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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...

We adopted Ramsey, now known as Batman, from the Hampton Downs Kennels, and it was the best decision we could have made in terms of adopting a dog. I have grown up with Greyhounds at home, so know what wonderful...

Hauraki-Coromandel Area Co-ordinator, Jan Curran, is a keen member of Outreach Therapy Pets (OTP), a programme run by St John involving volunteers and their pets visiting rest homes, hospitals and other health services.

Animal-assisted therapy has been shown to...

On Tuesday 29th July Planned Giving and Bequest Coordinator, Victoria Munro, along with her hound Lily, visited the Eventhorpe Retirement and Rest Home in Hamilton.

Like most things to do with the greyhounds - one is never enough and...

Josie arrived from Chrishchurch GAP to her new home in Kapiti last November with a Trainer who was transporting racing hounds. As advised I left her outside to explore while I kept an eye on her. Within minutes I realised...