If you have a Greyhound, or you're a fan of Greyhounds, or you'd like to find out more about them the following will be of interest to you. Personally I think Greyhounds are a lovely, laidback breed and there are so many myths about them than stop them finding the loving homes they deserve. Here's some more information:
Sunday 26th June 2011
The Great British Greyhound Walk 2011- coming to a park near you!
‘‘For the Love of Dogs’’
(for dog lovers of all breeds)
Presented by
Chief Executive Barbara Sykes MCFBA MBIPDT TLCB
Special Guest, Patron ~ Dame Ellen MacArthur DBE
Newark Showground, Notts
(Cedric Ford Hall)
April 29th 2012 ~ 10.30am – 4.00pm
Dawn Marcus talks about her heart-warming new book The Power of Wagging Tails, which highlights how beneficial dogs are for us in so many ways. Host Julie and Jenny have been on the Sheepdog Experience at the Mainline Border Collie Centre, hear Barbara and Vicki Sykes talking about the dogs they love. In the DogCast Radio News hear how dog owners have been falling fowl of the law, and hear why Julie's looking forward to doing some housework.
I was invited onto the Radio 5 breakfast show this morning to discuss whether dogs should be sleeping on their owner's bed. This is the second time I've been asked on to talk about this issue, and it's one that rumbles around and erupts into the news every so often. Interestingly, the latest survey in the UK has found that almost double the amount of dog owners in Scotland share their bed with a pet than the rest of us further south, and I think it's possibly because the weather up there is slightly cooler.
If you're in the Shropshire, UK, area the following may well be of interest to you:
At the RSPCA Gonsal Farm, Dorrington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
SY5 7ET.
17 July 2011
Car Boot Sale. Gonsal Show Field. Gates open at 0830.
Micro - chipping service available for dogs and cats £15,( includes administration fee).
Centre open to public at 11am
04 Sept 2011
We've had some lovely long weekends during May thanks to Easter, May Day and the royal wedding, and we've made the most of it, getting out and about with our dogs. Thinking back over May they've had some very different experiences. We've all climbed to the top of the Stiperstones, where the air is clear and the view breath-taking, but we've also gone underground. When we visited the Snailbeach Mine, I had no idea they would be so dog friendly, but they assured us that as long as the dogs were happy, they were welcome to accompany us into the mine.
So off we set - Buddy and Star trotting along beside us,
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We have a Standard and a Mini. Spencer is one and a half years old, and he is my man!! Brilliant, protective, loving, and funny (not to mention handsome). He is my companion and I adore him. My second Standard, and I desire no other breed. Even my husband is a believer! Our Mini is lovely as well, but Spencer is truly a "cut above"!
this is my new puppy Sheba, I adopted a rottweiler/shepherd mixed puppy . She was a little shy when she cane to her new home but after a few hours she was getting use to here new master and her new home.
I saw two different faces of dog ownership today, and it made me wonder how we can sometimes get it so wrong.
