GREYT
FRIENDS
If you're sitting
reading this and are lucky enough to own
a retired racing greyhound, then I can
bet that you've made many new friends
since you adopted your new dog.
Well this is
certainly the case for me since adopting
Jake my first greyhound from Gail &
Malcolm over 5 years ago. I would also
say that that the experience has been
'life changing' having now owned 5
greyhounds and currently still have a
household FULL of hounds of all shapes
and sizes (definitely Gail & Mal's
influence)! Much of my spare time is now
devoted to awareness and fundraising as
well as looking after my brood - and I
wouldn't change a thing.
Not only have Gail,
Mal and I made many new 'hound related'
friends locally, we are also in contact
with new friends from around the UK. So a
trip to England was too good an
opportunity to miss catching up with
everyone.
My first stop was
Andover to meet Brian and Sandy Suffling
with Tig, Tina, Maggie and Alfie (their
grandson/hound!)
Hounds from left to
right - Maggie, Tig, Alfie & Tina
All sporting very
stylish 'Kitsch ware'!
The story behind
this meeting goes back to a shopping
spree on the internet looking for posh
collars for my hounds. So there I was on www.kitschcollars.co.uk
making my choice and a 'Special Appeal'
caught my eye. Sonny was a 5 year old
brindle lad who had only had the chance
of a home for one day, the slight
drawback - he was epileptic. Sonny began
occupying my thoughts to the point that I
wasn't going to sleep unless I'd at least
made an enquiry. So I spoke to Donna of
Kitsch collars and ended up speaking to
her Mum, Sandy. Apart from the epilepsy,
which wasn't Sonny's fault, he sounded
the perfect greyhound. So to cut a long
story short, Sandy arranged with Mark and
Linda of Hampshire Greyhound Rescue to
liaise with Gail and Malcolm to organise
Sonny's arrival.
 
Sonny soon settled
in and got on great with my other hounds.
For those of you
who regularly visit the site, you will
know that Sonny only had 7 special weeks
with me before losing his life to a
massive fit. But they were 7 weeks that I
wouldn't change despite the tragic
ending. Since then I have kept in touch
with all concerned with Sonny's homing
and my visit to Andover allowed me to
meet everyone and their gorgeous hounds.
Mark and Linda run
Hampshire Greyhound Rescue and they have
3 greyhounds and 1 lurcher.
This is Jane who
owns 3 greys, one of which is Sonny's
sister 'Kinks' who is the brindle girl in
the foreground.
 
En mass, we all
went for a walk, it was like 'home from
home'. Spot the photo where the treats
were being handed out!.
Below are a
selection of photos from our meeting.
Brian and Sandy's
Tina and Maggie - who says greyhounds
don't sit?
Mark and Linda's
Doris - what are those ears doing?
  
Sonny's siblings -
Alfie, Kinks and Tig.
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