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Havoc arrives to GAP! :)

By Fatima |

Sunday, September 2, 2012

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Am I pretty or what? Yes, my name is Havoc :)

Gorgeous little Havoc (Beatrix Kiddo) was delivered to GAP Sanson by her trainer Ben Craik last week. Sonja (GAP Kennel Manager) took this cute photo of Havoc and Ben:

Havoc arrives at GAP! (featuring Irene on the left :)

We have been following Havoc's racing career and looking forward to her arriving to GAP upon retirement: her Mum aswell as all her brothers and sisters have been already homed by GAP (they did not do so well in racing, so have been retired early). Havoc, though, turned out to be a good little racer. Her trainer sent me this podium photo of her:

Havoc with her trainers Ben and Tracey Craik

Havoc's Mum is famous racer and later show dog Thrilling Kim. After stellar racing career, Kim had a litter of puppies, and then went on to become a show greyhound who gained NZ Champion title ! Impressive or what? Here is gorgeous Kim at the peak of her show dog career:

Beautiful Kim (Thrilling Kim)
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After her show dog career, Kim was retired yet again and now lives in Kapiti. You can see pictures of her and her new home here.

All Havoc's littermates have already been retired - here they are:

Shiloh (nee Shawn), (New Thing Now), now lives in Auckland. You can see her on the blog, here.

Shiloh (New Thing Now)
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Stevie (No Spoken Word) was trained both for racing and for breed showing. Like her Mum, she also gained NZ Champion title. She now lives with Monique and family in Palmerston North. You can see her update on the blog , here.

Beautiful Stevie (No Spoken Word)
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Tosh (King Tosh) now lives in Waikato. We never got any pictures of him from his retirement home -so if his owners are reading this, please do send us some pictures of the gorgeous boy!

Tosh (King Tosh)
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Vulcan (Sunset Spock) is currently up for adoption and is in a foster home in Auckland. You can see him on the blog, here.

Vulcan (Sunset Spock)
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And of course, last but not least, little Sasha, who now lives in Upper Hutt, and whose picture i dont have!:( Will work on that :)

Update on Kim (Thrilling Kim)

By Fatima |

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Posted in GAP ,| Thrilling Kim | 0 comments

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We just got an update on lovely Kim (Thrilling Kim), from her new parents Jan and Terry, who adopted their pretty girl in October last year.

Some of the more regular readers of this blog might already know that Kim was a very successful racer, who upon retiring from racing in 2008 went on to have a new career in a show ring! Kim started her show career at Hastings Dog Show in March 2009 -Sonja and Irene, GAP kennel managers, were her handlers. While strutting her stuff in show rings all over New Zealand, Kim has been an excellent ambassador for GAP, and also gained the NZ Champion title!
It is not surprising, as she is truly GORGEOUS:

Beautiful Kim at Tangimoana beach in summer 2009
(photo taken by Sonja, GAP kennel manager)

However, when Kim turned 7, a true retirement was in order :) - so she went on to live with Jan and Terry at Raumati Beach in Kapiti.
Below is what Jan wrote about their new family member:

We have to tell you just how much we are loving having Kim Dog ( "Kim Dog" - to differentiate between her and "Kim Daughter") as a member of our family. She's a fantastic animal and we love her dearly.

Kim has a huge personality and we think she is very intelligent. She's very much a 'dominant dog' and as she gains more and more confidence, so she pushes the boundaries of what she's allowed to do to ever increasing limits. This can be very amusing like the evening we were both reading newspapers and because we were holding them open, she couldn't get past us to get to the other end of the room. Suddenly, using her teeth she snatched the paper out of Terry's hand and tossed it aside and then came and stared at me obviously ready to do the same thing if I didn't move to let her pass!!! :)
Then, of course, used to a life of strict time tables, she expects her daily walks at the same time morning and afternoon and if we are slow in getting to our feet after an 'after lunch feet up' she'll come and put her nose right up to my face and bark imperiously and then do a little circular dance before coming back to bark again and going to the doorway and standing with her back to us, ready for 'the off'. Naturally, we make a point of not immediately obeying, but making her wait for five or ten minutes. We really do have to be very firm with her to stay 'on top'!

Kim and her Mum Jan

It's quite strange and I think it's something to do with her age; when we take her out to Otaki for Robyn's dog run days, she is distinctly antisocial with the other dogs (without being agressive, of course). A couple of sprints and then she'll go off to check out the boundaries. Happy to be on her own, she covers the field. Sniffing trees, gates, hedges, clumps of grass is her big interest in life - for her, the world is one big library of interesting stories. It's the same on the beach with even more interesting finds like rotting fishheads - all very exciting.

She has a big admiring public in and around Raumati Beach as we meet other dogs and their carers on our walks. She is so gentle and calm with any size dog or child we meet that our progress can be quite slow as everyone wants to greet her and talk about her. Trouble is, Little Miss Arrogant has a quick sniff and then totally loses interest - points her nose in the direction she wants to go and ignores everyone! :)

Altogether, Kim coming into our lives has been a total success - not least of the benefits has been that I've lost 5 kilos! As far as Terry is concerned, although his cancer is not going to go away, everyone we see at the hospital remarks on how incredibly fit he looks - he is now a 38 months survivor, having been given 'three months to two years' in February 2008. I'm sure Kim Dog has helped.
Thank you so much for letting us 'have' Kim - she surely has enriched our lives at what is a pretty difficult time.

Tangimoana Beach walk - January 2010

By Fatima |

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Last week we went for a walk to our latest favourite beach - Tangimoana.
The team:
Fish (Thrilling Fish) and his new Mum Judy

Babe (Sexy Babe), Chase, and their family Sonja, Irene , Ellie, Rosie and Tori

Indy (Spaniel) and Ozzie (Blue Heeler cross) with Aleisha and Jordan (also known as 'foster greyhounds handler' - check out his picture below)

And of course , Rachel and me, with Louie (Charlston State), Lucy and our foster greyhounds Oscar (Unplugged) and Skye (Baby Blue Skye) :-)

Important note: ALL the pictures were stolen from Sonja's Facebook page -thanks Sonja! You can click on the pictures for bigger size -they are truly gorgeous!

Below: the team :-) Check out Indy the spaniel in front :)