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Dave · Dave

I had the pleasure of meeting one of GAL's latest arrivals today (I think I'm in love!) We got a call 10 days ago about a female Greyhound who's family had been reported to the police for abusing her, cut a long story short she went into a GAL foster home last weekend. She's a bit underweight but not too bad,...

Dave · Dave

Hi Folks, we'll as it's April 30th it means we're exactly 6 months after our AGM which means we're exactly half way through our homing year, thought you'd like to know how GAL are getting on and if we're on course to meet that elusive 200 dogs homed target! As of today GAL have rehomed 95 dogs this 'year'...

Amanda · Amanda

Have just noticed the new long term homeless section on the main web site. Think this is a great idea. It has to be said Star is absolutly stunning - well lets face it they all are. I hope this helps them get the homes they so deserve

bluesmumanddad · bluesmumanddad

Had yet another conversation with someone today who said "are greyhounds good with children, they're not really a family pet are they" Arrghhh as if I would put my family at risk by owning a dangerous animal. And of course the next words out of her mouth were "You must have to walk him a lot!" Needless to s...

Jennifer · Jennifer

Just something to do if your bored

see how much you know http://www.expertrating.com/quizzes/dog-quiz.asp

Dave · Dave

OK Folk's question... We've been scratching out heads now for some time on how to make GAL voluteers a bit more visable at events, we've tried name badges and stuff like that but doesn't seem to work too well, so, any ideas? We need something that will stand out, not make us look stupid and be easy to wea...

Dave · Dave

OK Folks, it's Easter and thank god for Bank Holidays is all I can say!...My Easter warning involves the large quantities of chocolate in most folks houses so please make sure your eggs are kept out of reach of your dogs, we all know how good our skinnies are at pinching stuff! On a similar note I notice...

Dave · Dave

OK, folks you've shown how creative you all can be, our next featured dog will be BUSTER, I'm looking for a nice cathy advert for this BIG boy. He's a huge big soft lump of a dog, piccy on the GAL website makes him look the size of a whippet (it's all in the angle) but he is in fact massive and certainly lives...

FAJ · FAJ

Here are a few piccies from the can collection last Saturday. Who could resist handing a few quid over to this lovely crew? Nora, Phil, Blue and Cas on the cold side of the store (it was fr...

Dave · Dave

OK, folks for some time now I've been the creative genius behind the GAL adverts we put out in the papers (and for those of you that have read them you'll be rolling round the floor laughing at that previous comment)...SO fun 'competition' time - figured it was time to spruce up our adverts so we're going...

Siouxsie · Siouxsie

.....Bessie,

she looks gorgeous. Can't see her waiting for too long for her forever home.

Dave · Dave

Well folks you've seen them in all the shops, in all the supermarkets, on Ebay, they are the TALK of the country, they are this summers MUST HAVE item, no respectable person can be seen dead without one of these!!! What am I talking about?? TROLLEY TOKENS those little £1 coin sized thingies that fit sn...

UndercoverElephant · UndercoverElephant

OK, anyone feeling aggrieved because their doggy didn't win please post here. I'll start: Bah, I blame the partitioning of the forum favourite vote, Blue was in a strong group, he could have been a contender.

MojoTilly · MojoTilly

Just been voting in the online photo comp. Some of the photos are absolutely fantastic. David Bailey eat your heart out!! It was so tough choosing the dogs I liked the best - apologies if i didn't choose your dog. Suppose everyone's a winner just having a grey - corny as that m...

Suzanne · Suzanne

Hi guys - Dave touched on this in another thread & I thought it was such a good idea that it needed a thread of its own. A good many of our forum members/readers come from England & sadly cant make the many fab GAL walks that we lot enjoy up here in sunny Scotland (although Im sure you could schedule your s...

Dave · Dave

...good at designing leaflets and flyers??...GAL are in need of some urgent artistic talent...interested? drop me an email if you are - david@gal.org.uk cheers Dave

Steve · Steve

http://www.k9magazine.com/viewarticle.php?sid=15&aid=1182&vid=0&npage

Jennifer · Jennifer

Just a reminder there's a programme on tonight at 9pm (channel 4) about some obese dogs and cats. Worth a watch from what i've seen in the adverts for it.

-- Edited by Jennifer at 18:57, 2006-03-15

Suzanne · Suzanne

grrrr....everytime I sneak the camera out to catch my two in the cutest of poses for the On-Line photo comp, this happens.....

[img]http://www.mypetpages.net/artists/3...

sha · sha

Hi Folks Just been reading an interesting article in The Guardian :- It costs £22,000 to Buy, feed, treat, groom, board & accessorise one dog, (average lifespan of 12 years)survey carried out by Churchill Insurance. I`ve got 3 dogs, i`m wondering how much i`ll spend on my pa...

FAJ · FAJ

For the last wee while, I have had a sudden and overwhelming hankering to see some greyhound puppies in the flesh. I've never seen one in real life, only in piccies. I've seen the gorgeous Presley, who is cute 'n' sweet 'n' lovely of course. But do GAL have any teeny-weeny greyhound puppies being foster...

Jennifer · Jennifer

Just wanted to say thanks for introducing me to Millie. When my last greyhound died i was so upset i could never imagine i could ever replace her, that's when the idea about fostering came into my head. When i met Millie, it was love at first sight! I knew from an early stage that i want...

Missy · Missy

Hi My daughter Rosie who is only 9 years old has painted a Watercolour & Ink picture of Maverick who is sadly still a homeless hound. Though I say so myself I think her effort is exceptional (though I am bias)

well done Rosie. Rosie has asked me to put this up on ebay to raise funds for GAL....

Amber · Amber

We currently live in the ground floor of a divided house and have no garden at all (developers

), so am desperate to move to somewhere with a garden, as we have to do 4 walkies a day. Have been looking for a house not too far out of town with large garden for yonks, but getting nowhere! So we decid...

Siouxsie · Siouxsie

Just been having my usual hourly look around the website and noticed the new additions on the adoption pages - the beautiful Lenni

(just look at these big brown eyes who could resist?), then mother and daughter 'Star & Zara'

both veterans, someone out there must be looking for a spec...

Amber · Amber

Had such an awful morning the other day! First I locked myself out with Oscar (Petra was still in her bed, so thought I'd walk him separately first). Had no phone or money on me, so had to walk 40 mins to OH's office to get a key. Taking a different route than usual, me & Oscar walked up this smal...

Suzanne · Suzanne

who fancies doing this one ??? - come on!! - its for the doggies.....

JENNY · JENNY

I've been listening to Ricky Gervais pod casts on the guardian website which is so funny you definitely should listen.Ricky Gervais Pod casts So I was surfing for more podcasts and came across The Roo Show! A podca...

Suzanne · Suzanne

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, I dont care what you say, But my heart loves 'Grey' too.....

Jennifer · Jennifer

Came across this website and most things on it are true and apply to me, have a look

http://www.dogowners.com/ -- Edited by Jennifer at 21:03, 2006-02-09

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Prepare to go 'AAWWWW' (Preview) I had the pleasure of meeting one of GAL's latest arrivals today (I think I'm in love!) We got a call 10 days ago about a female Greyhound who's family had been reported to the police for abusing her, cut a long story short she went into a GAL foster home last weekend. She's a bit underweight but not too bad,...	Dave	18	640	Mon May 1 09:36 2006 by max
	Half Yearly Report (Preview) Hi Folks, we'll as it's April 30th it means we're exactly 6 months after our AGM which means we're exactly half way through our homing year, thought you'd like to know how GAL are getting on and if we're on course to meet that elusive 200 dogs homed target! As of today GAL have rehomed 95 dogs this 'year'...	Dave	1	259	Sun Apr 30 20:36 2006 by max
	Long term homeless section (Preview) Have just noticed the new long term homeless section on the main web site. Think this is a great idea. It has to be said Star is absolutly stunning - well lets face it they all are. I hope this helps them get the homes they so deserve	Amanda	9	427	Sat Apr 29 04:36 2006 by Amanda
	Just needing to vent my spleen!!! ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Had yet another conversation with someone today who said "are greyhounds good with children, they're not really a family pet are they" Arrghhh as if I would put my family at risk by owning a dangerous animal. And of course the next words out of her mouth were "You must have to walk him a lot!" Needless to s...	bluesmumanddad	43	1513	Mon Apr 24 19:35 2006 by haz25a
	dog quiz (Preview) Just something to do if your bored see how much you know http://www.expertrating.com/quizzes/dog-quiz.asp	Jennifer	7	278	Sun Apr 23 17:39 2006 by Christine Young
	What to Wear? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) OK Folk's question... We've been scratching out heads now for some time on how to make GAL voluteers a bit more visable at events, we've tried name badges and stuff like that but doesn't seem to work too well, so, any ideas? We need something that will stand out, not make us look stupid and be easy to wea...	Dave	36	850	Fri Apr 21 20:58 2006 by Lesley
	Easter Warning (Preview) OK Folks, it's Easter and thank god for Bank Holidays is all I can say!...My Easter warning involves the large quantities of chocolate in most folks houses so please make sure your eggs are kept out of reach of your dogs, we all know how good our skinnies are at pinching stuff! On a similar note I notice...	Dave	5	350	Mon Apr 17 17:30 2006 by MojoTilly
	Some Creative Fun #2 (Preview) OK, folks you've shown how creative you all can be, our next featured dog will be BUSTER, I'm looking for a nice cathy advert for this BIG boy. He's a huge big soft lump of a dog, piccy on the GAL website makes him look the size of a whippet (it's all in the angle) but he is in fact massive and certainly lives...	Dave	10	435	Fri Apr 14 09:46 2006 by MojoTilly
	Piccies from the Tesco can collection (Preview) Here are a few piccies from the can collection last Saturday. Who could resist handing a few quid over to this lovely crew? Nora, Phil, Blue and Cas on the cold side of the store (it was fr...	FAJ	2	226	Tue Apr 11 12:03 2006 by Suzanne
	Some Creative fun... (Preview) OK, folks for some time now I've been the creative genius behind the GAL adverts we put out in the papers (and for those of you that have read them you'll be rolling round the floor laughing at that previous comment)...SO fun 'competition' time - figured it was time to spruce up our adverts so we're going...	Dave	10	505	Mon Apr 10 20:53 2006 by Dave
	Have you seen.....? (Preview) .....Bessie, she looks gorgeous. Can't see her waiting for too long for her forever home.	Siouxsie	12	644	Tue Apr 4 21:24 2006 by max
	OH MY!!! (Preview) Well folks you've seen them in all the shops, in all the supermarkets, on Ebay, they are the TALK of the country, they are this summers MUST HAVE item, no respectable person can be seen dead without one of these!!! What am I talking about?? TROLLEY TOKENS those little £1 coin sized thingies that fit sn...	Dave	15	581	Mon Apr 3 17:06 2006 by Ambers Mo
	The official "My dog wuz robbed in the online photo competiton" thread ( 1 2 ) (Preview) OK, anyone feeling aggrieved because their doggy didn't win please post here. I'll start: Bah, I blame the partitioning of the forum favourite vote, Blue was in a strong group, he could have been a contender.	UndercoverElephant	37	979	Wed Mar 29 17:23 2006 by Valerie
	Online Photos - wow! (Preview) Just been voting in the online photo comp. Some of the photos are absolutely fantastic. David Bailey eat your heart out!! It was so tough choosing the dogs I liked the best - apologies if i didn't choose your dog. Suppose everyone's a winner just having a grey - corny as that m...	MojoTilly	2	257	Sat Mar 25 00:58 2006 by Christine Young
	South of the border?? (Preview) Hi guys - Dave touched on this in another thread & I thought it was such a good idea that it needed a thread of its own. A good many of our forum members/readers come from England & sadly cant make the many fab GAL walks that we lot enjoy up here in sunny Scotland (although Im sure you could schedule your s...	Suzanne	8	459	Sat Mar 25 00:40 2006 by Christine Young
	Is Anyone...? (Preview) ...good at designing leaflets and flyers??...GAL are in need of some urgent artistic talent...interested? drop me an email if you are - david@gal.org.uk cheers Dave	Dave	0	201	Thu Mar 23 21:20 2006 by MojoTilly
	Edinburgh Walk (Preview) http://www.k9magazine.com/viewarticle.php?sid=15&aid=1182&vid=0&npage	Steve	1	218	Wed Mar 22 13:37 2006 by max
	FAT PETS (Preview) Just a reminder there's a programme on tonight at 9pm (channel 4) about some obese dogs and cats. Worth a watch from what i've seen in the adverts for it. -- Edited by Jennifer at 18:57, 2006-03-15	Jennifer	8	347	Thu Mar 16 13:33 2006 by Sunny girl
	Camera shy! (Preview) grrrr....everytime I sneak the camera out to catch my two in the cutest of poses for the On-Line photo comp, this happens..... [img]http://www.mypetpages.net/artists/3...	Suzanne	4	271	Wed Mar 8 16:30 2006 by Jennifer
	EEEK!!! (Preview) Hi Folks Just been reading an interesting article in The Guardian :- It costs £22,000 to Buy, feed, treat, groom, board & accessorise one dog, (average lifespan of 12 years)survey carried out by Churchill Insurance. I`ve got 3 dogs, i`m wondering how much i`ll spend on my pa...	sha	8	294	Tue Mar 7 09:49 2006 by BOWGANG
	I want to see some puppies! (Preview) For the last wee while, I have had a sudden and overwhelming hankering to see some greyhound puppies in the flesh. I've never seen one in real life, only in piccies. I've seen the gorgeous Presley, who is cute 'n' sweet 'n' lovely of course. But do GAL have any teeny-weeny greyhound puppies being foster...	FAJ	23	668	Mon Mar 6 08:29 2006 by FAJ
	THANK YOU GAL (Preview) Just wanted to say thanks for introducing me to Millie. When my last greyhound died i was so upset i could never imagine i could ever replace her, that's when the idea about fostering came into my head. When i met Millie, it was love at first sight! I knew from an early stage that i want...	Jennifer	7	363	Sat Mar 4 13:11 2006 by Suzanne
	Budding Artist (Preview) Hi My daughter Rosie who is only 9 years old has painted a Watercolour & Ink picture of Maverick who is sadly still a homeless hound. Though I say so myself I think her effort is exceptional (though I am bias) well done Rosie. Rosie has asked me to put this up on ebay to raise funds for GAL....	Missy	27	587	Thu Mar 2 12:23 2006 by Christine Young
	Fencing - what do you think (Preview) We currently live in the ground floor of a divided house and have no garden at all (developers), so am desperate to move to somewhere with a garden, as we have to do 4 walkies a day. Have been looking for a house not too far out of town with large garden for yonks, but getting nowhere! So we decid...	Amber	7	386	Sun Feb 26 17:49 2006 by Amber
	Look - New Additions (Preview) Just been having my usual hourly look around the website and noticed the new additions on the adoption pages - the beautiful Lenni (just look at these big brown eyes who could resist?), then mother and daughter 'Star & Zara' both veterans, someone out there must be looking for a spec...	Siouxsie	16	502	Thu Feb 23 14:06 2006 by FAJ
	Told to Remove dog from Public Lane - sorry, minor rant! (Preview) Had such an awful morning the other day! First I locked myself out with Oscar (Petra was still in her bed, so thought I'd walk him separately first). Had no phone or money on me, so had to walk 40 mins to OH's office to get a key. Taking a different route than usual, me & Oscar walked up this smal...	Amber	11	391	Tue Feb 21 17:54 2006 by max
	quirky fundraising ideas...... (Preview) who fancies doing this one ??? - come on!! - its for the doggies.....	Suzanne	5	372	Sun Feb 19 14:57 2006 by Fiona
	Pod Cast "The Roo Show" (Preview) I've been listening to Ricky Gervais pod casts on the guardian website which is so funny you definitely should listen.Ricky Gervais Pod casts So I was surfing for more podcasts and came across The Roo Show! A podca...	JENNY	3	231	Tue Feb 14 23:17 2006 by Siouxsie
	Roses are Red... (Preview) Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, I dont care what you say, But my heart loves 'Grey' too.....	Suzanne	12	355	Tue Feb 14 22:52 2006 by Suzanne
	You Know You're A Dog Person When... (Preview) Came across this website and most things on it are true and apply to me, have a look http://www.dogowners.com/ -- Edited by Jennifer at 21:03, 2006-02-09	Jennifer	5	274	Fri Feb 10 19:37 2006 by Teresa
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