Nightrave greyhounds blog: Powerful Enemy

By Fatima |

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Oscar (Unplugged) loved the crowd and the affection :)))

Canine Good Citizen certified dogs from Feilding Dog Training Club were asked to join Christmas parade in Feilding, held last Sunday. Our dog club is one of the leading ones in the country; its Canine Good Citizen (CGC) classes have been attended by numerous GAP greyhounds from Sanson (I will do a post especially on that -watch this space !).

We had six greyhounds attanding the parade:
Beryl (Winsome Deluxe), Stanley (Chile Will He) -certified CGC Foundations dogs.
Our Lucy The Ferret - who has CGC Silver certificate.
And by special permission from our instructor, Snowy (Cawbourne Snow), who will sit his exam soon :) and also two Sanson greyhounds currently up for adoption: Oscar (Unplugged) and Troy (Powerful Enemy).
There were thousands of people lining the streets - our little town was packed to the brim! :) Greyhounds and their friends from the club had a great time charming the crowds. I gave away ALL the GAP leaflets I had :) Sue and myself have taken loads of pictures:

Greyhounds leading the way :)

Stanley (Chile Will He) with his Mum Sarah
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Troy (Powerful Enemy) with the kids :)
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11yr old Emma did a great job of handling Snowy
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All dogs were dressed up; Lucy wore her GAP
snowman collar and a matching hat :)))
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Oscar looked amazing in his Santa Bear hat and collar :)

Snowy was a Christmas tree :))))

He also tried Lucy's hat :)))))

Sue taking pictures :)
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Beryl, Lucy and Snowy
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Gorgeous Stanley :)
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Oscar (in the crowd on the left) truly loved it!
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By Fatima |

Monday, June 6, 2011

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Maggie, Stacey and Troy

Troy (Powerful Enemy) is a special boy : he has been an amazing racing greyhound, having had 102 starts and winning 35 of those and placing in another 37 ! A true top athlete, Troy was trained by Manawatu trainers Brendan Cole and Lisa Ahern, before coming to GAP.

Troy is now in foster care with Stacey in Palmerston North, and we just got an update from him:

I am a big, playful, handsome boy who just loves cuddles! I am currently in foster care with Stacey and her flatmates (plus Maddie the collie), who all just love me :)
I love all other dogs and I am OK with cats too.I am a great example of my breed, in that I LOVE to sleep! And sometimes it takes quite a bit of coaxing to get me out of my bed. Stacey is amazed that I allow her to sleep till 8.30 most mornings, before I tell her it is time to get up! In fact she is often the one getting me out of bed :)

I had a very successful racing career (do check out my racing history here!) and this is only highlighted when I’m let off lead to run with my other greyhound friends at Ashurst, boy am I fast!
I just love my walks and I always seem to get a lot of attention from passersby, especially when they feel how soft my beautiful coat is!
My confidence has grown immensely since being in foster care and I get on perfecly well with Maddie, even though she is young and still needs to learn some doggy manners. We play together for about 5 minutes, then I am stuffed and want to sleep, I don't understand how she can just keep on going and going and going! Oh, talking of sleeping...I am off to bed :)