Archive for July, 2008

Ouch!!!!!

Oh dear – Hippies very down today.
Yesterday, although her elbow was sore it didn’t seem to bother her much if she didn’t lay on hard flooring.
We took her to the local park where she took great delight in throwing a plastic bottle around in typical greyhound manner.

But of course she wasn’t going to give it [...]

Hippie and Poppy – mayhem on eight legs !!!!

Hippie met up with her favourite buddy the other evening…. Poppy is a gorgeous 3 year old rescued from the Newark branch of the Retired Greyhound Trust and Hippie loves her…..
As soon as they meet Hippie is down into ‘play bow’ mode and then leaps around cajoling Poppy to ‘come and have a play!!

They race [...]

Hip….. Hip….. Hooray!!!!!!!!

It has been a tough week for our girl……
Max has been menacing her – well he did have the weekend alone while she was living it up in Derbyshire.

But did he have to stare like that!
She has been very down and her elbows are sore – its just not the same lying down on a [...]

Home again!

Sunday morning dawned with beautiful sunshine – what a change!
We took our cups of tea out into the garden and Hippie was as usual overjoyed to be out there:-

And were her teddies left out? No way -

But a big sulk was approaching and as we packed our backs and cleared the little cottage Hippies mood [...]

Hippies holiday continued…..

Saturday morning and yet more rain but undeterred we let our girl out into the garden here at Burton Manor cottages – she really loves to run around out there and for some mad greyhound reason decided to fetch her teddies and take them for a run too…

My daughter and I decided on leisurely [...]

A greyhound on vacation!

Just a weekend break but how nice!
We packed up the car and left home around lunchtime – sat nav plugged in, heading for the peak district – very close to Bakewell, a farm just outside Over Haddon.
The cottages are all part of a working farm – Burton Manor Farm Cottages and they are situated with [...]

Hippie’s Holiday List!!

We are taking our girl away at the weekend. Just a short break in a holiday cottage on a farm in Derbyshire…can’t wait!
But today I am writing lists, packing lists and I have discovered it is just like having a small child again, only this baby is huge!!!
I don’t think there will be room for [...]

A nice ‘glossy’ coat??

Maybe with hindsight it was not such a good idea BUT I had found a tin of gloss paint and decided to paint the back of the cupboard door in my very small hallway.
As I held the door open by the handle and started to paint, Hippie sat motionless by my side observing but, not [...]

Mum’s gone down the dog track!!!!

Okay – I know I got the words wrong but this whole event reminded me so much of that old song – What a crazy world we’re living in indeed!
Whilst staying with my son and daughter-in-law in Swindon this week I was invited to join them in a visit to Swindon Stadium to see the [...]