We first met Billy Greyhound the at the Larkhall fair mid-August 2011 and immediately fell in love with him. He moved in with us two weeks later, on the 24th August,and became a member of the family right away. When he first moved in he was painfully gentle, delicate and shy creature - well, at least as long as there were no cats or squirrels in sight.
Now, full 4 month later, with so much happening, I have decided to start a blog so we could remember the moments of his life with us, and oh, boy, he gives us so much joy! I am rather regretful I have not done so earlier on - so much happened in between: his first off-the-lead walk, his first "high five", his first "pick it up" and "come here". I hope to come back to these and document in this blog.
Nowadays we can see a cheekier side of him transpiring as he starts sniffing around the house and trying to check the contents of the kitchen bin (thanks God for the pedal bins, well, at least until he has not figured out how to operate it). His tail definitely wags more nowadays than it used to and he goes bonkers playing his silly dog games when we are about to go out.
He loves his walks madly and walks for at least an hour every day; and oh boy - it’s a dog’s paradise on weekends – we may be out for hours! And, yes, he does love helping us in the garden, mainly by chasing neighbours’ cats away or lying around while we are digging or raking. Needless to say he crashes right out in his basket once he’s back home.
He’s extremal well-mannered: he never even attempted onto the sofa of begged at the table, although could never say no to a yummy bun on a road,which he gulps in in a wink of time in case we can take it out (did we say he’s cheeky?)
Billy is a clever boy and enjoys learning new tricks – he how does “high five”, “stay”, “come here”, “leave it”(depending on the mood) and training is underway to play ball and fetch, however his moments of daftness are movingly funny – a few times he made us laugh till we cry!
We can’t imagine how we lived without him before and are thankful to GAL and all the wonderful people who helped Billy through his live and gave us the chance of meeting this wonderful fellow.
Here is Billy's page on GAL: click
Now, full 4 month later, with so much happening, I have decided to start a blog so we could remember the moments of his life with us, and oh, boy, he gives us so much joy! I am rather regretful I have not done so earlier on - so much happened in between: his first off-the-lead walk, his first "high five", his first "pick it up" and "come here". I hope to come back to these and document in this blog.
Nowadays we can see a cheekier side of him transpiring as he starts sniffing around the house and trying to check the contents of the kitchen bin (thanks God for the pedal bins, well, at least until he has not figured out how to operate it). His tail definitely wags more nowadays than it used to and he goes bonkers playing his silly dog games when we are about to go out.
He loves his walks madly and walks for at least an hour every day; and oh boy - it’s a dog’s paradise on weekends – we may be out for hours! And, yes, he does love helping us in the garden, mainly by chasing neighbours’ cats away or lying around while we are digging or raking. Needless to say he crashes right out in his basket once he’s back home.
He’s extremal well-mannered: he never even attempted onto the sofa of begged at the table, although could never say no to a yummy bun on a road,which he gulps in in a wink of time in case we can take it out (did we say he’s cheeky?)
Billy is a clever boy and enjoys learning new tricks – he how does “high five”, “stay”, “come here”, “leave it”(depending on the mood) and training is underway to play ball and fetch, however his moments of daftness are movingly funny – a few times he made us laugh till we cry!
We can’t imagine how we lived without him before and are thankful to GAL and all the wonderful people who helped Billy through his live and gave us the chance of meeting this wonderful fellow.
Here is Billy's page on GAL: click
