If you joined one of the 2288 dogs at one of the 58 walks in 2011 then you’ll know …
it’s an opportunity for greyhound and lurcher owners around Great Britain and Ireland to come together at simultaneous walks they have arranged to celebrate retired hounds and show everyone that they make great family pets.

If you weren’t involved last year but you want to have a go this year you could make it …
  The start of a new social walking and owner support group.
  An event on your walking groups calendar
  Part of a bigger fundraising day or a PR event to promote the homing of greyhounds
  Or just a one-off event for a group of owners, large or small

When is it?
Sunday 24th June 2012

What time?
We’d love everyone to walk at 10am then we would truly have x thousands of greyhounds walking together at the same time, plus it’s not too hot at that time and leaves time at the end for activities.

Where is it?
At as many locations as possible throughout Britain and Ireland.

How do we get involved?
You can find your nearest walk by checking on our web site
http://www.greatbritishgreyhoundwalk.btck.co.uk/

If you already run greyhound walks and would like to have a walk as part of the GBGW then simply register your walk. The form you need can be downloaded from the website above.
If you’ve never run a walk before but are interested then contact us by email, post or through the GBGW website and we can send you our guidelines for running a walk. We’ll give you all the help we can to make your walk as easy as possible. Last year there were lots of first time walks which have now become regular events, so beware, it can be addictive! Once your walk’s registered we’ll keep in touch with regular updates

GBGW Contact details
Walks co-ordinator : Janet Peacock (Greyhound Walks)
Tel: 07983 430352
Email: info at greatbritishgreyhoundwalk dot org dot uk
Post: 5 Washall Drive, Braintree, Essex, CM77 7GF

..or send us a pm on this forum and we will aim to answer all of your questions… or even follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/groups/324040254294277/) or Twitter (http://twitter.com/GBGW) 

GAL are delighted to host our very first Valentine’s Dog Show on Sunday 12th February at South Dalziel Studios, Motherwell, from 12pm - 4pm.

When offered the community hall at short notice we jumped at the opportunity to raise valuable funds for the Hounds in GAL’s care - and are incredibly excited at the fun a Valentine’s theme can bring for our first event of the year!

Join the Galhounds for a fantastic day out and help GAL continue to raise awareness, rescue and rehome retired greyhounds and lurchers.

Our Fun Dog Show Ring Categories are currently being finalised, but they are set to include:

“Love is in the Air” - Best Valentine Themed Hound

“Star Crossed Lovers” - Best Couple
(joint entries for two dog families…same sex / mixed breed couples all welcome, love comes in all shapes and sizes )

“Here Come the Girls” - Prettiest Bitch

“Most Eligible Batchelor” - Most Handsome Dog

“Tall, Dark and Handsome” - Best Black Hound

...with more to be announced!

There will be ample opportunity for dogs of all breeds to take part, as well as special sighthound rounds - keep an eye out for full details to be confirmed in due course.

Of course, the stars of the day will be our “Lonely Hearts Club” - taking part in the Homeless Hounds Parade. Will you fall in love with one of our hearthrob hounds looking for their forever home?

We’ll also have the GAL Shop, raffle, tombola and stalls on the day to enjoy - as well as the popular South Dalziel Studio Cafe to keep everyone fed and watered.

South Dalziel Studios is a new venue for GAL and we’re delighted to host our first show there. The Studios are in a renovated Church Hall, situated in the heart of Motherwell at 240 Orbiston Street, ML1 1QF - across from Motherwell Civic Centre and next to Motherwell Police Station.

For those using public transport, the closest railway station is Airbles and there are lots of local bus services in the area, too. You can find out more at http://www.southdalzielstudios.co.uk

We hope you can make it - keep your eyes peeled for more details of categories soon, and we can’t wait to see your “love is in the air” themed costumes… I’m thinking cupid for Champ….

For those of you who are unable to attend, don’t worry - there will be plenty of opportunities to attend future shows for Spring, Summer, Halloween and Christmas - and lots of our smaller events in between!

You can read about the on-going rescue on their facebook page (and make a donation):
https://www.facebook.com/login/reauth.php?next=https://www.facebook.com/update_security_info.php?wizard=1#!/pages/Galgos-del-Sol/175718192447988?sk=info

And their official site is here:
http://www.galgosdelsol.es/

Mum’s been working with a dog behaviorist with me - it’s been such fun Mum’s trying to load pics and a wee video but she struggled before and is cursing and swearing at photobucket.

Mum says she is so proud of me (and Manny of course - but that’s another story. Woof Baxter

Just to let you all know that Hendrix is doing really well living here with Richard, Toots, Clover, Bailey and myself.  He has been with us for the last 3 months and has turned out to be a real charmer he really has us all twisted around his little paw.  Hendrix loves going for his walks, but doesn’t like puddles or getting wet and will do anything he can think of not to go out into the rain.  He eats really well now and has stopped trying to gobble all of his meals in one go he now know’s he is going to be fed, treats wise Hendrix(or Henny as we call him)has learned to be gentle it has taken some time to teach this but he is a lot better now.  Hendrix will make a family or a couple a very lovely pet, he gets on really well with children of all ages and is very gentle with dogs of all sizes.

Yesterday we saw Theo come to stay with us and so far so good, he is quite vocal when out on the lead, however I think this is pure excitement as he just wants to see and look at everything.  Theo has been very good with my dogs Toots who is a Lurcher(and the doggy boss), Clover another Lurcher and Bailey our Dalmatian, he seams to have found his feet among them all.  Theo even to managed to walk up and down the stairs this morning after not knowing what to do yesterday we are all so proud of him.

I will keep going with everything and the boys get on really well together witch is great, speak to you all soon I hope.

Toots, Clover,Bailey,Hendrix and Theo’s Mum

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Laura, Jingle, Coal & Nuala x