Personal stories, anecdotes and tips from my experiences of adopting and fostering gorgeous greyhounds!
Today, I had actually planned to publish a piece about our first ever foster dog, Zoe. However, as can happen in the fostering world, circumstances have changed quite swiftly for our beautiful current foster girl, Bridie, and so I thought I should use this opportunity to discuss the other, harder side to fostering… The part… Continue reading Foster Fears and Tears – the harder side of fostering…
I love hearing about other people's experiences with greyhounds and what better way to share these perspectives than by carrying out some fun interviews with other "greyhound people"? Much love and thanks to the beautiful Mikey and Cookie, as well as their owner, Holli, for today's interview! Name of your greyhounds: Cookie and Mikey Age… Continue reading Snooty Interview with Mikey, Cookie and Holli!
Hello everyone! Currently, we have the most gorgeous, snootiful princess staying with us – her name is Bridie and she is just delightful. So, I thought today I would take the opportunity to tell you all a little more about her! (Disclaimer: she is looking for her forever home so, if you want to avoid… Continue reading Beautiful Bridie
Qualities needed for walking a nervous greyhound: hard work, dedication and a whole bucket of patience, that’s for sure! If you have ever encountered a very nervous greyhound (or other rescue/adopted dog), you will understand that dogs who have previously led very different lives to the ones they lead now can suffer with mild to… Continue reading Walking a Nervous Greyhound
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! To start 2021 off nicely, I thought about how much I love hearing other people's experiences with greyhounds. So, what better way to share these perspectives than by carrying out some fun interviews with other "greyhound people"? Much love and thanks to the darling Tammy… Continue reading Snooty Interview with Tammy and Dee!
As it is now the festive period, a few people have asked me if I will write a fun piece on Niko’s first Christmas with us. This took place last year, following our official adoption of him in October 2019. It is pretty silly… but, in the spirit of Christmas, why not?! On Christmas morning,… Continue reading A Hound’s First Christmas
She was the one who temporarily stole my husband’s heart - Jenny was formidable. With her stunning chocolate-brindle coat and her piercing amber eyes, you could not blame anyone for snapping her up instantaneously from the adoption kennels! Yet, after being advertised, she remained there with little interest. So… that is where we came in.… Continue reading Our Chocolate Sweetheart, Jenny
“Quirky” is definitely one word that springs to mind when I think of the greyhound breed. But is this something generally recognised by others? I think possibly not… So, here I will attempt to summarise the five strange quirks of a greyhound, special to this particular dog breed, that personally make me chuckle. Chattering Okay,… Continue reading The Quirks of a Greyhound
This year, my husband and I decided to make one of the best decisions (and biggest emotional investments) of our lives – we decided to give greyhound fostering a try! We already had our wonderful noodlehorse, Niko, at home and honestly we are so blessed that he is a very laid-back, easy-going dog, who enjoys… Continue reading The Sweetest Soul – Speedy
I thought for quite a while about what my first blog post should be about... There are so many things that I could say about these majestic creatures. So, I figured I would start at the point which I found myself at, early last year, when I wanted to know more about greyhounds. I have… Continue reading Greyhounds – Myths, Mysteries and Misconceptions
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