Wordless Wednesday (almost)

I spy with my little eye something beginning with C ..... CAT!"

RGT walk 13/9

The monthly Hall Green RGT walk was today, which means Waseley Hills country park was awash with hounds and their owners!

They did the usual walking route up the hill, around the woods, and back round, it takes roughly 30-40 minutes, its just enough to tire you with the hills e.t.c.

They had their merchandise stall up today so we purchased Harley a new house collar, in the same style as Tango's.




We also got Harley microchipped whilst we were there which she didn't enjoy but soon forgot about it when she saw the sausages were being passed around!



Today we saw...


Smiler



Joe



Misty



Pretty Fawn waiting for there nails to be trimmed



Yay for speckled greys!




Tango resigned to the 'Black with Grey faces group'



Pointy ears!





Last but not least Tango & Harley on their travels..

A Greyhounds Family

Im really interested in a racing greyhounds past, researching their races, mother, father, siblings and any other connections. I was recently searching up on Tango's history (his seems to be easier to access Harley's is a little harder.)

Tango 'Orange Disorder'

Siblings;

Antrim Classic
Orange Disorder
Smarty Jones
Sweaty Betty
Yes No Maybe

Antrim classic was by far the greatest of the litter, he won numerous open races and was the runner up in the Irish Derby, he was Tango's double in looks. I found this photo of him on greyhound-data, he has the grey face and the orange eyes, just like Tango.



Unfortunately with more research I found that he has also passed away since, I couldn't find out how, but may he be resting well over the rainbow bridge after serving the sport so well.


Yes No Maybe was a big blue boy, he had 75 races and won around 15. There was not much on him, no photos but videos (which im posting at the end).

Sweaty Betty (what a name!!!) was a small blue bitch who had a mere 6 races, winning none! There is a video of her racing, but its more like a comedy sketch with the commentator shouting 'Sweaty Betty' over and over. Again no photos e.t.c.

Smarty Jones supposedly had no races, and nothing available about him, hopefully on somebodies sofa now!



Harley 'Playboy Harley'

She supposedly only had one registered sibling, 'Coolanga Chord', again a mere 6 races, which she won 1 of them, also a small blue bitch like Harley, again no photos but videos.

I find all of this very interesting, I love being able to see their family racing and comparing to how Tango & Harley ran themselves.



Yes No Maybe:




Antrim Classic:



Sweaty Betty:



Coolanga Chord:

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Free Run

I tried to have abit of fun with this video hope you all like it! There is nothing I love more than seeing greyhounds doing what they do best.. running!

Sunday outing

Hey people, Tango here giving humans a break from doing all the blogging, today me and the servants went on a trip to 'Bradgate Park' in Leicestershire which is the heart of the National Forest.

There was loads and loads of people there even though it was really windy and cold, equally as many doggys aswell, we saw another greyhound called 'Kitty' she was from a ex racer charity too, we got all our leads muddled up which is only natural when you have butts to sniff!

This was the first outing in the new car which humans got for us so we had loads of room to lie down in, Harley is quite protective of her new ride and has become the role of "watch dog".


When we finally got there after Harley treading on me for the 5th or 6th time we jumped down and were ready for the off.



On the way round we noticed some strange looking creatures, the humans called them Deers, and said they didn't want to play with me or Harley :( They had big things coming off their heads, they looked so silly hehe.


We carried on abit further past a lake and smelt a few more doggy bums, when we got round the corner.. guess what LOADS of those 'deer things', Harley was pulling to get at them but failed to pull away.


Further on there was a cafe where the humans stopped for a rest, some other humans nearby where playing football, I think Harley wanted to join in, or maybe just chew the ball up, who knows.


I of course, on my best behavior just stood and watched everything go on without a fuss.


OMG rabbit, oh wait no, just a fluffy dog.


MMMMM anything for us???


After trying to scrounge some food (which failed) we headed back to the car, on the way we past a family who fussed us and said they had a Lurcher and explained to their son that Lurchers are a crossbreed that are related to greyhounds. We also heard one little boy shout "Wow, greyhounds! They ARE the fastest dogs on the earth!". Two other kids came over and stroked us saying we were 'cool dogs'.
We felt like celebrities!

Me & Harley went to visit the ducks on the stream on the way back, Harley tried to jump in which scared all of the ducks, luckily human pulled back just in time, naughty naughty!


I didn't find the ducks very interesting if im honest.


I was interested in the mini waterfall though, it splashed everywhere, it looked really cold though so I didnt fancy going in for a skinny dip!


Humans tried to get a photo of Harley for her 'Happy homings' page on the Hall Green RGT website, after around 3/4 blurry takes they finally got one that wasn't just a big blur.


Finally we got back to the car and I collapsed straight away, whilst Harley went back onto watch dog duties.


On the way home the humans made a stop at a shop called 'Pets at home'.


The shop had only been open a week, they went in to see if they sold the food we eat which is special pet greyhound stuff, they didn't though but they did come out with;
x.Meaty chews
x.Paddywhack natural treats
x.Cod liver oil supplement
x.Coat & skin treats
x.Raw hide chew
x.Squeaky pheasant toy (which I LOVE).

Im home now and everybody is asleep, in fact one of the humans is using me as a pillow!! The cheek, anyways I'll love you and leave you all.