Kirislin

I always like looking at your collages, they capture the essence of life where you live.

I always like looking at your collages, they capture the essence of life where you live.

We all got together for their 1st birthday, a couple of months ago now. Here's Milton and Arkey, they remembered each other of course and immediately started trying to figure out who was the fastest. Typical boys 5F6A3959dppt by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A3962dppt by kirislin, on Flickr I like this one, it reminds me of some sighthound sculptures I've seen. 5F6A3967dppt by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A3957dppt by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A3956dppt by kirislin, on Flickr and of course one of my baby 5F6A3954dppy by kirislin, on Flickr

I love the action kung fu kanga shot and I agree with CC the pensive one of your son was my other fave too.

I didn't go today but I might go on Friday, it's forecast to be 28. You're sure dogs are allowed off leash there at this time of year? I'm assuming little greyhounds (IGs) aren't the right kind to go to the Howloween party

you're funny!!

It's that bloody Peanut again, yeah, I'll blame her. :laugh:

bugger! this is the beach we used to go to with our whippet club and it's where I was thinking of heading off to. Thanks for this info, probably why I couldn't find it anymore on the website.

I've been there and I liked it, I probably should have said on the East side of Melbourne though, Altona and getting through the city makes it less appealing for me, but thankyou.

somewhere in Port Phillip, or Westernport bay. I dont want to go to Brighton, been there, had an awful experience. I know alot of beaches are now closed to dogs but I'd love to find one still open that's quiet.

Stan: They can only dream.

I wonder if my dogs will have inspired hers to try it again now. When she looked after mine I warned her that they're counter surfers. She thought everything was whippet safe but when she came home one day the boys had been up on her kitchen bench and rummaged through a bowl that she leaves her "to do" paperwork in. At the very bottom they found some long forgotten mint leaves lollies in a sealed packet. They ripped it open, pulled all the lollies out, licked all the sugar off them and squished them into the carpet. Most of the time they're very good boys. :laugh:

Well, after being such heroes on Saturday the boys really blotted their copy books today. Iggy mum and I went out for a hour or so and left them in her house. We checked that there were not pills or food within reach on the benches because when she looked after them for me while I was in hospital they got up on her kitchen benches and ransacked them. Yep, every thing ok and out of reach, so we thought. I forgot that she has a kitchen tidy. Why do they call them that. Anyway, it's now a kitchen untidy because this is the sight that greeted us when we returned. They took rubbish into every room they had access to so they could comfortably lick the contents of old containers. Luckily they didn't open that bottle of cream, I dread to think of the mess they would have made of that. IMG_0608dppt by kirislin, on Flickr I can just imagine her own dogs looking on in awe and saying we dont do that here, but then throwing caution to the wind and joining in on the garbage smorgasbord

I wonder how hard it is to find (and afford) parking where ever they meet. I dont know that I could walk too far. It's very tempting though.

thanks all, they're pretty special boys, Arkey thinks so too.

:laugh: Yes! another reason why I was so happy to have a hip replacement, I can move without as much pain now.

Tag and Puck are oversized whippets, they're not fat but they've got alot of bone and weigh about 18kgs when they're really muscled up, way too big for the showring (IMO) Arkey's fairly big for an IG, the standard says their top weight is supposed to be 5kgs but he's more than that. There were some tiny IGs there though that made even Neko look like a Clydesdale :laugh: and she weighs 4.3kgs

I've heard that it's not, but perhaps ask on POTN or similar.

Arkey first met my whippets Tag and Puck, when he was about 6 months old he really liked them. They've always been good with him when ever they meet, including him in their sometimes rough games but moderating it slightly so as not to hurt him. When ever he comes to visit now he gets really excited and Marcus and I joke and say that Arkey says to himself, when I grow up I want to be just like Tag and Puck. It's as if he idolises them, and they seem to treat him like the little kid that he is, but on the weekend they did something really sweet and I was so proud of them. We went to an Iggy play day at a dog park and I took my 3 whippets and Neko. Marcus brought all of his IGs along. Arkey was playing with another IG who was very speedy and took him by surprise, because Arkey knows he's pretty quick himself. He took a tumble and sat up a bit confused. Straight away Tag rushed in and stood by him and immediately after Puck was there too and they were like 2 bouncers breaking up a fight (although it wasn't a fight) and sent Lupi, the other IG away. There was no aggression but they were definitely protecting their little mate Arkey. Dont believe me? I managed to get the photos to prove it. :D I was so happy when I saw these pics, I really think they tell a story, and I'm so proud of my big goofy body guards. Arkey's just done a somersault here and sat up looking dazed and confused. Tag's rushed in to stand over him protectively. 5F6A5570dppt by kirislin, on Flickr Puck backs up his brother and together they wrap themselves around Arkey and tell Lupi he has to back off. 5F6A5571dppt by kirislin, on Flickr

Happy (belated) Birthday Mr Goofster :laugh:

That makes sense. See I never get this :/ We're talking about domesticated dogs recognising their own kind. I think it's instinctive, it's hard wired into them.

I dont think they're related, it might have even been the first time they met, but they sure had fun. IG's and Whippets get really happy when they see dogs that look like them. Yes, same with tibbies. It's really delightful to see, isn't it! The pic is gorgeous...I hear music when I look at it! Sooo disco Vizslas are the same. Gravitate to each other. :D I've always said dogs are "racist", or should it be breedist. It seems it's natural to be attracted to and identify with your own kind

thanks all for looking, I'm glad you like it. I thought it was pretty funny when I saw it too. :D

yes she is. Thanks CC. :D Meece does have beautiful eyes. I see alot of IGs with smallish eyes but I prefer great big liquid ones like hers that melt my heart.

Neko and Arkey come from good breeding. This is their nana Meece, Roskyle Petit Fleur. She came to the IG play day yesterday and I managed to get some photos of her where she wasn't asleep under a doona. She's 12 years old now and has the old dog standy up ears, but she's still beautiful to my eye. She won BOB at the Royal Melb in 2007 and she can still do that beautiful floating extended trot just free, without being strung up on a show leash. My photos dont do her movement justice. 5F6A5608dppt by kirislin, on Flickr I love her big dark eyes too. 5F6A5637dpp by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A5603dppt by kirislin, on Flickr 5F6A5600dpp by kirislin, on Flickr