Minnie's New Home

We just received this lovely email and these beautiful photos of Minnie aka Feral Hoki,  our kennel sweetheart, that was re-homed through Nightrave and Tracy recently. 

"Thank you so much to Minnie's trainer and family, for bringing up such a beautiful dog.  Her gentleness, friendliness and calmness blows me away every day!  She has settled in so quickly and she is just so easy to love!!"

Sat 29th April... Another day schooling

Took the dog and the bitch to the schooling track again today. Walked them through the boxes a few times and then put the lids down and gave them a blast out of them. Both took to them really well and Darth was a natural and came out very well. Both ran well with Darth showing a little more than Daisy but not by much. 


News from Bruce is that both the dog and the bitch are going good and will be ready to be collected next week.

Ben is now in the house and has already settled in. He gets on well with Charlie the Retriever and has not troubled the cat at all.

Busy day at the kennels today. Took 2 to the OTB trial track this morning. Always nervous when they are having their first handslip but both Darth and Daisy chased the lure which was great to see. Hopefully they will progress over the next few weeks.
Two other of the litter, the more mature dog/bitch Dexter and Dove were taken to Bruce Danns place to be broken in. 

Digby below before he left.

Talking to Bruce he reckons Digby who has been there for 2 weeks is progressing nicely.

Minnie ( Feral Hoki )

Minnie has left the kennels and has gone to Nightrave greyhounds on the North Island to be re homed. It was a hard decision but we felt that she deserved a loving home. We were going to bring her in here but have decided to bring Ben ( Feral Poutini ) into the house. Minnie is a caring girl who always chatted her teeth when she greeted you. I am positive she will bring a lot of fun and enjoyment to her new home when she finds one. 
Other Kennel news is that Digby has gone to Bruce Dann to be educated in the racing game. The 4 pups left at these kennels have been well galloped and have been Carrs Road Christchurch to the OTB training track to watch others being schooled.

Kennel view form the Drone !

As you can see on the second picture there is a bit of rain on the drones lens. The Kennel block is at the top and has room for 10 dogs. You can just make two pups out in the bottom run.

RIP Zac

Sad to report that Zac who's racing name was Lots of Beersies and earned just short of $16,000 has been put to sleep by his last owner who was his trainer. Not happy about it and not the ending that any breeder wants from one of the pups we have bred. Certainly will not be having any of my dogs again. 

Pups at twelve months

Just a few quick snaps of the pups today. The pups are now exactly one year old and in the middle of losing their puppy coat. The change in hot to cold weather and back again isn't helping them lose it quickly. They are groomed everyday but you certainly wouldn't believe it to look at them. It is evident that they are at the "scruffy stage" of their transition from puppies to dogs.

Dan left just after Christmas to his new home so we are down to five pups. We have let them off in the paddock in ones or twos and seem to be showing a bit of pace out there. We are more than happy with what they are doing at the moment.

They all show character but the bitches are pretty feisty and full of energy. All of them seem happy enough. Handling isn't a problem and their walks has gone from lead training to just walking them although they do pull like mad when they see magpies when we are out in the paddock. The hares and rabbits haven't appeared yet when we have been walking these guys.

Dove

Dexter and Dove

Dexter

Daisy

Digby

Darth