Kennel News

The Pups are now 17 weeks old and have been micro chipped and earmarked without a lot of drama although Dove was not that keen. They have been put out in the large runs but we bring them in at night and put them back in the smaller pen until they get a little larger. They are growing fast and Dexter blows me away with the size of him!!
On the racing front Minnie (Feral Hoki) came 5th in her comeback race and whats more she came off sound. Sam (Feral Coaster) is coming back nicely and working well and I am hoping his foot stands up to the pressure of racing.
SUNDAY
Good day at the office for the Elite State X Collison Risk Litter. Yeboah (Tom) 1st Fastest time of the day. Saved by Love (Rex) 2nd and Lots of Beersies (Zac) and Melman (Ted) good 3rds. All in all they have just earned over $2300 for the owners!!

Puppies at 13 Weeks

Digby

Digby

Dexter the fatty

Dan

Dan

Dan

Darth

Darth

Daisy

Daisy teasing the brothers

Daisy with the daisy and cow dung!

Daisy the spoiled smoocher

Dove

Dove

 Lizzies second litter at 13 weeks. Full of mischief and loving cuddles.

Kennel News

Plenty has happened since the last post. The pups are now 12 weeks old and coming on well. They vary in size but Dexter one of the dogs is nearly twice the size of the others. His Wrists and Hocks and whole body look like he is at least 16 weeks old!!! They are a lively bunch and vocal when they want to be! They go for their inoculations on Friday and hopefully will be earmarked and chipped soon.
On the racing front Sam (Feral Coaster) ran at Addington last Tuesday and finished a close 4th. Not bad seeing he has been off since Jan. The bad news is that when I got him home I noticed that he has split a back webbing and will be off for a while.

The others here are now looking for homes and Mo (Feral Helen) is out in a foster home to see how she goes. If OK we will look for a caring home for her.

Racing wise Tom (Yeboah) won at Auckland on Sunday taking out a C5 sprint with both Nangar Star the NZ derby winner and Railway sprint winner and Subic Bay the Track record holder both in the race. So a few good scalps were had!!
Both Melman and Saved by Love and Lots of Beersies keep on winning the odd race and keeping their owners happy.

Will try to get some photos of the pups soon.

Puppy Pics

Dove is in the middle. Not sure who the others are!

Same line up as above

Left front, round the circle ending up on the right : Dan, Darth Daisy, Dexter, Dove, Digby. Colour coded!

Dove and someone!

LtoR: Digby, Darth, Dan

LtoR: Digby, Dexter, Darth, Dan

Daisy and Dan the two fatties

Crazy Daisy the fat girl.

Digby, Darth, Daisy

Dove the wee honey

Digby and nosy!

Crazy, fat Daisy

Not too sure who this is!

Umm?

Digby and Darth

The pups are doing really well. Still snacking of Lizzie but drinking puppy milk and just started on solids. We are really pleased with them. They are pretty feisty and keen to grab and chase each other. Just hitting the curious, destructive stage. Bloody time wasters. You pop in for a look and leave at least half an hour later after lots of cuddles and puppy smooches. I will not get attached!

Better news

Great to see Tom (Yeboah) come out and win the C5 race at Manakau on Sunday. Did a good time of 18.17 just 5 spots off the track record.

Zac (Lots of Beersies) was awarded and named the Southland greyhound of the year for 2015. Great news and Marek was obviously pleased with the award.

Had better weeks!

Lizzie went in to pup on Monday night and had her first pup after around 2 hours of pushing at approximately 12.30 am. A big black bitch that was huge for a pup. She then went on to have 8 more and finished at 6 am with a total of 9 puppies. 5 Dogs and 4 bitches all black except a dark brindle bitch. They started to suckle and I thought things were sweet. Wednesday morning she was restless and off the pups. She didnt look well so I rushed her to the vets. They did an Xray and said that there were 4 more puppies inside her. She had an emergency operation but all 4 pups were dead inside her the vet also said her Uterus was infected and massively swollen so it was removed.
We had to hand feed the 9 puppies every 2 to 3 hours and all seemed to be going well. Thursday morning 2 puppies were struggling and died, one being the brindle bitch that really gutted me. We lost another pup on Thursday evening another good looking bitch.
Lizzie was not in a good state but thankfully survived the night at the vets much to my pleasure because i thought we had lost her. She came home on Friday looking very thin but she went straight to the pups and started feeding them.
Today Sunday she seems to be much better and starting to eat with lots of prompts. The pups seem to be going well now and are thriving on Lizzies milk and the milk we are supplementing them with.

On a much more brighter note Tom (Yeboah) cheered us up by winning the Wellington Sprint Final at Wanganui on Friday night. He gave them all a start and ran a cracking race finishing fast to win by a length and a half. Awesome for Tony Potts his owner and Steve Clark the trainer.

Disappointing news.

Mo (Feral Helen) has been retired after her run at Addington yesterday. She was having her first run back for me and had been working really well. Drawn in trap 8 this is stewards report.

"Racing into the bend FERAL HELEN (8) faltered and lost ground with a subsequent veterinary examination revealing a torn gracilis requiring a 28 day stand down".

She is walking OK today but the muscle has pulled away so time to call it a day with her. Hopefully find a nice home for her in the near future.