Introductions

forum_admin · forum_admin

Hi Folks, this section of the forum if for everyone to say a quick 'hello' and post a small bit about yourself and your dogs, that way we'll get to know everyone. In the past replies were not allowed but hopefully now the current forum members will come and make are new people welcome.

myggz · myggz

Been reading the forum for a few weeks now and thought it was about time I introduced myself. A lifelong lover of Longdogs as they were always a part of my family and extended family in the Fife area. I was the serving wench to a whippet for 12 years. He.. ( Nooty..) travelled all over the country and Ge...

mini_dez · mini_dez

Hi everyone, Thought it was about time I joined the forum and introduced myself as I've been reading it for long enough. I'm Ian and those of you who were at the Easter bonnet parade in Langside college on Sunday will recognise me as the one who was taking all the photos- what a great excuse to talk to all th...

tripleD · tripleD

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tripleD · tripleD

HELLO EVERYONE AT LAST WE,VE GOT OUR MUM TO JOIN YOUR GANG. SINCE I, M THE OLDEST I.LL BE SPOKES DOG I,M DECCY AND MY MUM, DAD AND BOY (BARRY 11) GOT ME FROM GAL 21/2 YEARS AGO I,M A BIG BRINDLE BOY WHO MY MUM TELLS ME IS SOOOO HANDSOME. WELL SINCE I WAS SO WELL BEHAVED THE FOLKS MADE ENQUIRIES AND ALONG CAME M...

samantha · samantha

hi im sam i picked up a lurcher from bothwell bridge on saturday the 16th febuary his name is campbell we met him the week before as joyce had him in the recepiton and he just came up to my man gave him a sorry look and we fell in love with him hes been in our house since saturday and hes made himself at home hes su...

justblair · justblair

Hi all I am Blair, and my partner is Janice. We have been looking to add a grey to the household for a few months now. We have attended the december walk at Strathy park, had a home visit and are just about ready to adopt. We met Stitch and Amelie on the walk, and Janice and I fell for both of them... (Whoever j...

Ciocc · Ciocc

Hi Everyone, I've been skulking around the shadows of the forum and GAL site for a few weeks now and I've been told it's about time I came into the light, so here goes... My name is Malc and I live in Aberdeen. I've never had any kind of pet, but have always loved dogs, but only now have a house I think would be s...

borzoi4 · borzoi4

hi, thought I best introduce my self, my name is kirsty, I live with OH Iain, son Xac, 4 borzoi 5 chucks and loads of other feathered friends, I come from a greyhound and whippet background but my big love is borzoi which I show but mostly just have fun with them, I work as an artist specialising in animal po...

dannimac · dannimac

Hi - just realised I should have posted an intro here first! We adopted Misty on 15th December from SSPCA in Cardonald. Misty is a mixed grey lurcher girl whose previous owner took ill and could no longer look after her. She's 7 years old and has been called Misty all her life so we decided not to change i...

jayne · jayne

Hi everyone I have been bitten by the greyhound bug and would like to adopt a rescue greyhound. I am shortly moving to a property with a small courtyard garden - does anyone know if this is likely to affect my chances in adopting a greyhound? I don't know if the rescue organisations only rehome to peopl...

weejake · weejake

Hi Folks I am new here and would love to talk with other doggy people. My name is Jackie and since 2003 my husband Jim and myself have adopted 4 greyhounds from York RSPCA, we currently have 2 (although one is probably a lurcher). We have moved back up to Scotland where we are both originally from (Edin...

DJ · DJ

Hello. My name is Darren. My partner and I recently adopted a two and a half year old black ex-racer (nasty break ended his career, but he seems to be enjoying his early retirement). Now named Charlie, he seems to be settling in and although he has only been with us for 4 months I wouldnt be without him!We h...

Lex · Lex

Hey Everyone My name is Lex. I live in Glasgow and own a lurcher and two cavalier king charles spaniels. I am a dog walker and trainer. I love my job and the fact that I get to hang out with dogs all day is awsome, what more could a person ask for? My dogs are Zak (Lurcher) Mij (Blenhiem Cavalier) and JD (Tri-Co...

twelvebabies · twelvebabies

Hi I'm new to this forum but do belong to another greyhound and lurcher forum. I have twelve dogs, most of them lurchers, a husband, two kids and assorted other animals. My dogs are Mishka (husky) Bear, (sheepdog) Bo (picknmix) Tiggi (lurcher) Tara (lurcher) and Billy, Baloo, Teasle, Misty, Rex, Smu...

kirvine · kirvine

hi, my name is kim and im a very new greyhound owner. i've recently adopted an ex racer who was found wandering the streets of dundee. his racing name was lea rig bop, but ive christened him gus. i'd always fancied a greyhound and was lucky enough to be given the opportunity of giving him a new home. he has...

CandS · CandS

We have officially adopted Tara (formerly Suzie). She has been with us for about seven weeks and although timid is settling in fine and coming to terms with living with 4 cats! Thanks to everyone who has helped us and offered of us advice and support - especially everyone on the GAL Edinburgh walks wh...

pattyn · pattyn

Hi there! I'm a new kid on the block, recently joined GAL. And I have a confession to make - I don't yet own a greyhound, but have fallen in love with my friends recently adopted greyhound. I am presently owned by a 10 yr old miniature dachshund, Scottie, who is blind, and has Cushings disease, but its qu...

tandemsandy · tandemsandy

Hi all well I am new to grey hounds and so far I am so in love with their natures. I don't have any dogs at the moment I am just exploring whether I can give the commitment needed. I met my first dogs at my daughters work in glasgow when gal brought along a few dogs for a walk. wow I lost my heart to a lovely boy c...

JoLiz · JoLiz

Just to say hello to everyone who uses the website and to introduce ourselves. We are Joe and Liz from East Kilbride and we got to know about GAL from doing voluntary work at the Bothwell SSPCA centre. We have short term fostered a few greyhounds and lurchers from there including lovely Rowan who has r...

Dexys mum · Dexys mum

Hi everyone, we are the proud new best buddy's of Dixie although we decided to slightly change his name to Dexy as it is far more manly!! He seems to love it as he responds to this name far better than his old one! Dexy has settled in admirably to the Blake family along with Daniel, Bellann, Anja (5) and E...

bobalina5050 · bobalina5050

Hi everyone! I'm Nicki! This is the first time i've been on this forum, so nice to read through everyone's introduct...

Hegs · Hegs

Hi we are Heather and Scott from Edinburgh. We've been wanting to get a greyhound for ages and now we have our own place we have decided to take the plunge!! We've had our home visit and will be meeting some potential dogs soon, so fingers crossed!!!!!!!! It's nice to know there are lots of nice people h...

Rowen · Rowen

Hi there, my name is Rowen, I'm a 4yr young black greyhound, i used to live in bothwell sspca kennels. My Mum went along there 1 day with my kids ( Sean, Amy, Hannah and Leah) to look for a.......CAT......, thankfully i was outside the main door with Charles and Denise when my best bud Sean saw me. My mum was...

proudmummy · proudmummy

I wanted to quickly thank everyone involved in the rehoming process for the work they put in. Our new greyhound Ronnie (previously known as Timmy ) settled in very well yesterday and seems to like us enough to want to stay. thanks to the foster families who got him used to people and houses (and cats) .W...

abbey · abbey

Hi all. We are currently looking for a Lurcher, we have Gundogs and Terriers and are hoping to find out lots of info to help us in our search for our new addition. I look forward to reading about your dogs and seeing their pics. Great site.

skydivingturtle · skydivingturtle

Just popped in to say hi all. I'm Tanya, I don't have any dogs yet, I've been to a couple of GAL awareness days and done plenty of reading about the greyhound breed and I have to admit I've fallen for them hook line and sinker. Hoping to give at least one a much deserved forever home. -- Edited by skydivingt...

Shadows mum · Shadows mum

Hi everyone! I've been reading the forum for a while and decided to join now all the internal politics seem to have subsided and people seem to now be focussing on the dogs My name is Susan, I live in Fife with my daughter Sarah and husband Darren. We have 2 greyhounds, one black male called "Shadow (...

Gregor · Gregor

Hello all, I'm not married to harry the cat, she's actually called Caryn! We've decided to get a Greyhound and hope to get some advice from this forum that we've looked at for ages! We have a cat (called Harry) and are a bit worried we won't get a Greyhound that will like him, what do you think?

Harrythecat · Harrythecat

Hello everybody. we have been looking at the forum for a few weeks now and are thinking about getting a Greyhound. we have no family except for Harry the Cat and we thought that Greyhounds did not like cats. Looking at the pictures I think Harry will be okay. My husband has finally agreed to me get...

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	STICKY: READ THIS BEFORE POSTING (closed) (Preview) Hi Folks, this section of the forum if for everyone to say a quick 'hello' and post a small bit about yourself and your dogs, that way we'll get to know everyone. In the past replies were not allowed but hopefully now the current forum members will come and make are new people welcome.	forum_admin	0	937	Wed Sep 5 13:39 2007 by forum_admin
	Lurker says hello.. (Preview) Been reading the forum for a few weeks now and thought it was about time I introduced myself. A lifelong lover of Longdogs as they were always a part of my family and extended family in the Fife area. I was the serving wench to a whippet for 12 years. He.. ( Nooty..) travelled all over the country and Ge...	myggz	21	2297	Thu Mar 27 15:51 2008 by myggz
	Hello (Preview) Hi everyone, Thought it was about time I joined the forum and introduced myself as I've been reading it for long enough. I'm Ian and those of you who were at the Easter bonnet parade in Langside college on Sunday will recognise me as the one who was taking all the photos- what a great excuse to talk to all th...	mini_dez	11	3063	Thu Mar 20 02:09 2008 by Christine Young
	DECCY SEZ SORRY MUMS TRYIN AGAIN!!!! (Preview) [IMG]https://i265.photobucke...	tripleD	10	1688	Tue Mar 4 20:53 2008 by tripleD
	DECCY, DAISY AND DEBS SAY HELLO (Preview) HELLO EVERYONE AT LAST WE,VE GOT OUR MUM TO JOIN YOUR GANG. SINCE I, M THE OLDEST I.LL BE SPOKES DOG I,M DECCY AND MY MUM, DAD AND BOY (BARRY 11) GOT ME FROM GAL 21/2 YEARS AGO I,M A BIG BRINDLE BOY WHO MY MUM TELLS ME IS SOOOO HANDSOME. WELL SINCE I WAS SO WELL BEHAVED THE FOLKS MADE ENQUIRIES AND ALONG CAME M...	tripleD	7	1585	Tue Mar 4 12:04 2008 by tripleD
	hi im smantha (Preview) hi im sam i picked up a lurcher from bothwell bridge on saturday the 16th febuary his name is campbell we met him the week before as joyce had him in the recepiton and he just came up to my man gave him a sorry look and we fell in love with him hes been in our house since saturday and hes made himself at home hes su...	samantha	10	1491	Tue Feb 26 00:46 2008 by Christine Young
	Hello ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi all I am Blair, and my partner is Janice. We have been looking to add a grey to the household for a few months now. We have attended the december walk at Strathy park, had a home visit and are just about ready to adopt. We met Stitch and Amelie on the walk, and Janice and I fell for both of them... (Whoever j...	justblair	52	5304	Fri Feb 22 22:13 2008 by max
	Hello from a complete newbie! (Preview) Hi Everyone, I've been skulking around the shadows of the forum and GAL site for a few weeks now and I've been told it's about time I came into the light, so here goes... My name is Malc and I live in Aberdeen. I've never had any kind of pet, but have always loved dogs, but only now have a house I think would be s...	Ciocc	15	2025	Thu Feb 21 08:03 2008 by feldandjack
	hello (Preview) hi, thought I best introduce my self, my name is kirsty, I live with OH Iain, son Xac, 4 borzoi 5 chucks and loads of other feathered friends, I come from a greyhound and whippet background but my big love is borzoi which I show but mostly just have fun with them, I work as an artist specialising in animal po...	borzoi4	11	1720	Fri Feb 8 21:24 2008 by Indiana
	Hello from Misty and her new Mum and Dad (Preview) Hi - just realised I should have posted an intro here first! We adopted Misty on 15th December from SSPCA in Cardonald. Misty is a mixed grey lurcher girl whose previous owner took ill and could no longer look after her. She's 7 years old and has been called Misty all her life so we decided not to change i...	dannimac	14	1960	Thu Feb 7 02:07 2008 by Christine Young
	Help please - newbie (Preview) Hi everyone I have been bitten by the greyhound bug and would like to adopt a rescue greyhound. I am shortly moving to a property with a small courtyard garden - does anyone know if this is likely to affect my chances in adopting a greyhound? I don't know if the rescue organisations only rehome to peopl...	jayne	11	1764	Thu Feb 7 02:02 2008 by Christine Young
	Hiya I'm New (Preview) Hi Folks I am new here and would love to talk with other doggy people. My name is Jackie and since 2003 my husband Jim and myself have adopted 4 greyhounds from York RSPCA, we currently have 2 (although one is probably a lurcher). We have moved back up to Scotland where we are both originally from (Edin...	weejake	16	1854	Fri Dec 28 11:24 2007 by weejake
	Hello there! (Preview) Hello. My name is Darren. My partner and I recently adopted a two and a half year old black ex-racer (nasty break ended his career, but he seems to be enjoying his early retirement). Now named Charlie, he seems to be settling in and although he has only been with us for 4 months I wouldnt be without him!We h...	DJ	19	2277	Wed Nov 28 10:06 2007 by Lindasdogs
	Hey Everyone (Preview) Hey Everyone My name is Lex. I live in Glasgow and own a lurcher and two cavalier king charles spaniels. I am a dog walker and trainer. I love my job and the fact that I get to hang out with dogs all day is awsome, what more could a person ask for? My dogs are Zak (Lurcher) Mij (Blenhiem Cavalier) and JD (Tri-Co...	Lex	7	1400	Sat Nov 24 11:03 2007 by Isla
	Hi, new to this forum (Preview) Hi I'm new to this forum but do belong to another greyhound and lurcher forum. I have twelve dogs, most of them lurchers, a husband, two kids and assorted other animals. My dogs are Mishka (husky) Bear, (sheepdog) Bo (picknmix) Tiggi (lurcher) Tara (lurcher) and Billy, Baloo, Teasle, Misty, Rex, Smu...	twelvebabies	17	2086	Mon Nov 5 14:20 2007 by emma
	another newbie (Preview) hi, my name is kim and im a very new greyhound owner. i've recently adopted an ex racer who was found wandering the streets of dundee. his racing name was lea rig bop, but ive christened him gus. i'd always fancied a greyhound and was lucky enough to be given the opportunity of giving him a new home. he has...	kirvine	26	2572	Thu Oct 25 20:08 2007 by Indiana
	Hello from Tara and new family (Preview) We have officially adopted Tara (formerly Suzie). She has been with us for about seven weeks and although timid is settling in fine and coming to terms with living with 4 cats! Thanks to everyone who has helped us and offered of us advice and support - especially everyone on the GAL Edinburgh walks wh...	CandS	10	1726	Fri Sep 21 19:25 2007 by feldandjack
	Introduction (Preview) Hi there! I'm a new kid on the block, recently joined GAL. And I have a confession to make - I don't yet own a greyhound, but have fallen in love with my friends recently adopted greyhound. I am presently owned by a 10 yr old miniature dachshund, Scottie, who is blind, and has Cushings disease, but its qu...	pattyn	8	1604	Fri Sep 21 19:23 2007 by feldandjack
	hi new to group (Preview) Hi all well I am new to grey hounds and so far I am so in love with their natures. I don't have any dogs at the moment I am just exploring whether I can give the commitment needed. I met my first dogs at my daughters work in glasgow when gal brought along a few dogs for a walk. wow I lost my heart to a lovely boy c...	tandemsandy	3	1258	Wed Sep 19 18:31 2007 by Ambers Mo
	Just saying hello (Preview) Just to say hello to everyone who uses the website and to introduce ourselves. We are Joe and Liz from East Kilbride and we got to know about GAL from doing voluntary work at the Bothwell SSPCA centre. We have short term fostered a few greyhounds and lurchers from there including lovely Rowan who has r...	JoLiz	8	1420	Wed Sep 19 18:26 2007 by Ambers Mo
	Dixie's new identity! (Preview) Hi everyone, we are the proud new best buddy's of Dixie although we decided to slightly change his name to Dexy as it is far more manly!! He seems to love it as he responds to this name far better than his old one! Dexy has settled in admirably to the Blake family along with Daniel, Bellann, Anja (5) and E...	Dexys mum	8	1322	Wed Sep 19 18:24 2007 by Ambers Mo
	Me and Shane and Millie (Preview) Hi everyone! I'm Nicki! This is the first time i've been on this forum, so nice to read through everyone's introduct...	bobalina5050	5	1420	Sun Sep 9 18:58 2007 by max
	Newbies (Preview) Hi we are Heather and Scott from Edinburgh. We've been wanting to get a greyhound for ages and now we have our own place we have decided to take the plunge!! We've had our home visit and will be meeting some potential dogs soon, so fingers crossed!!!!!!!! It's nice to know there are lots of nice people h...	Hegs	9	1518	Sun Sep 9 14:13 2007 by tootsmazza
	Hi there everyone, look at me now.... (Preview) Hi there, my name is Rowen, I'm a 4yr young black greyhound, i used to live in bothwell sspca kennels. My Mum went along there 1 day with my kids ( Sean, Amy, Hannah and Leah) to look for a.......CAT......, thankfully i was outside the main door with Charles and Denise when my best bud Sean saw me. My mum was...	Rowen	12	1763	Sun Sep 9 10:24 2007 by Rowen
	hello and Thank you. (Preview) I wanted to quickly thank everyone involved in the rehoming process for the work they put in. Our new greyhound Ronnie (previously known as Timmy ) settled in very well yesterday and seems to like us enough to want to stay. thanks to the foster families who got him used to people and houses (and cats) .W...	proudmummy	0	1027	Thu Jul 26 08:52 2007 by tandemsandy
	Hello! (Preview) Hi all. We are currently looking for a Lurcher, we have Gundogs and Terriers and are hoping to find out lots of info to help us in our search for our new addition. I look forward to reading about your dogs and seeing their pics. Great site.	abbey	0	1009	Wed Jul 25 12:56 2007 by abbey
	hello (Preview) Just popped in to say hi all. I'm Tanya, I don't have any dogs yet, I've been to a couple of GAL awareness days and done plenty of reading about the greyhound breed and I have to admit I've fallen for them hook line and sinker. Hoping to give at least one a much deserved forever home. -- Edited by skydivingt...	skydivingturtle	0	919	Tue Jul 24 17:53 2007 by skydivingturtle
	Hello (Preview) Hi everyone! I've been reading the forum for a while and decided to join now all the internal politics seem to have subsided and people seem to now be focussing on the dogs My name is Susan, I live in Fife with my daughter Sarah and husband Darren. We have 2 greyhounds, one black male called "Shadow (...	Shadows mum	0	987	Fri Jul 13 08:10 2007 by Shadows mum
	Hello from Harry's husband (closed) (Preview) Hello all, I'm not married to harry the cat, she's actually called Caryn! We've decided to get a Greyhound and hope to get some advice from this forum that we've looked at for ages! We have a cat (called Harry) and are a bit worried we won't get a Greyhound that will like him, what do you think?	Gregor	0	867	Fri May 25 19:13 2007 by Gregor
	HELLO From Harry the Cat and my husband! (closed) (Preview) Hello everybody. we have been looking at the forum for a few weeks now and are thinking about getting a Greyhound. we have no family except for Harry the Cat and we thought that Greyhounds did not like cats. Looking at the pictures I think Harry will be okay. My husband has finally agreed to me get...	Harrythecat	0	882	Fri May 25 18:41 2007 by Harrythecat
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