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Pointy hounds include-
Greyhounds (Grunds)
Whippets (Whippys)
Lurchers
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 ).

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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.

Oh yes - a tea-room is a must. Good thinking Gooner!

Dog friendly tea room

Definitely - although it will need a lot of floor space to accommodate all our pointies.

Plus a large cake cabinet.

This cafe in Hebden Bridge is what we need. They do 'pupcakes' as well as cakes etc for hoomans.

Sounds lovely, not sure about Yorkshire bit blowy up there!

Lola and I have been for a run this morning and dh has taken the boys and peanut to work. She's fast asleep on my lap now but I really need to shower before they're back, really don't want to move!

Yorkshire's not that bad

Sorry to hear you've been ill Moose.

I love Hebden. Used to do all our food shopping there, from independent shops, every weekend and had a favourite riverside cafe we were regulars at. We very nearly moved there, but decided to move back home to be closer to family in the end. Dh and I both still miss it and always say we are homesick for Lancashire, despite being both Midlands bred.

Thanks mistle. Good job we didn't meet up, as the flu hit me like a brick that evening and by Sunday I couldn't even get out of bed. I'd have felt awful if we'd given it to you.

We've had a great day out today,went to Dunwich,started in the village & walked through the woods and Heath land up to the coastguard cottages where we had tea & scones.
Then walked back along the beach,met some nice dogs,inc.a whippet lurcher and a young deerhound who was massive,shame he wasn't allowed off lead,it actually felt like spring today,fingers crossed for more of the same.

Dunwich was mistlehound's first off-lead walk when we'd only just formally adopted her so 'could' let her off. We discovered she liked playing ball but didn't do retrieves and that the cliff isn't as dog proof as we thought it was! We did get brave enough to let her off in the less populous area of Southwold beach (southern end) later in the week.

I've just got my first cold of the season - feeling coughy and don't know whether I'll be able to sing in the concert I'm meant to be singing in at lunch time.

No those cliffs aren't protected at all mistlethrush,I keep Stan on the lead till we get to the Heath just in case.
Hope your cold gets better soon.

Sorry you're poorly Mistle.

We are lucky here with the variety of walks, all within reach from home. We didn't even realise how much countryside there was near us when we moved in and that as pre-Pooch days. If we ever move dog walking areas will be high on the must have list.

Survived the concert and haven't had too many calls to make this afternoon so not too bad!

Glad you are better Moose.

I subscribe to the same dream!

I am dying to start taking Roo off the lead, but there are deer and barbed wire and I just musn't...

Maybe in the park, but that can be packed with grumpy squat middle age me n and their grumpy squat middle aged dogs, none of whom would appreciate a big bounding pup.

Recall in garden and home good, but need to think about next step!

Hi there. Hope you don't mind me nosing in here, but I've started a thread about choosing a suitable dog for our family ( 3 kids, 10, 6 and 4) and a whippet was one of the breeds I was looking at, so someone kindly pointed me in this direction.

Could any of you pointy hounds aficionados give me the low down. We have a relatively large house and garden and I live near somewhere with a good park and commons etc. Would a whippet find 3 kids too much? We are a very sociable bunch. I worry about how they are to walk and off lead etc. The other possible contender is a lab so any pointy hound expertise would be massively appreciated including who you recommend by way of rescue centres or breeders. Thank you so much!

Mine is a whippet x but she loves children!! I'm a childminder and she is always in the middle of the kids, often gets on laps and she loves having loads of people to play with her. She has much better recall than my greyhound and although she chases squirrels she loses interest very quickly! She lives happily with our 4 cats. She can be a bit chewy but she's was one around August so I guess that's to be expected and she's a terrible food thief but otherwise I can't fault her at all!! She's very jumpy and loves to say hello to everyone which can be a bit of a pain when out walking but she's getting better all the time. She sleeps quite a lot, if I'm sitting she's on my lap and is happy with 2 30 min walks but equally will run with me for a couple of hours.

We got a whippet x when I was 5 - she was a lovely dog, although quite self contained and didn't necessarily want to be with you if the comfort of her basket was available - a whippet that sometimes comes to stay with my parents is a bit similar. My lurcher (not much higher than a big whippet but a lot stockier and longer) is very different - she chooses to lie on the bathroom floor whilst I have a shower as she likes being with me - she's perfect with DS (8) who is very boisterous - and she's got used to the shouting that sometimes happens and the fact that its very rarely at her...

Hello everyone. Can I join in? I have a 12 year old greyhound. I have had her since she was a puppy and, although she is tattooed and registered, she has never been raced. The story was that her mum was covered by the "wrong" dog and all 8 puppies in the resulting litter were going to be pts. All 8 were saved fortunately (given away).

She is now blind in one eye and only has half a tail (door jam accident). She still eats like a horse but sleeps for most of the day. Our 2 x 20 minute walks have reduced down to 2 x 5 minutes as she has stiff back hip joints. She has 3 beds throughout the house but loves the sofa best of all.

I know she can't go on for much longer - she is old for a greyhound but I am going to be so heartbroken.

poor you! greys are so lovely….

She is having a lovely life with you though, lucky her!

wanted to ask other pointy owners, is your dog very sensitive about being told off?

Have not have to tell off Roo very often, usually a calm but clear "No" works. She learned very quickly what the rules are, and mostly sticks to them (amazingly!).

Got a tiny bit cross yesterday as she pulled up and destroyed all my strawberries. Said "No! Don't do that!" then tsk-tsk-ed a bit whilst trying to salvage the mess. I am not a shouter (am a bit sensitive myself and get stressed when people even raise their voice)

She had very hurt feelings, and was worried for 2 hours afterwards!

I feel I need to tell her off very very carefully, IYSWIM. And also reiterate I still love her and giver some cuddles.

(she is 6 months now)

Mine is a weird one for this. She sometimes takes to her bed if I have told her off (she eats strawberry plants, Japanese maple leaves, damson leaves etc too!). Other times she ignores me or goes wandering off and then comes back almost like "Oh look a castle!" goldfish behaviour (short memory when it suits her). She knows what No means but is often "meh" about it.

Your girl will be fine. She needs to have limits and boundaries set and knows that you love her. Perhaps some positive reinforcement with a treat if she ignores your strawberry plants in the future? Mind you, good luck with that - I don't grow strawberries anymore as my muppet would have a sneaky chew even after being told off! Gotta love them.

Thanks. What is the attraction of strawberry plants?! Baffled.

Oh well, there'll be more surprises I'm sure!

Ours all hate raised voices and shouting of any sort, even if it's not aimed at them. It really upsets them. On the rare occasions when DH and I disagree, we dont' shout as neither of us like upsetting the dogs. Very, very rarely, we need to do the VOG (Voice of God) if there is something we urgently need their attention for - then, it's the tone rather than the volume. That's very rare though, and because of that, it's generally veryeffective.

sorry for irrelevent butt in but i fell in love with a whippet the other day (who mysteriously fell in love with my lhaso apso when most dogs seem to give her as wide a berth as they can which is not very as she wants to be everyone's best friend). he was a supersilky and very fast little grey thing. he enjoyed running with my very fast sleek black lab but yes, oddly adored my crazy lhasa and his owner was most puzzled as she'd never seen him be so obsessed with a dog before.

i wanted to steal him!

think a whippet might have to come our way one day. whippets ARE the little, miniature greyhound looking ones aren't they?

Ours don't like raised voices either, they always look very worried! With a lot of kids in my house it gets quite noisy which they don't mind but I often have to shout just to get the noise level down enough to be heard and they don't like that at all. If I do shout peanut will often go to his bed and won't even come over to see me for a while afterwards :(