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[TheCunnyFunt]

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Greyhounds (Grunds)
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Italian Greyhounds (Iggys)
Salukis
Afghans
And any others I have forgotten. If you are a new pointy hound owner, an old and experienced owner or looking into getting one of these fabulous creatures, come and have a seat (that's not taken up with a hound :o).

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Come The Day
Come the day I take that final bend,
Can I count on you to be my friend?
To see I?m treated just and fair,
It means so much to know you care.

For, what the future holds in store,
Now that I can race no more,
Should be addressed for every hound,
Who parts the punter from his pound.

Tell them I don?t ask for much,
A kindly word, a gentle touch,
Somewhere warm to lay my head,
A meal each day to keep me fed,
Not just life- but quality,
This is how it ought to be.

Do not see me swept away,
I long to live another day,
With peace of mind, tranquillity,
And those who care surrounding me,
So tell them all- you have that choice,
I beg of you to be my voice.

By Denise Dubarbier.

Suffolk :)

I've also been looking at the lady someone recommended on fb dog o nine tails, she's going to show near Colchester next weekend. Maybe I'll try and persuade dh to go there :)

That was me Cinnamon, her collars are fantastic quality, Sprocket's looks as gorgeous and new today as it did on 15th June when I bought it! He has the blue Superhero words collar :)

Ooh, that's the Greyhound Walks show, near Braintree. We are going to be there with the Tent of Destiny and the girls - come along and say Hi to the Norty Minx. There are going to be three rings of greyhound and pointy classes and unrivelled shopping opportunities.

We are trying to source a trailer so we can take peanut on a last min caravan holiday with us but if we don't manage to dh said we can go :)
Should probably explain more, my mum used to have Nelly when we went away but won't have peanut as he's too new so we are looking for a trailer for our stuff not him. Still need a pushchair for ds2 so would have room with peanut in the boot. I'm gutted as I found a week near camber sands for £272!

I have a medical type question for you all, please.

When Jessie was running on the beach yesterday, we noticed she was bouncing at the back and not putting one of her back legs down properly. When we looked at it, one of the pads on one of her back legs looked 'dislocated, as in it looked just like a dislocated finger or something. Anyone heard or something like this and any ideas what can be done to help her?

Sorry I have no idea MagratGarlik, hope she's feeling better soon :(

I went on my first doggy run tonight with some of my running club, it was FANTASTIC! I was brave and let Peanut off and he ran with the pack brilliantly and kept comin back to check on us. We did just over 5 miles and he loved it, poured down so we were soaked and he went in the river twice. Just loved watching him belting around with the others and enjoying himself so much. We ran with a lurcher, Doberman, border collie and something brown and white and very big with a half docked tail.

Cinnamon - sounds perfect! Magrat - I've messaged you.

I've made some liver cake and split into 4 portions, freezing 3 lots as the recipe says (thanks TheCunnyFunt) how long will the quarter I don't freeze last and should I keep it in the fridge? Thank you :)

What I do is cube it up into treatsize pieces then freeze the whole lot and just take it out the night before I'm likely to need it. I had a treat pouch that you clip onto your belt and I lost it for a week, when I found it, I opened it up to be greeted with a pouch full of green furry cubes of liver cake so I don't recommend leaving it out for more than a few days as that amount of mould hadn't just appeared overnight :o

I've frozen most, used some tonight while out in the forest, he loved it and came back every time! He started coming back before I called just to get some :)

We do the same with ours- cube it and freeze it. It doesn't last long out of the freezer.

Whilst we are on holiday though, we are working on recall training for Jessie. Both are allowed off lead on the beach, but this evening they saw a cat on the beach. Now, bearing in mind she normally becomes a slobbering beast at the sight of cats, the first hint I got was that they both started running, fast as anything. I called her, waving liver cake and she called off the chase on the cat and came back. I was so proud.

Hurrah for liver cake but boy does it stink the kitchen out when cooking.

The doggy running club sounds fantastic. How did you hear about it?

Hello

Just wanted to pop by and say hello as Missy the whippet cross has quite recently arrived in our lives and has quietly stolen all our hearts!

It's lovely to hear all about your gorgeous creatures, I feel like I know them all

Hi PaddyP00 and Missy :)

I am a member of a local people's running club and its just a few of the members who like to run with their dogs on a Monday evening. Apparently they all have head torches and dog lights and go in the forest in the winter too, could be a pricy business! Going to borrow a proper cannecross harness and lead set and see how we get on :)

Amazed at how cheap liver is, went to local butcher and it was £1.49 for just over a lb. Mine only smelt of the garlic, may leave it out next time!

Well done Jessie! I got impression yesterday that peanut was happy to come back while there was nothing more interesting!

at return from cat chase - not sure I could get mistlehound to stop like that! I think I've sorted a training day with a lurcher expert on Sat which should be really interesting. DS is going to come along to help - given my ankle situation - even if DH can't make it because MiL wants him to stay at home... we shall wait and see on that one!

Quick post for magrat, been to the vet today for Sprocket's booster, I asked the vet if it's possible to dislocate a pad and she said no, but it can get inflamed which can make it look bigger and more spread out, or dislocated.

Thanks Cunny, that was very kind of you to ask.

Another eventful day today though as Woody was attacked by an enormous chocolate lab. Both dogs were on the lead, but as we walked past this dog, it just went for Woody - ds2 and I were in between the two dogs so ds2 could quite easily have been hurt. I shouted at the woman that she should muzzle her dog if she can't control it and her husband later came looking for us and mouthing off. Not a word of apology or checking whether Woody was OK. Some people are just so antisocial .

No worries Magrat, I was there anyway so thought I may as well ask. Amazing that you managed to call off her cat chase! That's really impressive! How is she today? Is Woody okay too? Some people...

Cinnamon that's great news, liver cake is like doggy crack cocaine to most dogs :o I hope you keep it secure about your person though otherwise you may find yourself being mugged by every other off lead dog in the vicinity :o it sounds like you're getting on well with him and fwiw I've always thought of red as unisex

Ooh Paddy how exciting (btw are you the same Paddy that posted here before when you got Paddy?) what does she look like?

Have a good day on Saturday Mistle, sounds interesting, let us know how it goes! How is your ankle?

Took Sprocket to get his booster today and we ended up being surrounded by no less than three cats in baskets. Sprocket was more interested in bullying their owners for cuddles mind you, if he'd seen into the baskets he probably would've been different. The vet reckons he has a smidge of Arthritis in his front left elbow, but as long as he doesn't overdo it (as if!!) it shouldn't be a problem which is good news :)

He's made 2 new friends too, we've only met them a couple of times and when we saw them today he whined in excitement, one is an absolutely gorgeous scruffy grey Lurcher (possible Irish Deerhound X Greyhound/Whippet) with knee length white socks, and the other is a yellow and white Whippet X, but I'm not going to tell you what she's crossed with until I have a photo of her. You just won't believe it :o

That sounds horrible MagratGarlik, hope you're all ok and not too shake up!

Sounds good Mistlethrush, hope you're ankle is feeling better.

How old is Sprocket? Nelly developed a limp towards the end and vets wanted to put her on anti inflammatories. We tried a food with glucosamine and Chondrintin suppliments and within 2 weeks on it her limp went and never returned. Will wait with interest for your photo :)

Wonder how Moosemama got on visiting her puppy?

Perhaps I'll go for red for his next one, I've ordered this one

I've just been taking it in a little sandwich bag. Have let him off three (four including our run) times now and he's doing really well. This evening I only gave him the livercake when he returned after I'd called him not just when he felt like it wanted more livercake.

Ohh I love that one Cinnamon, I reckon he'll look stunning in it!

Sprocket is 6 and a half, I mentioned to thd vet that when he does a lot in one day he limps on his front left leg for a couple of days afterwards, so she pulled it around a bit and said he's not keen on straightening it fully out so she suspects that there's a wee bit of Arthur in his elbow. He was such a good boy, didn't even flinch when she stuck him with the needle :)

That's a really nice collar Cinnamon - a bit 'different' - I do like the contrast between the black and the blue.

I'm going to hold off until I go to another show and then see if there's anything that suits mistlehound - she's really quite a difficult colour for collars.

I'm a bit excited, having booked her in for her first simulated coursing. I expect her to go out in the first round - but hope that she enjoys the running.

Mistlehound is booked in for her boosters tomorrow - although as I can't drive at the moment I'll be on bedtime duties rather than vet run.... Its a real nuisance. I did manage to hobble round the block this evening which is progress... thank heavens for the boot thing that the physio recommended that just holds my ankle solid so that I can get about a bit!

Sorry, complete change of subject. Anybody looking for whippets to adopt?

www.dogstrust.org.uk/rehoming/dog/1106895/tessa#.UgLBepBwaax

I can't persuade DH to let me have a second dog... let alone a pair of whippets! However, if could get a 2nd, I think I might be tempted by one of Heidi's puppies on LL....

I saw Milo and fell in love! Dh said I'm mad so guessing that's a no!

Took Peanut for solo run off the lead, he was so good! He ran mostly at my ankle and stopped a few times for a sniff and pee then belted along to catch me up and waited in front. He ran after a deer but after a few calls came back (no idea if he got bored, lost it or came back because I called!). He's now spread out on the sofa!