Archive for June, 2008

No Pressure!!!!

This being off work with stress get to you after a time and having cleaned the bungalow several times I started to look outside….
The area of my slabbed rear garden where Hippie chooses to empty her bowels does get cleaned up and disinfected regularly but, as my partner had bought me a pressure washer some [...]

Hippie’s Day Out!!

Yesterday we took Hippie out for the day. The Newark Branch of the RGT (Retired Greyhound Trust) had a stand at the Barlow Show at Bakewell Showground.
We hadn’t intended entering Hippie for any classes, it was more to let her see some other greyhounds as she does enjoy being with her own breed.
It was a [...]

Shake a paw?????

Well I never thought she would achieve this complicated manoeuvre but my daughter has the patience of a saint with this dog.
Greyhounds, particularly ones with a stump for a tail do not find sitting easy – they kind of achieve some kind of balance with the tail as an anchor and it is [...]