Tommy the Jack Rabbit

Tommy looks so funny from behind with his ears sticking straight up. He looks like a giant rabbit.

DIY Pill Gun

Stephanie needs to take a bunch of pills every day for her kidney problem. She isn't very good at taking pills either. She already has to take a liquid medice and I noticed that the barrel is about the size of the capsules she needs to take. So I cut of the end of it and discovered that the pills fit perfectly inside. I load it up with two at a time and the job goes fast.

Stephanie's tail wound is healing

I took these photos today to show the progress of Stephanie's tail wound. We let the air get to it to dry it up and help speed the healing process.

Stephanie's tail wound

This is what Stephanie's tail looks like after we unwrapped the bandage.

Walking out

The hounds get ready to walk out of the house on their walk. They are really great about staying calm. They all go out in te same order everyday and they get in this position each time.

Stephanie's mishap

Stephanie went to the specialist to get her kidney function checked. It has dropped again to 19%. While she was there, her tail got slammed in a door. The tail can be saved, but it has a nasty cut in it.

Glow in the family room

Glow finds a stack of beds to rest on in the family room.

Walking in the park

It was a beautiful day for a walk in the park with the hounds. Stephanie gets short walks these days due to her bad leg so she didn't come this far.

Ground Beef Steak

The hounds got some special treats with ground up steaks.

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.