Pictures of the day :-)

By Fatima |

Monday, October 11, 2010

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I was organizing all blog my pictures and  found a few that I wanted to share. Thank you all who sent them !

George (Kiwi George) from Palmerston North
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Ellie and Shawn (New Thing Now). YES, this is clever Shawn who qualified for racing yesterday :)
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Beryl (Winsome Deluxe): Confetti anyone..?
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Lucy The Ferret and Rachel doing the figure 8 weave
at Rally O competition last week in Wanganui
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Beryl (Winsome Deluxe) and her Mum Sue 
at Rally O competition last week in Wanganui
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Thomas (Smart Thomas) with his family :-)
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Two Schofield GAP greyhounds , Louie (Charlston State)
and Beryl (Winsome Deluxe): Hello Pam and Denis!
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Cute Luke (Lauretana Boy) who just went to his new home in Auckland
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Ele (Sister Saintly) from Tauranga
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Jodi (Kirsten Deal) babysitting a pet lamb :-)
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Hobbes (Real Classic) at a GAP walk
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Aucklanders Sonny (Fratianno) and his poodle sister Lucy :-)
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Tux (Not Suited) with his new friends in Auckland :-)

Whiskey (Chivas Regal) at the Animates Pet Day in Auckland

And last but not the least: Amazing "Swift Fantasy" with her trainers Steve Clark and Kathy Wilson at a recent 'Top Dog' Challenge in Auckland:

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Belinda's gorgeous foster girl Sash

By Fatima |

Sunday, October 10, 2010

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Belinda's just sent me cutest picturers of her foster girl Sash. Sash has settled in great in her foster home which she shares with two cute kids and a cat :-)
She is a stunning looking tall brindle girl, with waggy tail, who loves having fun with Belinda's kids! She is very affectionate and could have cuddles for hours :-)

 Sash relaxing :-)

Stretching Sash!

Cynthia's foster boy Snuffles

By Fatima |

Friday, October 8, 2010

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I just got some cute pictures from Cynthia, who is fostering big gentle boy Snuffles (Baileys Dream). I have a soft spot for Snuffles as he reminds me of my Louie :-)
I have met Snuffles' trainer at Wanganui track a few times - she is lovely, adores Snuffles who has been with her all his life till now. :-) Lets hope he will find a loving home he deserves!

His foster carer Cynthia writes:
Snuffles has been with us for a week now and as you can see has made himself right at home. He is a very sweet polite boy, but always ready for a game with his toys by himself or with you. He is lovely to take for a walk, loves meeting all the other dogs on the river and having a chat, has really good lead manners and doesn't pull. He also enjoys greeting visitors to the house and likes to meet children. He was very good at the dog show meeting and greeting especially as we had only picked him up from the Sanson kennels that morning!

Some cute pictures from Nugget (Pepper Law)

By Fatima |

Sunday, October 3, 2010

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Nugget auditioning for "NZ Next Top Model" :-)

I just got some more pictures from Carla and Ed, Nugget's new parents :-)
They wrote:

Nugget (Pepper Law) is so lovely, and we could not imagine life without her now, and we only adopted her 2 months ago! She loves people & children & is always on her very best behavior around others, as to please us & make a good impression so that more people can love & admire her :-)
She is fit & healthy , loves her walks, and she knows our driveway now & turns in when we get back from walks.

She has a new soft toy: a blue bunny "Buddy". She takes him everywhere. Every now & again the two of them get caught on the spare bed!

 And the other day Buddy was sitting on the couch, upright, facing to the front. As it wasn't Ed or myself who did it, Nugget's put him there! Was so funny that we had to take a picture -below :-)

She's a clever girl and also knows a few Afrikaans words now. Nugget & our cat Peppa has made peace, but aren't friends yet. They'll get there eventually I think. They've just been inspecting the fence together outside, see the picture below:

Peppa and Nugget

Next weekend we're taking a few days off to visit friends in Wellington & pick up a new caravan we bought. It'll be her first "holiday" with us!

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GAP at National Dog Show in Feilding

By Fatima |

Saturday, October 2, 2010

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Judy with her lovely Fish (Thrilling Fish) and also Stretch (Stretches), with GAP marquee in the background (on the right hand side, you can see Gail arranging her coat display :-)

We had fantastic three days at the National Dog Show in Feilding : our cute little town was buzzing with all the people and show dogs - there were many events organized in town square too :-)
But, of course, the biggest one for us was our GAP Marquee at Manfield Center, where the National Dog Show was held.

Antony and Michelle at the GAP stand. Gorgeous black&white boy is Rozzo (Maximum); Cilla, our foster girl, is on the beanbag on the right :-)

Gail and her lovely family did a fantastic job with the GAP marquee and the shop (again!). Gail is truly a superwoman - she deserves her own blog post!

Judy with Fish and Nelly, Gail with Beryl, and Jim with Corey

We had a great turnout too -GAP hounds came from as far as Wellington :-)
 Many people stopped by the GAP marquee, there was plenty of interest in adopting and fostering, so we hope to see more hounds off to forever homes as a result. We were asked to parade in the main ring again today, while the announcer interviewed Michelle about GAP and the hounds. It was wonderful to see our hounds so well behaved in the ring -my two foster gilrs Cilla and Shannon (Moon Dancer) were handled by Gails's kids, whom they have never met before. I LOVE this aspect of greyhound nature, it is so lovely to see a dog handled by a child and behaving perfectly.

Zoe (Fantasy Shifter) and our foster gilrs Shannon and Cilla handled by Gail's kids :-)

Beautiful Beryl (Winsome Deluxe) and Snuffles (Baileys Dream)

Belinda and her foster boy Luke (Lauretana Boy)

Cynthia with Shannon (Moon Dancer) and Snuffles (Baileys Dream)

Joey (Slingback) came over from Wellington with his parents Marci and Walter

Cilla kept making friends with children :-)

Cilla and Sara having a break at the back of GAP tent :)

Stretch made some new friends too :-)

Cilla and Lucy being flat :-)

Our foster girl Shannon is so small that she can easily walk UNDER Stretch!

Oh yes, that was a nice shortcut !

And we even lure coursed the hounds! There was a mechanical lure (with two white plastic bags to chase) set up for demos in the field at Manfield. My Louie had a go too and he is still on a high! :-) It was amazing to watch all the retired racers do what they love (most of the GAP hounds there tried it and loved it - Beryl was an absolute champion, check out the picture below:)

Beryl (in full flight!) and Jade lure-coursing (you can see the white plastic bag lure at the left-hand side)

My gorgeous Louie (Charlston State) resting after his lure-coursing : "Mummy, I reckon we should make this a regular event!"

Louie and Lucy ::)

Back home , Lucy the Ferret was absolutely exhausted and spent most of the evening in this position:

Tired ferret :-)

Along with being day 2 of the big 3-day National Dog Show, Friday was also Rural Day and the whole town gets in behind the rural theme.  The shops and businesses compete for best dressed rural themed window, there are many displays and competitions and lots of the displays included dogs.  Blue's Mum Odette is a manager of Curves, a woman's fitness and health facility in Feilding, and she included greyhounds in her gym display ; she did a great job with GAP leaflets and promoting GAP, with help from Sue and Beryl, and Judy and Fish. Thank you so much for everything Odette! Check out the cute picture below, taken at Curves:

Odette with Blue (Belfast Blue) and Edna, another Curves staff member, with Beryl (Winsome Deluxe)

Beautiful Beryl :-)

Beryl's Mum Sue also blogged about this past weekend on her blog, she has some gorgeous shots too, do check it out here:
http://greyhoundscansit.blogspot.com/2010/10/gap-greyhounds-hit-town.html