You may remember a couple of weeks ago we were challenged to get our dogs to push a ball with their nose. (Not a CGC requirement but a fun activity to improve the bond between hound and human).  Tonight’s it’s Show time. We all have a crack with varying degrees of success. Sam (Gridiron) will push […]

Carey and Chris Buck sent in an update on their two greyhounds proving greyhounds are collectable. Albion (Pressure Point) has been with us for a year now and we have loved every minute. Leaving him at the kennels when we went on holiday was harder for us than him and he had a fab time. […]

What a wonderful way to end his looking for a home time at Kaiapoi. Cosmo has been to Animates Appeal day and then to a local Primary where the children presented a power point story about Greyhounds to ME! We had a great discussion and talked about some of the myths and facts and then […]

Kylee Remington from Nelson has sent in this update on Jake (Spiral Ebony) Our boy is fantastic! When we first got him he did some very funny things.  When he came home he thought he could walk through windows and he also jumped onto the coffee table and thought he was pretty cool. He then […]

What a difference a week makes and actually doing some practice. Sam (Gridrion) is staying well, sitting like a champion, and walking much closer to my side (or that could be me learning how to hold a treat whilst walking with the dog!)  But the absolute highlight this week is Paddy (Paddy Bond) can sit.  After […]

Sally Lees, our Wellington Area Coordinator, has sent us this update on her sweet as pie hound George! George (Chile Command) joined our family on 19 December 2009, and we’ve done things and been places I’d never have imagined, and met wonderful people along the way. We attend events so others can see how wonderful […]

The test for this week is “Can you still do well at CGC class without any practice during the week?€ It’s been a crazy busy week in the Harris household so off to class we go pretty nervous at how we will go with no practice.  As we go through our usual drills of sit, […]

We missed week 3 due to other commitments (it wasn’t cos we hadn’t practiced I promise!) so I thought I would cover mention of the theoretical parts of the CGC course.  One of the differences between CGC and a normal obedience course is CGC has a test for the owners to pass too!!! The questions […]

For those who have participated in GAP promotional and fundraising events you will know that sooner or later our couch potato friends will want to have a lie down. Usually this is sooner rather than later. You may also know that sometimes it is a bit of a pain dragging doggie beds to and from […]

Today was the annual ‘Paws in the Park’ at Tunnel Gully in Upper Hutt. It’s a chance for dogs and their owners to go on a bush walk and watch displays from our local Upper Hutt Dog Training Club. This year the organisers estimated they had over 110 dogs and our greyhounds were well represented […]