Tag Archives: greyhounds

Meet Mitch (and Ruby) from Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue (originally)

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

A new poster came in on the About tag today, Sarah, who wrote a rather sharp ‘potted Walking Ollie’ as posted below along with pictures of her heroes. Her vivid pen portrait bought the original Ollie himself swimming back to … Continue reading →

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Dylan and Sid via Motorola

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

The good news on Sid is that his finder, Kathy, is going to be keeping him, which, in my view, is just as it should be. The bad news on Dylan is that Sid has better recall and is better … Continue reading →

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For Ovookla

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Dogs from the Greyhound Racing Association Kennels being exercised by a kennel maid. From Dogs, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs, 1962

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The Giant Book of The Dog

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Is a title that features in Walking Ollie; it’s a reference book that I used to refer to at night when I was trying to decide which noble breed was to be the one for me until the noble lurcher … Continue reading →

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Vote for me

Posted on April 30, 2010 by

I’ll set you free. By request of Old Stokie who suddenly doesn’t want owt to do with politics or the beautiful game.

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What would you do?

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

I had this below come in as a comment from regular blog visitor Jan on an older post. What starts out as a good news update on her injured Ollie takes a thought provoking turn. If the owners were far … Continue reading →

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Confession: I slightly cheated on this wildlife photo

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

My office is in the attic where, due to some expert plumbing arrangements, the radiator only gets a tiny bit warm and is totally ineffective. I’m currently working in a jumper and scarf and my breath hangs in the air … Continue reading →

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The Lone Dylan

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

There’s not much better than snow and a hound for making a composition, is there?

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Behind Today’s Window

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

A dog in a manger, no crib for a bed… Better make do with a sofa, then. You’d think I’d set that up, wouldn’t you, but no, this is how he was found. That ‘Dalmatian’ is the first animal he’s … Continue reading →

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Dylan

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

Because there is always the prospect of food emerging from somewhere, you seldom see him sleep without the precautionary one-eye-open.

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