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...
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...
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...
Training Tips and Tricks Part 5: Sit!
I have mixed views on 'sitting' greyhounds and I will explain why. As most of you know we are a two greyhound family (well four for another five days but that's...
Having had one hound, Riley, we soon fell in love with him and as the months went by, we started to think about getting another hound€¦.. "one day€. However, Christmas 2013 came along and we were invited to visit Diniece...
Blue joined our family in May of this year after a marriage failure in her previous home. Although I was aware she had lost a couple of toes in her racing career I was surprised to see she had a...
Cortez has been part of our family for over two years now. He is well and truly enjoying his retirement so much that even he and our cat Lucy are friends! He has developed a real cheeky side, this involves...
Patch was the 12th dog into GAP and back in 2006 we had lots to learn! Patch was one of our early challenges. He was an ex-hurdler, and while many greyhounds are hopeless jumpers, Patch could easily clear a 6...
The sky is the limit with training. Time, consistency and patience are all that's needed. I recently read an awesome quote that is so true: "it takes just as much...