Archive for May, 2008

One Greyhound Minus Her Tail!!!!

Yes – you guessed correctly. Our girl could not contain her happiness every time we came home and after further discussion with the vet we booked her in for surgery – not to have the end of the tail removed but the whole thing!!!
It was not an easy decision but at least the vet [...]

Happy Tail?????

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There’s nothing quite like the welcome home you receive from our girl… as we try valiantly to get through the front door Hippie comes rushing to say hello – her back end is practically off the floor because her long tail is wagging so hard its is going round like [...]

Day release and diet problems!!!

We had a holiday coming up and it was always going to be difficult finding somewhere to kennel Hippie but then a friend suggested that she could have her for the week and take holiday from her job to do just that.
When my boiler broke down and had to be replaced it seemed the ideal [...]

A cut paw!!!!

Another breakthrough was a small park my daughter found just around the corner from our house, it is completely enclosed, has a high gate and hardly anybody goes there. Hippie goes there now and when she’s there she is let off the lead and wins her imaginary races as she runs in joyful circles until [...]

Greyhound Friends

Walks were interesting too, Hippie was terrified of other dogs, cats, cars or people so it was extremely difficult to go anywhere but as the days went on there was a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.
I was bringing her back after a walk one Sunday afternoon and we were almost home [...]

A Greyhound is not just for Christmas

Christmas was fast approaching and Hippie who charged through the house like a whirling dervish, was fascinated by only one trinket on the tree – she would run into the lounge and leaving the tree still standing, remove the small felt ‘Harrods’ stocking which had been bought by my daughter on a recent trip to [...]