My heart is in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart is in the Highlands a chasing the deer.
Robert Burns
Well they may chase the deer in their hearts, but no luck in reality.
Their chasing is limited to "bunnies" and only non-living ones at that.
These are what drive them to their divine madness. Most of these
are the white plastic kind (lures) either at events or at home. They
long to chase the the fluffy long tailed ones (cats and squirrels) but
are not allowed to those any more than the deer...or even the real hare that
they occasionally see while on walks now that they are in the wilderness.
They must contend with the plastic ones and the stuffed ones that don't run
but can be flung around the house and killed when the madness reaches a peak!
 These latter are also good for tormenting each other into
further madness by trying to keep them away from the other. And for
occasional indoor fetch with the humans, that Bran (the Greybrador
Retriever) loves so much.
We (Aaron and Kym) adopted
Irony on June 18, '98 from
Greyhound Placement Service after
a long canineless wait. To check out her story and more pictures click
on her picture or her name. We lost her to liver disease on August 18, 04
and will miss her always.
On Feb 6 ,'99 we brought Bran from GPS to foster with
us. Well, it didn't work out......because on May 12 we drove back to GPS
and signed the adoption papers! Click on his name or pic to find
out his story.
Since moving to Colebrook NH we are no longer involved in LGRA or SCA coursing,
which you will see mentioned on their pages. We also aren't really doing
much in the way of "meet and greet" either, but keep looking for possible
venues up here.
On March 22, 2003 we finally made another trip to Goffstown and adopted
Scolaighe. You can meet her by clicking on her name
or picture.
In July of 2004 we parted from our hound-only ways and got a Border
Collie/Australian Shephered mix puppy. We wanted a "working pet" and someone
offered us the puppy so we went for it. .You can click on his photo or name
to meet
Gleann.
In part because we've been less active with hound activities and also because
the hounds have settled in so much, there hasn't been an update here for
ages. However, I have finally put up a new page of photos of
more than one together, mostly pictures. I will
keep adding to this, including pictures of them together and seperate.
The new place means we now FINALLY have a fence for the hounds to run in
and we don't have to look for dog-friendly areas to do ritual (we have a
permanent ritual site even...where Irony is now buried). The house
even allows for a bit more space for chasing about "killing the stuffies."
Of course, it means we meet fewer people on our walk...often none at all,
which is devestating for such attention hounds. But the occasional sighting
of moose, deer, fox, and even BUNNIES helps comfort them. ~;)
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