To start with, Wizard is now officially 8 years old. This has not made him more mature or intelligent as he still runs at breakneck speed through the house, from the lounge to our bedroom and back again while Lucy “hides€ in the kitchen doorway so that she jump out growling and snapping at him, […]
My friend Pam and I decided we would like to take a trip to the Greylands kennels near Levin. So we went for the weekend and combined a visit to the kennels with a bit of shopping in Otaki. We were lucky enough that Danielle had the time to show us around – we met […]
Bindi has been with us for about 5 years now. She’s got her place in the pack pretty well sorted. She loves getting about in the winter in her leopard skin coat for round town. She has some crazy animal hats and scarves that she gets around in sometimes too. She started off with severe […]
This blog was published in Fast Friends two years ago but it is one of my favourite things to teach a hound so I thought it worth sharing again. Your hounds bed needs to be his temple. His place to rest, escape and relax. No bad things happen when he is ‘on his bed’. This […]
Well at 5am on Friday the 7th August , in the pouring rain , the freezing cold south westerly wind and in the pitch dark , I was in a paddock at Awahuri helping one of my older ewes Molly to bring Splish and Splosh her twins into this world. Saw the little boy (Splosh) get a drink, and the little […]
Local greyhounds gather on masse to welcome Hairy Maclary and friends to Tauranga’s Waterfront There were amazing scenes, fun and unbridled joy on the faces of young and old last month over two consecutive weekends in Tauranga along the waterfront as the bronze Hairy Maclary statues were unveiled to the public. BOP / Waikato greyhounds […]
We begin with a touch of sadness as we had to say goodbye to our darling Lace back in November. She was a lovely girl and we miss her dearly. Run Free at the Rainbow Bridge sweet girl. Tux took the loss badly so we made the decision to take on another hound. Tux was really depressed […]
I’ve been away more than what could be called acceptable with my job, but it’s a new job so saying no would probably not be a wise career move when one is still firmly in the three-month trial period. The thing is, when I go away neither Lucy or Wizard seem to miss me very […]
Sometimes it is just easier when you have extra paws in the classroom. Teaching genetics is always an interesting topic but even more so when it can be applied to a real situation. This was to illustrate selective breeding and pedigree charts. Cherry is rather proud of her racing stats and litter information, the students […]
If you have had your hound any length of time you will most likely have quite a few bits and bobs for him. With this months blog I’ll take you through some of my favourite and not so favourite hound apparel. Jammies Unless you have a phenomenally warm house, odds are your hound will need […]