Grass Reconstruction

This is a comparison of the yard from March and May. I fenced off the yard to give the new grass and new seed a chance to grow. Once the new grass and the old grass was established, I took the fence down. I used Scott's high traffic seed. So far it looks like it will work. Bullet has already given it some test runs and I don't see large divets and such from his high speed turns. Fingers crossed!

HSH Spa

Bliss is enjoying her spa.

Bliss is Chillin'

The temp hit about 93 deg today, so Bliss loved it when I filled her pool up. She is the only one to take advantage of the nice cool water.

Turkey Gizzards and Hearts

We feed the hounds raw food. This is 40 lbs of turkey hearts and gizzards thawing out in the utility sink.

5 dogs + New Carpet = SpotBot

With this many hounds, every now and then there is a spot to take care off. Usually it is one of them barfing up some bile and a small piece of bone. This little dude does the job very well.

Westvirginia Bop

John and Carla brought us this. It is the only greyhound booble head made special for Dairyland. Westvirginia bop was one of John's dogs and he was the top dog in 2006. His call name was Scotty.

John and Tommy

John and Carla brought us a racing silk. It was number 6, which is so cool, because tommy wore number 6 when he won the Night Of Stars X stakes race in 2002 at Dairyland.

Greyhound Alliance fundraiser

John , Carla and Rich Ingersoll.

Greyhound Alliance fundraiser

Kathy and I went to Mi Tierra's for a greyhound fundraiser for the Greyhound Alliance.
That's John and Carla Sappington in the front.

Stephanie warms her buns

Stephanie picks a nice sunny spot in my office to warm her buns. Of course she is right in the doorway too in case I try to leave.

Winter poop scooping

Picking up the dog crap in winter isn't easy and it sure is cold.

8th Race results

Race 8

John had four dogs in Race 8 because he was working two kennels. All four dogs came in the top four positions. I wish I had bought the superfecta.

Top Dogs at Dairyland

We were surprised to see the program had all of the top dogs in the tracks history. There is our Tommy Romano in 2002. Go Tommy!

Dairyland Last Night Program

Dairyland closing night

Kathy, Carla, Jacque (right), Carla's Dad (left).

Dairyland's last race

Kathy visits with some of John's friends at the track.

Last night of racing at Dairyland

We went up to Dairyland Greyhound Park to visit with Carla, Dallas and John on the last night of racing at the track.

Biscuit thief

Tommy doesn't always eat his biscuit right away, so Stephanie is trying to figure a way to steal it from him.

More snow

We got more snow. Bullet checks things out. You can see their tracks as they come in and out of the house.

Brownie

I really like their new puppy. Her coloring looks a lot like Bullet.

Megan and Brownie

Megan gives Brownie some love.

Kaitlyn and Megan get a new puppy

Kaitlyn holds her new puppy, Brownie.

The first snow of winter 2009

Glow sniffs the cold air after our first snow of the winter.

Stephanie

Stephanie sits in my office and watches out the window while I work.