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Siouxsie


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What a great day.

Can't wait to see the photos and with the amount of folk asking for applications and information at the info desk, it is no surprise Dave has went home with quite a few apps.

Well Done to all who organised this fab event


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We had lots of fun in the dog show and it was great to see everyone and their dogs out for GAL. I have a few pics of the day.

Ziggy Vernon and Dan reunited.


Homeless Jacky


Sorry Dave!




-- Edited by JENNY at 18:31, 2006-08-13

-- Edited by JENNY at 18:32, 2006-08-13

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We had an absolutely FAB day, spent loads of money and wasn't the weather just SO kind to everyone. Missy didn't managed to win Gala Queen 2006 but at least she was in the running !

Thanks to everyone who organised the event - Give yourselves a HUGE pat on the backs.

Congratulations to all the winners.
But at the end of the day all the dogs there are winners !!!

All our dogs are now snoozing hard - completely exhausted - like us humans but we didn't get to the sofa first !!!

Lets hope GAL raised a HUGE amount of money!



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I definately agree with that sentiment!  I always want to go away with another greyhound or lurcher!  There are just so many candidates. 


I love the picture of Louie - he's so sweet.  I was lucky enough to get a quick pat of him today and think he's great.  I also fell for Brodie and Banjo.  Brodie was fab - I had a lovely cuddle of him.  I'd have taken any of the three of them home in a second!


It was a great day and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  It is certainly good for the greyhound image when people see that they are so laid back and quiet when there are lots of other dogs about.  I hope that every single one of the applications that were received today work out and that they turn into forever homes. 


It certainly is great news about there being lots of money after today's event and even better that there were lots of applications too!  Well done all.  



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A big well done to everyone for organising such a fantastic day


All dogs were on their best behaviour and it was lovely recognising so many of them from their pics on the forum. The homeless hounds were absolute stars and i'm thrilled so many applications came in. Can't wait to see more pics and the winners, although as a previous post said every single dog was a winner today.


Lovely weather, lovely people and gorgeous dogs, what more could you want from a day out? Oh apart from loads of money and even more applications to adopt.



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Hi Folk's well money all counted, we made a tad under £3,000 yesterday which is a bloomin great effort all round, special thanks again to all the volunteers who manned the GAL stalls and also an even bigger thanks to all the other stall holders who donated their takings to GAL....


Right, here's my 'general' pictures from yesterday...





SALLY



CORY (homeless)



SUNNY & MAVERICK - this is a family shot, think they are cousins or summit!




Lesley's gang, the fawn boy in front is foster dog RA





WHISTLER






ZAK



Jennifers gang




GAL INFO STALL



GAL SHOP



The obligatory picture of Coll & Isla being lazy



GAL Raffle Stall



Amber & Joyce




HUG A HUSKIE





KAYA 'Airbrush' Tattoo's




MALLAIG



more of the Huskies




Me, looks like I'm singing



KAYA again..




Jennifer & Fiona




Three piccies of homeless Blue Boy - his first outing yesterday at a big event (he's currently still with his trainer) He was the most popular homeless dog and I've got about 19 famlies wanting to adopt him now!





LOUIE (homeless)



JACKY (homeless)




 



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Great day!! It was soo busy and the dogs were very well behaved! 3 grand thats amazing!! Congratulations to whoever baked the carrot cake on the home baking stall it was delicious! Hope all the homeless hounds get good homes! My dad has loads of pictures- I'll get some posted as soon as he uploads them!

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I'm bursting to know!! Who were the GALa King and Queen.....?????/

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What a great day and a great result!


We had great weather, and lots of people and dogs.  Lets hope that many of the homeless hounds find good homes as a result of all the interest yesterday.  I am still tired today and quite happy not to see a bag of flour for a long time after the bakeathon on Saturday!


 



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FAJ wrote:

I'm bursting to know!! Who were the GALa King and Queen.....?????/

LOL - gee's a chance!!...I've only just found the results sheets, will post the results and the piccies on a different thread this avo!

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Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!! I's excited.

Dave wrote:

FAJ wrote:

I'm bursting to know!! Who were the GALa King and Queen.....?????/

LOL - gee's a chance!!...I've only just found the results sheets, will post the results and the piccies on a different thread this avo!


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JENNY


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Wow three grand that's excellent news!! I knew it would be good, there was a great turn out of people, not just 'greyhound people'.
Dave, is the money for Kennel Fund or general day to day GAL running costs like kennels etc?

Well done everyone who organised it!!

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That's fantastic news!!  We all had a fantastic time yesterday, it was great seeing so many happy and contented greyhounds and lurchers (and other dogs) getting on.  Tilly enjoyed herself too - infact is still exhausted!  Well done to all the organisers and here's hoping lots of homeless hounds find their forever homes.

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JENNY wrote:

Dave, is the money for Kennel Fund or general day to day GAL running costs like kennels etc?

H Jenny, as this is a regular event the money raised goes to our 'normal' running costs..

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Fantastic amount raised and a great day. Not surprised there was so much interest in Blue Boy, he really is a beauty and so well behaved, if he was female it would have been twenty applications to adopt him...mine included!!


I didn't get much chance to take photo's but here's one of Sally, who i have to say has the softest coat i've ever cuddled




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Thanks Jenny for posting the close up picture of Jacky - what a stunner!!


Fantastic amount of money raised - well done to everyone who organised and volunteered on the day.


Dave, how many adoption applications did you receive throughout the day?  Let's hope the home checkers might be a bit busy for a while!!


 


Sharon



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That was a great day, well done to the organisers!!! We also can't wait to find out who was the King and Queen, had to leave just before the end as our two were exhausted. Here's the evidence, them lying out in the garden later on yesterday...



And today Dan chilled out...




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Laura


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Dave, is that £3,000 after costs?

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Wow, looks like we missed a fantastic dayLove the pictures. Congratulations  to everyone on raising such a brilliant amount of money.


Looks like everyone had a great day.


Nicki and wee Janie.x



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Laura wrote:

Dave, is that £3,000 after costs?

Fraid not Laura, it cost us exactly £431 to put on the show what with the hire of the park, trophies, van hire, hire of chairs and tables, insurance, risk assessment and a number of other fairly tedious but necessary things....

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£2600 is still a pretty impressive amount! Well done again everyone! Whens the next event- ie how long do I have to wait for another one of Linda's delicious carrot cakes??



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That's a fantastic amount to raise! It was a great day, the sun always shines on GAL days.

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Has anyone else got any piccies from the GALa??...Particularly looking for ones featuring a young fawn coloured Bull Mastiff?...let me know if you have!

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I have some photos, been a bit hectic recently but will try to upload them from the camera tonight.

Claire

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Sorry, can't find a Mastiff, but nice ones of Murphy and Tara (and a half a Biscuit).  Sorry don't know the other names!





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OK, I have now sorted my images.  The whole lot can be found at http://www.silverhippo.com/gal/GALa_06/index.php but here is a small taster:






 


Claire



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It was a really super day at Strathclyde Park on Sunday. And so worthwhile, judging by the magnificent sum raised. A big Thanks goes to all who organised it.


The photos are all superb and congratulations to the new king and queen! Thanks for posting the photo of Vegas and Dixie, Claire. What a great shot!


Christine



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Great photos! It was a super day and we all had fun. Isnt gala17 the bull mastiff Dave's looking for?

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Claire, great photos.


Isn't it brilliant how many breeds of dogs attended?!



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Your photos are fantastic. so many weird and wonderful dogs. Amazing how so many miniature dogs were there and so well tolerated by the greyhounds.

Vernon went to sniff a mini chihuahua and its owner looked very worried. He has a few regular pals he meets at the park most of which are tiny dogs.

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