Lost greyhound - Turriff
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Great result - even though mine is only a Greyhound nagger ( Cairn who thinks Greyhounds are something to chase till the bolder tell him differently) -I still felt for you - they're too big for my lifestyle( or my Mrs's way of thinking) , but any I meet are beautiful animals - it's a pity that society can't bypass the racing stage and rehome them from pups -certainly remove a nasty bit of life for such wonderful dogs.
Thanks folks. 
To be clear, it wasn't my dog who was missing (although same name). I just have an association with GAGAH and spread the word any way I can when something like this happens.
All the while, my one was at home doing what she does best.
Aye, I won't get in to my thoughts on racing. When I lived in London, going to the dogs was my favourite night out. Knowing what I know now though; I'm ashamed.
A few years later, one of may favourite logos is this one ...
Cheers,
Eric
To be clear, it wasn't my dog who was missing (although same name). I just have an association with GAGAH and spread the word any way I can when something like this happens.
All the while, my one was at home doing what she does best.
Aye, I won't get in to my thoughts on racing. When I lived in London, going to the dogs was my favourite night out. Knowing what I know now though; I'm ashamed.
A few years later, one of may favourite logos is this one ...
Cheers,
Eric
"Aye, I won't get in to my thoughts on racing. When I lived in London, going to the dogs was my favourite night out. Knowing what I know now though; I'm ashamed."
What do you know? Clearly not enough to know that for example horse racing is EVEN worse think about it all those horses racing day in day out a fall or damaged muscle etc and its termination. Do you complain about that? Do you still have a punt on the grand national and cheer on your horse? Even when your horse leads because a horse falls and in most cases gets terminated on track?
Unfortunatly its comments like that which tar greyhound racing. I can understand how easy it is to say that as when you own a greyhound you just simply fall in love with them they are totaly under estimated animal. Thin dog, need lots of long walks, not fun etc these are completely wrong very lazy dog when they want to be, very clean and great with kids and people, most never bark and the fact they are thin is true to the eye but try lift a greyhound its pure muscle and hi motabalism and weight a ton.
Anyway if you cant tell i used to race greyhounds and rehomed all the racers and others. Its only the small minority who put the dogs down or neglect them and those are normaly syndicate owners and registered keepers.
Rant over.
What do you know? Clearly not enough to know that for example horse racing is EVEN worse think about it all those horses racing day in day out a fall or damaged muscle etc and its termination. Do you complain about that? Do you still have a punt on the grand national and cheer on your horse? Even when your horse leads because a horse falls and in most cases gets terminated on track?
Unfortunatly its comments like that which tar greyhound racing. I can understand how easy it is to say that as when you own a greyhound you just simply fall in love with them they are totaly under estimated animal. Thin dog, need lots of long walks, not fun etc these are completely wrong very lazy dog when they want to be, very clean and great with kids and people, most never bark and the fact they are thin is true to the eye but try lift a greyhound its pure muscle and hi motabalism and weight a ton.
Anyway if you cant tell i used to race greyhounds and rehomed all the racers and others. Its only the small minority who put the dogs down or neglect them and those are normaly syndicate owners and registered keepers.
Rant over.
Deekster said:
Do you still have a punt on the grand national and cheer on your horse?
Nope, never - not even the office sweeper.Deekster said:
Anyway if you cant tell i used to race greyhounds and rehomed all the racers and others.
That's great and I'm genuinely pleased to make your acquaintance. Deekster said:
Its only the small minority who put the dogs down or neglect them and those are normaly syndicate owners and registered keepers.
This is a point on which we're going to have to agree to differ. For me, the issue is that record keeping is poor and arguably skewed so none of us will ever really be party to accurate statistics regarding what happens to dogs who are finished racing or indeed injured on track.To be frank, I'm struggling a bit to see the point of your post but I think I get the gist.
I started a long winded reply to CO2000's post but decided to leave it for two reasons.
- I don't profess to be an expert. I just follow my heart and do my bit.
- I don't think this is really an appropriate place for an animal cruelty crusade.
h had broken a leg at the track. The owner had paid the track vet to put a plaster on but without x-ray. The question of pain relief is unanswered. The owner said the dog would be given one week and if the group couldn't take her, she would be put to sleep (kennels are currently at capacity).It looks like this one is going to have a happy ending. A foster home has been found and the dog is being picked up this week and taken straight to a vet for x-ray, pain management and whatever short term care is required.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong but however this had panned out for the dog, I don't believe that her fate would have been the subject of public record.
I don't want to be holier than thou on this or any other issue. It's just something which is close to my heart and I try and do what I can.
The internet is full of horrific articles on greyhound cruelty but there's no way I'd point anyone in that direction as I can't be certain of what's fact and what's not.
I hope this goes some way to clearing up my position on the matter and I'll say again that I'm very pleased to know a responsible owner.
Cheers,
Eric
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