Feral the cat!

At Feral Greyhound Kennels and the only one to catch a Hare is the cat! and that decides to bring it in to the house......reckon the cat might look good in a racing jacket!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY AND GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEW YEAR.

Charlie wins Eva finishes 4th

Both ran at Addington today. Charlie (Smash Rumour) had his trapping boots on and led from the start out of trap 3. He won by 3.1/2 Lengths in a time of 17.50 for the 295 trip. Eva (Smashin Time) did not get such a good start but showed up well for 4th position 4.1/2 Lengths behind the winner. Great to see both dogs showing a good account of themselves. 

Pups get their First course of a hare!

Great to see 3 of the pups get the chance to course a Hare. Took them out for a free gallop up the 300 metre gallop and there was a Hare in the long grass on the other side of the fence. Hare ran backwards and forwards along the fence line giving the pups a good hunt. Hare luckily found a gap and ran for cover whilst the pups had their tongues down to the ground! All 3 were super keen which is good to see!

Win for Eva "Smashin Time".

Great win for Eva at Addington today over 295m in 17.52

Well done to Malcolm, Lisa and team.

Kennel news.

Not too much to report on at the moment. The pups have all had 2 free gallops up the straight this week. The main paddock is out of action until it is cut for hay. All of them show a nice touch of pace but its early days yet. Might give them a look at the drag lure at the weekend for the first time.
Both Lizzie and Skippy have come in season but I will not be mating Lizzie this time around because I want to see how her first litter fair.
Tuesday at Southland all three of the Smash Rumour,in time and Amego are on the card so lets hope for another treble.

The Smash Southland treble!

Eva   Race 2     Trap 8 Pink
Charlie  Race 3 Trap 4 Blue
Amego  Race 1 Trap 3 White

Treble at Southland Ascot Park

Good day at Ascot park today Nov 12th cup day with

Eva Smashin Time winning in 23.21   390m

Charlie  Smash Rumour winning in 26.75  475m

Amego (Fatboy)  Smash Amego winning in 23.56   390

a very good treble  $ 3
                             $ 5.10
                             $ 11.10
$226

Southland GRC 4 Nov Eva and Charlies Races

Eva Smashin Time     Race 1 Trap 6

Charlie Smash Rumour Race 3  Trap 4

Good to see

Great to see Charlie (Smash Rumour)win by nearly 8 lengths yesterday in a sharp 22.77 for the 390. Even Craig Roberts was questioning the lure driving because he reckoned the others would not have seen it! 
Sister Eva (Smashin Time) came 2nd but lost it by running wide. 
Well done to Malcolm and his team.

Good to see Smash Amego on the winners podium again.

Smash Amego won at Southland today clocking a good time of 22.83 for the 390 metres.

Great to see Amego come out of Trap 8 and race away for a good win. Mixed fortunes for Smash Rumour (Charlie) and Smashin Time (Eva) who finished 2nd and 6th with Eva running very wide for her 1st look at Ascot Park.

Pups: eight and a half months old.

 Ted

 Mo and Tom

 Tom, Ben and Mo

 Rex

 Max

 Max

 Max and Minnie

 Tom

 Sam

Tom

Charlie finds a bit of trouble in Race 1

Charlie (Smash Rumour) finds a bit of trouble in his race. Trap 8 in the pink jacket.
Hopefully better luck in the near future.

Snow dogs

 Sam really enjoyed playing out in the snow. His kennel mate stayed snuggled up in the warm.

 Tom was too nosy to stay in the warm.

 Gallop getting a good water and cooling off.

When the snow first started falling the pups went nuts playing in it.

Water babies

Rex climbs into the water trough every time he gets near it. He lies flat out in it, puts his head under and would roll in it if he had the chance. The problem is he turns perfectly clean water into muddy stuff. Ted loves it as well. He climbs in too.

Pup stories!

Took the pups up the gallop for some free running, paddock is out of action because some fencing is down due to tree damage. After coming back I stop at the old concrete cattle water trough for the pups to have a drink. Today because it was warm Rex decided to get in to the trough and lie down in the water, the water half way over his back! What a character!
The rest of the pups are coming along nicely with various shapes and sizes and styles of galloping!
Photos hopefully later in the week.

Christchurch GRC 13 September 2013 Charlie and Eva 1st Wins

Race 5  Smash Rumour ...Charlie  .Fast Forward to 5.03
Race 7 Smashin' Time......Eva        Fast Forward to 7.32
1st wins at Addington

Irish Greyhound Derby Final 2013

Charlie and Eva win at the same meeting.

Great to see both Charlie and Eva win their Maiden race at Addington on Friday.

Charlie in Trap 1
and Eva in Trap 7

Race names Smash Rumour and Smashin' time.

Pups at play

Top: Max and Rex
Middle: Tom
Bottom: Ben, Mo, Tom

Pups growing: April - August changes

Charlie and Eva qualify.

Good to hear the news that both Charlie and Eva (Wizelee x Red Fox Grace) have qualified to race. Both look promising and are improving with each run. Will look forward to seeing them race in the near future,

Two Pups Move South

Pat and Zac were picked up tonight and are on their way to the kennels of Paul Connor in Southland. Hopefully they will settle in to their new surrounds. Good luck to Marek and Dave and the rest of the owners.

Pups at 5 months

Pups from the top

Ted and Sam

Mo

Ben and Sam

Zac and Pat

Rex

Kennel update

Been in the UK for the past two weeks and Jacqui has been in charge of the pups and the kennels. Can tell you they will have been spoilt for those two weeks!! 
Will try to upload new photos at the weekend and a video of the pups.

Puppy update 16 Weeks

The pups have been moved into their new 50 meter runs. They have been split into two lots of five. They are really enjoying running up an down the paddock and being able to stretch out.

Sidaz Jack - William Hill Greyhound Derby Final 2013

Great run in the English Greyhound Derby by Sidaz Jack. The dog had one race in Galway and ran six races to win the Derby. Great training feat by Charlie Lister.

Kennel news

The pups are just coping with this weather, most seem to have cabin fever and when they do come out into the paddock they look at it in disgust. It is just a mud patch really now! was going to move them in to the bigger paddocks but will leave until next weekend now because of the wet and snow. Hopefully the cold weather expected will dry things out. They have plenty of fresh straw to bed down in so they all seem fine. They are eating heaps as you would expect pups to do and all seem to be growing well.
Came home the other day to find all 10 pups in with Mum,they has pushed the gate open to her run,was she was pleased to see me and she had more mud on her coat and head than she expected!! Poor Lizzie!

Pup News

Sunday: 
All the pups have been earmarked and chipped now. They certainly are very feisty characters with 3 pups trying to bite the hand that feeds them whilst being earmarked. The noise they made made all the older dogs bark in defence of them! 
Yesterday 4 pups got out of the pen under the wire and enjoyed a run around the front but luckily all were caught and the fence fixed!

If any body is keen in investing in a syndicate for one of the pups or more just let me know!

Pups at 12 Weeks- click on images to enlarge

Top left: Tom & Rex Middle: Ted, Ben, Sam, Top Right: Pat Bottom Left: Zak Bottom Right: Pat

Top left: Tom, Bottom Left: Tom and Rex Top Right: Ben, Mini, Zak, Bottom Right: Sam

Absent from photos: Mo, Max because they wouldn't stay still enough!
Please click on the images to enlarge them.

Kennel news

The two Wizelee X Red Fox Grace pups Charlie and Eva have now left out kennels, really weird not having the big dog looking at you through the fencing! Bruce Dann is breaking them in so hopefully we might get some good reports back in the near future!

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This is the link for the pups being advertised, a great way of getting your pups noticed.

Kennel Facilities

Here is the deal!

One dog or bitch pup reared here at Feral Greyhound Kennels until 12 months old Price $3200 NZD. Interested give me a ring or email to discuss the offer!

Six weeks old Elite State X Collison Risk (Lizzie) pups

Top Photo: Left to right Zak, Mo, Tom
2nd top Photo: Ted
3rd top Photo: Tom with the ball, Zak
4th top Photo: Pat
2nd bottom photo: Left to right Rex (with the ball) Tom (yellow collar), Mo, Ben
Bottom photo: Mo, Pat, Sam