Feeling pretty confident this week that Sam has improved. We have been doing lots of practice. Exciting news when we get to class is we have two more greyhounds in the class. Leigh-Anne and Martin with Paddy (Paddy Bond) and Milo (unraced). That’s six greyhounds in a class of eight. Class photo coming soon! This […]

One of the cool things about owning a greyhound is being able to tell people they are the second fastest land animal. The downside is that if you take them for a run with other dogs, it ends up being like playing touch against Richie McCaw. Even at a trot, our dog gets annoyed that […]

Ribbon winners The Rai Valley A&P show ended up being a lovely day – not overly hot which was nice for a change.  We even had the chance to enter the Dog Show – the first time one greyhound has been entered let alone five!  They all looked fantastic!!!   The organiser of the dog event, which was […]

GAP hounds have taken over Upper Hutt’s Canine Good Citizen class with six hounds competing for their Bronze award. Area Co-ordinator, Tania Harris, is keeping us up-to-date with their progress and imparts some top training tips along the way. Syd’s greasy sit Week One Setting the Standard – it’s the first class of our Canine […]

What a great walk on Sunday! The t-shirts on us and vests on the dogs raised our visibility, and I think they also encouraged members of the public to approach us more than they would normally do. We had some good conversations, and may have a foster-care application coming our way! That was good work. […]

The Masterton A&P show was over the weekend of the 16th & 17th of February. It was down on punters from last year but we got some quality interest over the show which was great. Plus lots of dog visitors including a Jack Russell puppy that was adorable. Not to mention awesome for the public […]

On Saturday we had the second Martinborough Fair of the year. It was (thankfully) a bit cooler than the February one so the hounds didn’t melt this time! Oops – someone took the corner too fast! Clare and Matt with Jerry & Zing (Thrilling Zing) visited us from the Kapiti Coast for the weekend and […]

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