Welcome to Part One of a new Training Blog by Rebecca Conole, Wairarapa Coordinator First things first. In order to train your hound anything you need his attention and interest. This is one of the first things I did with my hounds. It is quick and fun plus it gets their brains working. This activity […]
Dogs are so wonderfully innocent that their gift of horribly embarrassing their owners never fails to amaze me. A friend recently told me of her walk along the beach front whereupon her SPCA dog, Dillon, running well ahead of her, spied a pile of neatly folded clothes laid carefully on the walled edge. In a […]
Ben Craik, wife Barbara and daughters Tracey and Lisa hosted a get together of the many hounds they have re-homed. The event was held at their home and show cased their racing kennels in Drury, Auckland. Although not all those invited were able to attend on the day there was a fabulous turnout and the […]
“Woof woof! I mean, Hi! My name’s Jake and I’m a Greyhound. I’m a two year old, blue male. My family got me on the 31st of January, 2015. So, they’ve had me for over a year. The people reading this will either be: Thinking about adopting a greyhound, or have adopted one. Well, if you’re […]
We picked up Cleo on Thursday. The poor baby had just come out of surgery after having 12 teeth removed – however, she settled into our home and straight into our hearts instantly. She travelled from Levin to Masterton well – she loved looking out the windows, and was very happy and excited to be […]
The other day I was walking with Lilo and my friend. Lilo vanished, which she does, by magic – one second she is walking delicately alongside and the next – she simply isn’t. She reappeared on a bit of a hill. Standing square with her back to us, on a slight angle, ears tightly pricked, […]
Since I last wrote my parents have moved in to a caravan in our backyard while they wait for their villa at a local retirement village to be completed. They’ve been with us for a month and Wiz and Lucy have clearly been enjoying daytime company. In fact, I believe that their loyalties may slowly […]
Not everyone is keen to take on a slightly older hound so I thought I’d tell you a little bit about Pippi and hopefully dispel a few myths along the way. Pippi is 7 years old and, like many black dogs her age, is going grey round her muzzle and even has cute little white […]
DEEP CHEST; DEEP HEART by Sandy de Kock Presented at Space Gallery, Wanganui, 16th January 2016. An exhibition of oil paintings and digital works celebrating my passion and love for the Greyhound. “Perhaps one central reason for loving dogs is that they take us away from this obsession with ourselves. When our thoughts start to […]
Warning: This article comes with a Government Health Warning and is not intended for the squeamish reader. After a series of bizarre incidents I have come to the conclusion that a statement is being made about my garden seating arrangements, my plant selection and my garden art. Lilo is bright, but would you say that […]