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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.

I think I adore Wizzy. She is lovely. Really lovely.

Had a chat with Annie's owner, she's not for us :(

Wizzy is with the lady who has another whippet cross for us to look at. She said she's not massively playful and I wanted a dog for my boys to play with she didn't suggest her to me. She said she's a lovely dog though :)

What about Pipi and Flo - any luck with the cat test?

No news on their cat tests.

We'll hopefully go and see the whippet cross nearish to us and dh was even talking about bringing her home and seeing how she is with the cats for a trial as she's fine with ferrets!

Cinnamon, what do you think of this fella?

He's a stunner Moose!

We were registering with lots of different rescues when we were looking (we were looking rather desperately) and at one stage enquired about a stunning merle girl. Mistlehound wasn't a stunner in her photos - but has her own beauty that is perhaps a bit less obvious - and has the most beautiful character and nature, so I'm glad that stunner didn't come our way and we got her.

What's the issue with Annie Cinnamon - would she jump the fence or is it the mindees?

That's what I thought mistle - and cat workable apparently as well.

It's partially the mindees because apparently she's very skittish and doesn't like noise! The lady taught her son not to make noise around Annie at all and she's apparently grown to love him. She said she takes herself off if there's a lot of noise but even away from it isn't happy and my house gets very noisy for 2-3hrs at a time daily. Peanut chooses every day to lay in the middle of the kids but could escape and nelly was the same.

Secondly she's iffy with other dogs and has properly attacked 3 in the two years the lady has had her. I'd be happy keeping her on a lead but so many dogs are off and don't come back when called if they came up to her and she went when I had my boys with me it would be awful.
Finally she said she can be quite bossy with her grey and will growl and nip at him to her him off the sofa if she wants it and I don't want to do that to peanut. I realise there will be some tussles over space but don't want to knowingly push him out.

It's quite bad for her and not really escaping but has had a couple of incidents that mean she will be kicked out of her house if she isn't gone by 28th sept :(. She said she's a lovely dog 80% of the time but when she's not she's really not!

Thanks moosemama, can't see that webpage from my phone. Will probably not get to my laptop until after lunch now but will look then :)

Darwin sounds perfect Cinnamon. Plus he looks so handsome. A good age too. Where is he?

I enquired about Wizzy but don't think she's suitable as not cat tested. My other half can be talked round I think.

Oo Cinammon, you have to find a way to check out Darwin, he's perfect for you.

The rescue is in Cambridge so not too far, it says that only in exceptional circumstances will they home to families with children under 5 :(
I'll email them and see what they say. Lurcher SOS were happy with my children as they'd grown up with a sighthound but when I told her I was a childminder she said no way so we'll see.
Still nothing from SLR or Scruples on my applications.

I think Wizzy lives with ferrets though Peanutpatty and the lady does cat test as she said she'd cat test the one we are going to see.

Definitely ask cinnamon, as it says he's already living with young children and no fewer than 5 cats!

Pip is wholeheartedly unimpressed with the weather today. He put his head outside, felt the rain, ran back in and wee'd on the living room carpet. First accident in weeks now.

He's also really bored without the dcs at home.

I'm leaving him on his own for the first time when I do the school run this afternoon. He's been ok every school run this week, with a couple of well stuffed kongs and a treat dispensing toy, but Mum has been here. This morning, bless her, she waited for five minutes after I went out then went and sat on the stairs to see if either of them cried. Apparently Pip was so busy scoffing he didn't even notice she'd gone and Lurcherboy finished his treat toy, then went to bed. I reckon Lurcherboy probably sussed she hadn't left the house, but Pip is oblivious to me leaving and still the same when I get back, as he's so focussed on the food, so it's looking hopeful.

Fingers and toes crossed Moose!

Mistlehound managed to get out before the rain proper started this morning. She did scamper in pretty quickly though.

Hope school run goes well moosemama, sounds promising :)

I struck it lucky and managed to walk the mutt at lunchtime on my own so didn't have to drag the children out in the rain. She's now snoozing it off!

Fingers xd for Darwin!

I posted on LL to see if Wizzy would make a good running partner and they think its not for her.

Now I know who you are on LL :)

Me too!

Dh is being very annoying and won't go and see the local whippet x girl tonight :( the lady can only do this evening or tomorrow am and I can't tomorrow am so that means next weekend and she said she may be at a show then.

There's a big Askern thing next weekend - people are wanting to come from the north west to go to the next one - its a special '10 years of LL' event with a dog show as well as competitive racing (unlike the normal 'fun' racing). Mistlehound won't know the difference, and won't win - but she'll still enjoy taking part and that's fine by me. Similarly, that's all we've entered the simulated coursing at Peterborough - she has absolutely no chance of getting anywhere near the top, and I expect her to lose in the first round - but she'll enjoy herself!

DH's just don't understand the importance of these things, do they Cinnamon.

I've still not worked out Cinnamon let alone Peanut (but I've been avoiding 'other homeless hounds, so perhaps that's the reason?)

I'm very easy to work out :)

Darwin isn't available to view until weds and rehome from 14th. Next Friday is ds2's birthday and then I'm marshalling in the Round Norfolk Relay 1-4am sat night/sun morning then got all the family round for ds2's celebrations so its good that we could leave it until the weekend after if peanut does get on with him and they're ok. Tempted to go Thursday with peanut and ds2 while dh at work but a bit mean for him and ds1 at school!

It depends what DH says. DS will, I'm sure, love whatever other dog you get. My DS would!.

Mistlehound is lined out against me, dreaming very happily.

I've worked out Peanut. Moose has worked out me and vice versa.. although I try to keep the two forums nice and separate!

I spotted cinnamon straight away - she's very easy to find on there.

Pip is being a complete nightmare this evening after refusing to spend much time in the garden today due to heavy rain and choosing to snooze away a fair amount of the afternoon.

He really needs to be getting out for walks, but we have another three and a half weeks yet until he's allowed down outside the house and garden. I think I might lose the plot by then if the weather doesn't pick up. It's not so bad when he can charge around the garden with Lurcherboy, but on days like today he is just so full of excess energy that he's constantly up to no good. I'm exhausted just watching him, let alone following him around trying to distract him onto more appropriate activities.

Moose, we felt that with mistlehound as she had to be watched like a hawk in terms of her housetraining (given her background and lack of it) so everytime she got up, one of us had to, very quickly.... But it was fireworks season so very difficult to spend anytime in the garden...