run the auctions. All you need to do is send us the photos and arrange the post or pick up once they're sold.
To donate your items just send photos and a brief description to springclean@greyhoundsaspets.org.nz and we'll do the rest!

ANYTHING goes: home goods, building materials, clothing, car stuff (including cars LOL!), sports equipment, doggie stuff etc...

Any questions do contact me any time!

All proceeds of course going to GAP kennels. These are our listings at the moment:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=3327022
(the lovely whippet print was donated by Jacqui (GAP Programme Director) -thanks Jacqui! )

Check out Ashley's gorgeous greyhound pups :-)

By Fatima |

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Posted in Chile Time ,| Twirly Berly | 0 comments

Berlin with her pups :-)

I have written about Ashley Bradshaw before: she is a greyhound lover, greyhound trainer extraordinaire, and a great photographer. She works for Canterbury trainer Gary Cleeve and fosters his retired racers while they wait for their entry to GAP.
Ashley also has two retired greyhounds herself : Berlin (Twirly Berly) and Spider (Chile Time), who are enjoying retirement with Ashley and her family. Berlin has recently has a litter of pups, whom will be trained for racing by Ashley (we are looking forward to it -and we will be cheering for them! :-))
She also has a blog where she blogs about her precious pups and posts cutest photos of them, do check it out here:
http://twirlyberly.blogspot.com/

One of the puppies, cute and cheeky Lily :-)

'Battle for Timona Park' on Sue's blog !

By Fatima |

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Posted in GreyhoundsCanSit | 0 comments

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Timona Park is a huge park is in Feilding where our greyhounds (and Frankie) run like lunatics most days :-) Today Sue (Beryl's Mum) took some gorgeous photos and posted them on her blog, check out the post here :
http://greyhoundscansit.blogspot.com/2010/09/battle-for-timona-park.html

(picture below is a preview -and in case you are wondering, no Photoshop was used! :-)

Picture of the day: Lucy in Timona Park

By Fatima | Posted in GAP ,| Lucy | 0 comments

Our cute Lucy :-)

Gorgeous twins up for adoption: Speed and Skip

By Fatima |

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Posted in GAP ,| Skip and Speed ,| Speedy | 0 comments

Hey there, my name is Speed and this is Skip to my right. We are litter brothers. We grew up together and have never been separated; I think we are twins actually as that's how bonded we are. We do everything together and at the same time... We sleep together too!!!!! I promised my Dad (our trainer) I would always look out for my brother and even though Skip is a bit more confident than I am, for some reason he looks up to me for guidance. Because we are still young (we are only 2!) we like to run around a fair bit so we are looking for a home with a decent sized yard for during the day and a bed for us to curl up on together at night. PLEASE can we stay together, please? We will love you forever!
I have to say we are very cute and waggy, I am black with a little Tui-like white patch on my chest, and Skip is black with white markings. We both have same hazel eyes :-)

We sometimes use each other as a headrest

Yes, we are synchronized :-)

and we love each other ...

Here is a video of us running with Irene:

And another video of us running with our new friends Beryl, Lucy, Louie and Cilla (watch out for the incredible jump by Speed!):

Foxton beach and forrest run :-)

FUN!!!! Lucy, Bart and Beryl

Yesterday was a gorgeous spring day so we took greyhounds and Frankie to Foxton forrest and beach. They had an absolute blast! :-)
The team:
Beryl (Winsome Deluxe),
our cute foster greyhound Bart.
Lucy and Louie (Charlston State),
and of course -Frankie!

Bart and Beryl

Beryl and Louie

Lucy : Are they still behind that dune?

Greyhound heaven (two black dots are Lucy and Louie :-)

Beryl and Bart

Frankie and Bart

Bart and Louie :-)

Beryl and Bart

Bart loves water too :-)

Lucy and Beryl again :-)

BFFs - Lucy and Beryl

Tired doggies on the way back

My gorgeous Louie kept scanning the area for rabbits :-)
Isn't he the most beautiful creature? :-)

Beryl's Mum Sue took some amazing pictures aswell and posted them on her blog, do have a look here:
http://greyhoundscansit.blogspot.com/2010/09/greyhound-heaven-saturday-blog-hop.html

Our new foster greyhound Bart :-)

By Fatima |

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Posted in Bart ,| Foster dogs ,| GAP | 0 comments

Yey - I love running!

Each and every one of our foster greyhounds is special -but little Bart is extra special: he is Lucy's litter brother!!!! :-) It is easy to see that, as despite that they are completely different color, they have the same curled tail (pic below, you can click on pictures to see full size):

Check out the tails!

Yes i know: I look like my sister :-)

Bart has been with us for less than a week, and he has already made himself at home. He loves his toys and his bed, and is eager to learn about EVERYTHING :)
He is very similar to Lucy - he is very trainable, very clever, and very inquisitive. He loves his bed and as any greyhound, can sleep for hours -but he is still a pup, and he needs to have a run and stimulation every day too.
I would like to see Bart in a home where he would be taken to dog classes, CGC, Rally-O and similar, as he needs and would enjoy stimulation and learning. Other dogs ADORE Bart -he has met many of dogs of all breeds in our Canine Good Citizens class -and they have all loved him :-) Bart is a happy little man :-)Whomever adopts Bart will be very lucky-he is an amazing doggie, with such personality!
He is also very good looking, with gorgeous tiger-like markings, hazel eyes and 'interesting' tail :-)

I love my toys :-)

Today we took Bart, Lucy, Louie, Beryl and Frankie to the park and the velodrome -it was Bart's first time off-lead (as he was desexed last week). He had a wonderful time zooming around with everybody!