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Five months ago I filled in an application form for a dog (or two) that needed a forever home. We didn’t pick a dog or obsess over profiles or availability. We knew we wanted to give a home to one or two dogs that needed it and didn’t set our heart on any dog, knowing…

After three months in his forever home, Sam decided to see what the great tartan hill held in store. This is not due to lack of trying on our part – there has been all sorts of chicken based encouragement and literally hours spent trying to coax up a few steps, or lead up steps…

I became the person that I never thought I would be – the person who buys clothes for their dogs. I used to look at dogs in coats and jumpers and think “what a waste of money” and “how ridiculous does that poor dog look”. Then I got greyhounds… I realised pretty quickly that coats…

Sam, our sweet Sam. Raced under the name Mohican Kingsley, a big, fast, strong and elegant boy – but one that I don’t know. And don’t want to. I much prefer getting to know our Sam. He was given the rescue name of Elliott but like with Bea, I wanted something shorter for every day…

I can’t tell you much about Bea before June 2020. I can tell you that her racing name was Mohican Ennis on paper but I don’t know if anyone cared enough to call her by a name or if she was just one dog of many to people who were responsible for her. When Bea…

Let’s start with a disclaimer – I am not an expert on dogs, greyhounds or otherwise and I wouldn’t even claim to be an expert in the tandem woofers that share my life. I do like to observe them and learn about them and from them though and this blog will just capture some snapshots…