HELLO and welcome to our Fishdoggies blog. What I plan to endeavor upon with this blog is to keep everyone up to date about what is going on in the Fishdog/Team Greyhound world of adoptions.
First a bit about why the name. Fishdog has been our kennel name for quite a few years now. Recently it was changed to Team Greyhound Southland LLC but as many know us as Fishdog I'm sticking with that for my blogging.
Now how did our pets and racers affectionately become known as Fishdoggies? To be honest I'm not sure how or when that came about but someone on one of the message boards I visit tagged them as such and the name stuck.
Basically any hound that has been bred or purchased by Team Greyhound and ran in our kennels is known as a Fishdoggie. There are also some owned by other people who chose to race their dogs with us and they also fall under the umbrella of being a Fishdoggie.
We try our best to do right by the hounds and we feel this carries on to their adoption homes as well. We only work with adoption groups when placing our hounds. We feel that while we are the experts in the racing and breeding we are smart enough to know that our knowledge doesn't necessarily carry over to the adoption part. So we rely on adoption groups to be the experts at placing our hounds.
I'm taking today as just the introduction and tomorrow I will move on to what this blog will be all about. The comings and goings of our adoption dogs. Who has retired and is awaiting an adoption group, those who have been moved on to adoption groups and those that have already found their forever homes.
I will share stories and photos of those hounds who have found their forever homes and basically some of the things that you don't often get to follow along with in normal kennels.
To me these hounds retirement life is just as important as their racing life with us. I want to share all of that with you. So thanks for stopping in and hope everyone will enjoy my blog as much as I will enjoy sharing all of this with you
Heather...what a great idea. Letting the public know that there are kennels that truely care for their dogs. It will be wonderful to follow these great dogs and see where they find their forever homes.
ReplyDeleteO.k. I am here!!
ReplyDeleteDon't know a dang thing about blogs, but I DO know I love me my Fishdoggie! She is Tru Calling aka TruD or Pooter. I'll be back later to try to figure this thingy out, but I just fed my Fishdoggie ( and my other hound; Pearl) and they are looking for their walk.
Glad to be here and this is a GREAT idea!
Nancy
This is greyt, Heather! What a terrific idea. I'm forever impressed by the devotion you have to your greyhounds. Will become a "follower" when it lets me!!
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I think think this is great, Heather. I will definitely follow it and if you want post some of your dogs you placed years ago in CT.
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This is a test....sorry for taking up space if it actually goes thru! Anyway, I look forward to reading and hopefully posting.
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Anne, I would LOVE to include some of those SUPER SPECIAL CT hounds. AS they are a MAJOR part of how and why I believe the way I do.
ReplyDeleteSo yes please send me some photos and info. Gus and Bess and Frog and Blaze and all the rest of the CT crew basically were the first hounds who set me on this journey.
I'm excited about following your blog Heather!
ReplyDeleteI've got 2 amazing Fishdoggies here -- Mystical Moment (Mo) and Toys R Us Kid (Kid/Geoff). :)
Tomorrow's actually Mo's Gotcha Day!
Wonderful idea, Heather! I have a very special Fishdoggie, Wilma Waggle (Willow), and she's certainly enjoying retired life and participating in lure coursing and amateur racing. I'm always impressed with how much you care about your dogs and still like to get updates on my girl. When I run into people who think greyhound racing is all bad, I always tell them there are some great kennels and use you as an example! Now I can direct them here to your blog, too!
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! Me loves Fishdoggies...:-) I currently have four Fishdoggies (Valid Splash, Valid Sail, Ashley Rose & Trey's a Charm). Our group has also help many Fishdoggies find their "forever homes". I look forward to following your blog!
ReplyDeleteWhat a GREYT idea Heather. I am so happy with my Fishdoggie, DD DA DOG (aka Dash).I think it is so important to see how these magnificant
ReplyDeletehounds find their forever homes and live the good life they are so deserving of. Thanks for
your care and love of these hounds on and off the track. I sure am glad this one Fishdoggie(Dash) raced into my heart.
We certainly love our Fishdoggies!!! The blog looks great! I'll link to it from our various blogs!
ReplyDeleteHeather V.
I always thought the Fishdoggie name came from Kevin Fish's last name. Fish's dogs - Fishdoggies!
ReplyDeleteI remember the first time I saw the name before I knew you both. I did think it was very strange and figured there had to be a good story behind it.
I think your blog is a great idea. Keep up the good work!
It's Monday. Happy GOTCHA day Mo!! How long has Mo been in your home Greythound? Doing anything fun today to celebrate the GOTCHA?
ReplyDeleteIt is now official, Charmin Dave, AKA Dave is my first Fishdoggie. Don't know what he was trying to tell me, he went running thru the house with the envelope his adoption papers came in.
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CONGRATULATIONS PAM!! Charmin Dave another Fishdoggie ran right into your heart. Have a greyt life together. Black greys Rock!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice comments Lou and Heather. Dave knew a LONG time ago he was home, took me longer to accept that. What a cutie pie he is.
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I would like to wish my mostest favoritest Fishdoggie active racer a VERY happy 3rd Birthday.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY FLUPASCRACKERBOX!! Have a happy day sweetie.
Wow!! I haven't been to the blog in a few days. It looks great Heather.
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