Olivia came to us in April and we haven’t looked back since. ‘Libby’ as she has affectionately become known, has fitted into life with her pal Stitch, two cats, two rabbits, a guinea pig and a piglet and if you didn’t know better you would think she has lived with us her whole life! Libby is the […]
Black is the most common colour for greyhounds but they can often be overlooked in favour of their more colourful companions so here’s a photographic tribute to the beauty of the black greyhound. Blackie (Superior Black) Bob (Yambla Bob) Boss (Thrilling Boss) Harry (Harry Hall) Heli (Belfast Glenda) Homer (Unraced) Johnnie (George – Johnnie George) […]
Auckland owner, Nancy Grice, sent this endearing update on the “small horse” Frank. “It was initially my husband Adam that suggested we look into adopting a Greyhound. He had read an article about what great pets they make. That and also the size of the greyhound was a factor as neither of us were interested […]
In response to our recent survey on “How you heard about greyhounds?” we received this funny update on Smiler (Pango Will He) and his idyllic life with his pal Bree and humans Andrew and Marie. “Our first contact with greyhounds was at an A&P show, I think it was Helensville. Over the years we have […]
A group of us toodled off with our hounds to Whangamata on Saturday 5th October to be part of the annual Brits At The Beach Celebration. What a fantastic event€¦! Many thanks to Jan and Tom for organising our site, setting up and looking after the day in general – and of course many thanks […]
Canteen race dog, Jackpot Jackie, went to her new home in the Waikato in February this year. Her owner, Karyn Gardner is clearly smitten as she’s since been joined by Kylie (Pint Star) from the Craik kennels. Jackie was trained by Gary Cleeve and her winnings went to support CanTeen New Zealand, an organisation supporting […]
Last Saturday we loaded up the hounds, Priceless (Fancy Freda), Blondie (Fancy Kate) and of course Lola (Kinetic Flyer), and travelled to the Kapiti Coast to stay with our friends Clare and Matt and their hounds Zing (Thrilling Zing) and Gerry (unraced). Lola and Blondie were to be assessed for their Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Foundation certificate on Sunday the […]
One of our amazing fosterers wrote to tell us why she fosters greyhounds and loves doing it. I had to have my GSD/Collie Cross put to sleep in February of this year. I really missed having him around and was feeling very sad. I applied as a volunteer at Dogwatch in Christchurch but never heard […]
I adopted Blue (Winsome Rite) in May this year, and the theory was to have an independent dog who could stay at home happily while we were all at work etc. However I managed to convince my boss to let me bring her in to work on the first day I had her€¦and we haven’t […]
We, Bernie (6) & Piper (10), have just successfully completed our Canine Good Citizen Foundation exam and have passed!! A good result for all other greyhounds out there. Catherine & Chris have been our personal slaves & guides to get us through for a while. Bernie (the brindle and white hound) has been living contentedly […]