The Hounds Make The News

We got a call from a reporter from the Chicago Tribune that is doing a story about raw feeding so they interviewed us and shot pictures of the hounds chowing down on their favorite "Chicken".

Tommy is next to get his nails trimmed

His nails have gotten really long. It seems like Glow and Tommy's nails grow the fastest out of the bunch. Bullet and Bliss' nails are much shorter and not as thick. 

Glow got her nails trimmed

Glow and Stephanie got their teeth cleaned and their nails cut. They both got "show" cuts and they are shorter than they have ever been. Stepanie took it a lot better than Glow. Glow has been walking around with some sore toes, but she seems to be getting better now. I hope we can keep up with her nails now. They were soooo long before. 

Bullet is showing some gray

Bullet and Bliss turned 5 years old in January. They both are starting to show some gray and white around their eyes. When we got him 2 years ago, he was nice and dark brown all around his eyes. 

Spring is almost here

We had a real warm weekend so the dogs got to lay out in the sun. The ice and snow is melting so I also had to do something about the mud. I roped off most of the yard except their potty area. I then filled it up with some hay. They really didn't know what to make of it at first, but now they are used to it. It sure saves on washing dog feet although cleanup is like an Easter Egg hunt. 

Glow in recovery

Glow doesn't like going to the Vet. She shook like crazy and they had to give her Valium to calm her down. Between that and the IV to put her out for the dental cleaning and the nail clipping, she is exhausted and very disoriented. Her nails are real short now. Neither her or Stephanie lost any teeth on this visit. The other pups get their work done next week. 

Stephanie recovers from her Vet visit

Stephanie and Glow went to the Vet on 3/6/07 to get their teeth cleaned, nails cut and Stephanie got her Blasto checkup. She's looking a little disoriented here and tired from her ordeal. 

The other view of Stephanie's progress

The top x-ray is from 8/4/06 and the bottom one is from 3/6/07. 

Stephanie's Blastomycosis is gone

The top x-ray is her first x-ray and you can see the infection all through her chest. The bottom x-ray shows that it is all finally cleared up. She is doing great and we are very happy it worked out well for her. 

Kaitlyn and Ted with the pups

My son, Ted, poses with Kaitlyn and the pups. 

Kaitlyn walks Tommy

Kaitlyn walks Tommy whils I handle the other dogs. Tommy is very easy to walk and Kaitlyn enjoyed walking with him. Tommy is almost as big as she is. 

Kaitlyn's Visit

Our granddaughter Kaitlyn came for a visit an got to see all the pups. 

Bullet wins the Mud King title

Bullet was running figure 8 laps around the maple trees and sent mud flying against the fence on both ends of the yard. He was quite happy with himself until I got the hose out. 

Mud babies

We went from snow to mud in the back yard, so the hounds decided to go racing in it. Nobody got in the house without being hosed off. 

Santa Pictures

We stopped by PetSmart and guess who we found. Santa had his hands full posing with five greyhounds. We also ran into a greyhound Meet-n-Greet for Midwest Greyhound Adoption. We had our own Meet-n-Greet walking thorugh the store. 

Bliss gives chase

Bliss chases Bullet around the tree and Glow positions herself to intercept him as he runs by.

Face Off

This looks like a face off before the contest with Glow being the referee. Its just a quick play bow to start another race.

High Speed Turns

They get some good traction in the deep snow and make some high speed turns chasing each other.

The race is on!

Glow chases Bullet. Bliss is waiting for her chance.

We got snow and the Hounds love it!

We got lots of snow and the hounds had a ball racing and playing in it.