Well anyone who knows me knows im a greyhound girl at heart :- " :lol: but it must be whippet season at Gap! On Saturday a little girl came to us from a SW pound just 20 inches but some saluki in there aswell then I got a phone call from our kennels....
We are contracted to take all the stray sighthounds from them once their time is up unless they are reserved and Baxter as he has now been named had been sent over to them as he had been rehomed twice from the pound and bounced both times!!!
Both homes brought him back saying he was a nervous petrified shaking little thing and they couldnt keep him as he was obviously unhappy. Of course thinking nervy whippy I flew over and picked him up within the hour to bring here BUT I also had a big Meet & Greet in Hanley town center to attend so shot over there straight after. I was going to get him picked up but he was fine! He spent the whole day cleaning sausage roll and chocolate off kids in prams faces, lazing around like only whippets can, showing off his new Mummy and was that un nervous half the time he would sit at my heel without me holding the leash.
He is a very steady, calm boy, who to be fair has been the perfect house guest and we dont know is here. I dont do whippets and if we could keep him I would in a heartbeat.
Does this lad look nervous to you??
Then Monday came a very sad call. Due to exceptionally tragic circumstances three whippets needed to be collected from there home asap. I shot straight down from Stoke to Milton Keynes to fetch them back. 2 girls were described as more nervous and the older girl was the more confident one. On landing the two nervous girls climbed all over me on the floor whilst Madam stood eyeing me from a distance. She has had alot of responsibility lately first for her Mum then her whippety sisters. The other 2 headed to foster homes local to myself and Madam came home with me to be *kept an eye on*
So into our lives walked Gangly a six year old whippet bitch
Gangly is now known as Miss Whiplash. She is hysterical and a 19 inch Hitler complete with Jack Boots :lol: My poor dogs dont know whats hit them!!! We no longer have play sessions we have workshops ran by Miss Whiplash herself. Refusal to attend workshops results in being yapped at, your bed dragged from under your bum and lots of being shoulder barged. Should you congregate in another area of the room and try to turn back to play sessions then you get stropped over to and once again reminded off the workshop you are meant to be attending with alot of posturing, plenty of paws on your back and stiff ears up behaviour. :lol: She is hysterical and my 29 & 30 inch greyhound lads are terrified of her. She also stomps over to us demanding to be picked up and will sit for hours if you dont holding up one paw and just glaring.
Here she is with my OH who also doesnt do whippets. :lol: Madam made sure he had no choice!! How much does she look like butter wouldnt melt?
Fingers crossed they both have experienced sighthound homes to go too soon once they are vacced and neutered
We are contracted to take all the stray sighthounds from them once their time is up unless they are reserved and Baxter as he has now been named had been sent over to them as he had been rehomed twice from the pound and bounced both times!!!
Both homes brought him back saying he was a nervous petrified shaking little thing and they couldnt keep him as he was obviously unhappy. Of course thinking nervy whippy I flew over and picked him up within the hour to bring here BUT I also had a big Meet & Greet in Hanley town center to attend so shot over there straight after. I was going to get him picked up but he was fine! He spent the whole day cleaning sausage roll and chocolate off kids in prams faces, lazing around like only whippets can, showing off his new Mummy and was that un nervous half the time he would sit at my heel without me holding the leash.
He is a very steady, calm boy, who to be fair has been the perfect house guest and we dont know is here. I dont do whippets and if we could keep him I would in a heartbeat.
Does this lad look nervous to you??
Then Monday came a very sad call. Due to exceptionally tragic circumstances three whippets needed to be collected from there home asap. I shot straight down from Stoke to Milton Keynes to fetch them back. 2 girls were described as more nervous and the older girl was the more confident one. On landing the two nervous girls climbed all over me on the floor whilst Madam stood eyeing me from a distance. She has had alot of responsibility lately first for her Mum then her whippety sisters. The other 2 headed to foster homes local to myself and Madam came home with me to be *kept an eye on*
So into our lives walked Gangly a six year old whippet bitch
Gangly is now known as Miss Whiplash. She is hysterical and a 19 inch Hitler complete with Jack Boots :lol: My poor dogs dont know whats hit them!!! We no longer have play sessions we have workshops ran by Miss Whiplash herself. Refusal to attend workshops results in being yapped at, your bed dragged from under your bum and lots of being shoulder barged. Should you congregate in another area of the room and try to turn back to play sessions then you get stropped over to and once again reminded off the workshop you are meant to be attending with alot of posturing, plenty of paws on your back and stiff ears up behaviour. :lol: She is hysterical and my 29 & 30 inch greyhound lads are terrified of her. She also stomps over to us demanding to be picked up and will sit for hours if you dont holding up one paw and just glaring.
Here she is with my OH who also doesnt do whippets. :lol: Madam made sure he had no choice!! How much does she look like butter wouldnt melt?
Fingers crossed they both have experienced sighthound homes to go too soon once they are vacced and neutered
