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Sunny and Stairs
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Wonder if anyone can give me some advice. As you come in our door we have internal stairs to take us up to our house, we (well adam!!) has been lifting sunny when taking him out to the garden to do the toilet. However i finish work at 4 and adam doesn't finish till 6. Shera gets out about 4.30 but can't t...
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And he's off!!!!
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Today was a big day for Harry. It was.... wait for it.... his first time off-lead with us!!! Drum roll, please.....
Steve and I got up at the crack of dawn to take Harry and Pearly to the secure field near our house. On went the muzzle, and off went Harry! Or, rather, he didn't - he bimbled about for a few...
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Walkies
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Looking for someone to walk our two greys at lunchtime a couple of times a week Springburn area. Know anyone?
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Girls Who Pee and Those Who Don't
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Hey Everyone
Just wanted to share some amusing observations about greyhound and lurcher girls. ( Sorry for any insinuations re human Glasgow Girls. I dont want taken to Court.
Recently I had the pleasure of fostering Sally ( now known as Kerra) for nearly two weeks. which gr...
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NOT catsafe
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Had a rude awakening tonight, just found out that Belle and cats don't get along. Up until now, she'd treated them with a kind of wary curiosity. Whenever she saw one, her ears would go up and she'd gaze intently at it, but she never ever attempted to chase one until now.
I had just let her o...
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Bath time fun
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Hi folks, well janie just had her first bath of the year what fun. She gets bathed outside and stands really well until it becomes time to get the shampoo off her, she hates the bucket, hates the hose and was fast becoming a nervous wreck it was turning into bath time blues!! Then came a brainwave (an unusu...
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SITTING COMFORTABLY
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Does anyone else's dog sit on the sofa like this?
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Wasp munching
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Dispite Blues poorly paw he has still managed to have a good game of chase and eat the wasp! Got his first sting of the season too.
He doesn't learn. Was his fav. game last year also and barked at the wasp/bee if it had the cheek to sting him whist he tried to eat it. 
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Harry is evil......
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This is what happens to Harry at the stroke of midnight......
Has GAL given us a vampire........?
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Regular Pics of Missy
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Hi everyone
I'm currently puting together a collection of photo's of our new arrival Missy. Feel free to visit yahoo at the following address to see some of our most current photos of her.
There are just a handful of pics there at the moment but I will be adding to it as and when so keep coming back...
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Jacky's first night..
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Took them for a walk last night to local park, Jacky spotted another dog about half a mile away and froze rigid. Eventually managed to move him but when dog came to say hello he flipped up in the air, did a 360 degree pirouette and then barked his head off.
No problems during the night left them tog...
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Crisis Support for GAL Volunteers
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Hi Everyone,
Many of us GAL volunteers labour very hard to rescue and save greyhouds and lurchers from their ultimate fate on a day in day out baisis.
There is an emotional cost for these vounteers. They have to bear this - but sometimes it can become overwhelming.
Quite often depite our b...
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Big Blouse or what?
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Hi all
I've mentioned before in another thread that Vegas is a big softie. There is one thing that he does that is quite disconcerting and puzzling. I just wondered if any of your dogs do it and if you know why. He is sometimes absolutely terrified of some dogs, and if he is off the lead at the time of meeti...
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Weird Behaviour from Greyhound Bitch
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Hi Everyone,
I'm a new proud owner of Missy an 18mth old greyhound. She is settling in VERY well but has started some strange behaviour and was wondering if anyone could try and give me an explanation as to why she should be doing the following:
Missy has started to mount my male un-neutered lab...
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Hot Dogs Don't Work!
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Keera is nearly 5 and obviously previously used as a coursing bitch. Consequently our walks are the most stressful greyhound walks EVER and I defy anyone to have more stressful walks!!
We've had her 6 months now and at home, the perfect greyhound. However, scanning mode turns on the minute we are...
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Wee Funny on Harry & Pearly
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We've been keeping the doggies separated by a doggy gate when we are not in - just cos Harry gave Pearly a few wee nips   Pearly's fault as she has a black belt in annoying other dogs!
Anway - left Harry in the kitchen as usual, with the gate closed, and Pearly in the hall so that th...
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Harry's first night
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Last night went well we think.Only a few barks then silence till this morning.
Went for a long walk in the morning to tire both Pearly and Harry. We then headed off out the front door to pretend to leave them butand listened out iin the garage. Stranglel, Pearly started whining and then barking! Oop...
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Today's the day!!
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Hi, everyone,
Loads of you have admired Happy Harry on the GAL website. Well, Steve and I - and Pearly, or couse! - are very pleased to tell you all that we will be picking him up this afternoon. Eeek!!! We met him and his foster family, Carol and Bill, and he and Pearly seemed to hit it off. He's as bonni...
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Gil Grissom GAL
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Let me tell you all about Griss. He came from Livingston, was bought from a trainer with his 2 brothers by a woman who reads the yellow paper, Supermart. She had them for a month and Griss who had lost one quarter of his tail while with the trainer needed vet treatment which the woman could not afford, so al...
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Legion my foster dog
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Im losing count on how many foster dogs I have had over the years. When Dave asked me to take Legion for a few days, I agreed. He is a lovely black 4yr old greyhound. He settled in well and then one night he ran and bashed his knee against something and his kneecap shattered. I got him up to the vet and he had to h...
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Florrie broke her leg today
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Out for our Saturday morning walk and she took off after squirrels. She disappeared off the path and then I heard her squealing. When I got to her she was standing with her front right paw literally swinging in the breeze. I had to carry her home - about half a mile and then got her to the vet who confirmed th...
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My Brood
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Leg Infection Warning Signs -- Information
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Hi Everyone,
MAJOR LEG INFECTION WARNING SIGNS
I just wanted to post my experience of the major leg infection that struck my foster dog Sim (Card). ( he has gone to a wonderful new home) ( U may have seen Sim at Christmas Show)
The first indication was a limp in Sim's rear right leg. Th...
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Making it all worth while..
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Lots of people ask me why I spend all my free time volunteering for GAL, well various reasons I guess but one of them is seeing all the dogs going of to their new homes, what makes that even better is when it's been a dog we've fostered.
Back in August last year an 8 week old Greyhound pup was handed into a ve...
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Greyhound intelligence
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I'm just writing this because I've become quite puzzled by my dog's intelligence. You see, I was always led to believe that greyhounds were a bit dopey and that was one of the reasons, (apart from the nobility yada yada) why lurchers came about. However, since getting Eilidh in August, I've cha...
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Lulu and Douglas
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Lulu and Douglas have settled in well to their new home. Douglas is growing at some rate and will soon be bigger than his mum. I noticed some earlier posts about a possible heart murmer in Douglas, but the Vet gave him the all clear. If the Vet could see him and Lul...
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Tell us all about your dogs!
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OK, we've loads of new members on the forum now but not too many of them have posted yet!! You know who you are!
We want to encourage everyone to participate so here's an easy one for everyone! We all have one thing in common and thats or dogs so I'd love to hear ALL about them..
I'll start by telling ever...
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Pepsi's pedigree
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Shortly after we got Pepsi last January, I searched the net to see if I could find any details.
Eventually, I got to www.greyhound-data.com, input her (Irish) ear markings, which took me to her full pedigree. I've now updated owner details with my e-mail and input a photo - this may just be of u...
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Jimmy Lewis
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Two and a half years ago I took in my first foster boy Jimmy Lewis, a beautiful big black fellow. He was the most beautiful laid back boy you could ever hope to meet (unless you were a cat). He was homed to a lovely family in Portlethen whom I am happy to say have kept me posted of his progress.
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A Dogs View on Changing Light Bulbs
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How many dogs does it take to change a light bulb? Depends on the dog's point of view....
GOLDEN RETRIEVER: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our whole lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid burned out bulb? Let's go and play Frisbee, then I can gaze into your...
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