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Tag Archives: Salukis
You’ve got a lot to live up to boy
Saluki dog sights seal; 57 comments about the sex life of ducks, PJ Proby, sardines-in-brine, and what can be done with radishes and luncheon meat to follow…
Meet Mitch (and Ruby) from Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue (originally)
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
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Walking Ollie
Tagged animal-rescue, Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue, greyhounds, lurchers, Salukis
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Dylan and Sid via Motorola
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
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Fetching Dylan, Walking Ollie
Tagged animal-rescue, greyhounds, lurchers, Salukis
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The Giant Book of The Dog
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
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Fetching Dylan, Walking Ollie
Tagged Albrecht Dürer, Dame Juliana Berners, greyhound racing, greyhounds, lurchers, Salukis
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By heck it’s chilly on the eastside
That’s why I sent Dylan out with T while I stayed in a nice warm office in my rock n’ roll pyjamas.
Dylan today
A rare shot of him returning in the general direction of his Master.
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Fetching Dylan, Walking Ollie
Tagged Dylan, Norfolk, Salukis, Winterton-on-Sea
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Dylan waiting for his walk, via Motorola*
I don’t know how all that blue light is being created, but I like it. *Especially for Calvin.
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Fetching Dylan, Walking Ollie
Tagged Dogs, lurchers, Motorola, Salukis, sighthounds
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First in an occasional series
How to catnap when you are a dog: #1 – Climb onto a sofa, pose your legs as per begging for a biscuit, then simply roll onto your back
Another
animal whose face can tell a story. ‘Who? Me? I never.’ I never ran amok amongst next door’s rabbits and hamsters like that Zenn did…
Dogs remember shapes
Dylan is not the most gregarious or social animal, he has his set of particular friends, but outside of that group he’s more than likely to be circumspect in his encounters with stranger-danger dogs. Once in a while though he … Continue reading
Posted in Along Came Dylan, Fetching Dylan, Walking Ollie
Tagged Dogs, greyhound, lurchers, Salukis
4 Comments