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Quietly, off to one side, I watch as my sleek black and white hound and ex-racer Krissy flies flat out sunlight bouncing from her shiny back all four legs a blur tail whipping for balance on the tight turns as...

Merlin is a very sweet, smart, and gentle doggy. He settled in really quickly, learned the house rules pretty much immediately and since then has been steadily becoming more affectionate and playful every week. When we first got him...

I thought I'd send you a quick email and give you an update on how things are going with Gina.

She is doing really really well. I have taken down the safety gate between our room and the lounge...

Training Tips and Tricks Part 7 - Introductions

Whatever the age of your hound may be, he has been expected to cope with a lot in his time thus far. Moving from a kennel environment to a home environment and...

Benny's Angel won 11 of her 107 starts and was placed in another 27. Trained in Darfield she now lives in Bishopsdale with Anna and Chris and their young family. Anna writes:

Growing up I had always had a...

Harvey has been with us for four and a half months now but it feels like he has been here forever. He is a big, beautiful, smoochy boy who loves to be on the sofa with his head pressed against...

Rebecca and Blondie

Rebecca Conole has received so much great feedback from her training blog she has decided to offer personalised training sessions.

Everyone is unique and so are their dogs so these 'one to one' sessions will...

I adopted Emmy in August from Hampton Downs, she has been the highlight of everyday for the family of four plus two cats. We choose a greyhound as they are such beautiful looking creatures with eyes that draw even the...

Maggie arrived in Blenheim about 2 months ago and time has just flown by! She is all settled in now and I just cannot imagine life without her. She is so beautiful and has such a nice gentle nature but...

Furniture Etiquette

There are mixed views out there on dogs being allowed on the human furniture. There is no problem what so ever in having a permanent rule of no dogs on the furniture and this can make life easier...