Just for fun I was looking at the greyhound data site for my weans family tree.
Mason’s grandmother was I’m Slippy, she was also Nell’s great grandmother and Donnie’s great great grandmother!
Sadly Byron’s tattoos never matched anything either here or in Ireland, much like by boy they were an enigma
Mason’s racing name was Baby Sham, Nell was Rapid Passion and Donnie was Witches When
Anyone else found a link between their kids?
Marie
If the tattoes don’t match racing in Ireland or the UK,they could be from a private coursing club.
When I was volunteering for the SSPCA I found the tattoes really useful cos you could identify their actual age. Also, it helped you pick a name for them, when you were naming animals on a daily basis your mind tended to go a bit blank after a while.
Hi Went onto Greyhound data.com when we got Nuala and it turns out that Nuala’s father is Mojo’s grandfather. Nuala’s racing name was Moon Gamble and Mojo’s racing name was Shine the Buckle. There is a picture of Nuala’s father (Some Gamble)on Greyhound data.com and she definitely looks like him. Am also sure that both Nuala and Mojo have I’m Slippy in their ancestors which would mean that they are both related to Donnie.
Nell was Rapid Passion, no wonder she was used for breeding!! lol That’s lovely that your weans are related.
Clyde’s name was Game Duck!! I just found I’m Slippy in Clyde’s family tree too, this one is a male though, he was Clyde’s great great great grandfather!!! Clyde had 2190 siblings on his father’s side!! I found a video of Clyde’s last race on the Irish racing website, it was Nov 08.
Christie is a lurcher but has a tattoo in her right ear of either KD or XD, can anyone shed any light on why that would be??
Its the same I’m Slippy, I got the genders wrong!! Just looked at Clyde’s pedigree, he’s got Larkhill Jo in there as well, a very well known stud!!
Re Byron I think he was a ringer, one tattoo gave us his year of birth as 2004 but the rest was gobbledegook.
Marie
The tattoo on our first Roo, Honey was not clear, we only knew she was a UK registered hound. Izzy was a X so no joy there either. Penny was “Penny Leigh” and had raced, quite successfully, until she was almost 3 and is a UK dog. Lana was “Pamela’s Gold”, Irish registered, no racing history but we think she ran on illegal “flapper” tracks as did most of her siblings. Her mother was black and her father a pale sandy colour hence her mix!
Nell was Rapid Passion, no wonder she was used for breeding!! lol That’s lovely that your weans are related.
Clyde’s name was Game Duck!! I just found I’m Slippy in Clyde’s family tree too, this one is a male though, he was Clyde’s great great great grandfather!!! Clyde had 2190 siblings on his father’s side!! I found a video of Clyde’s last race on the Irish racing website, it was Nov 08.
Christie is a lurcher but has a tattoo in her right ear of either KD or XD, can anyone shed any light on why that would be??
Elaine
It could be a private coursing club, especially if it’s a lurcher.
The tattoes in their ears must have been b****y sore to have done but it is nice to have a bit of background info on your rescued pet, especially exact D.O.B. Kayri was born in Limerick, a litter of one! Then moved up to Northern Ireland and subsequently ended up over here. She was by Spriral Nikita, a black Irish dog, who sired a lot of dogs. He would be in the Grandfather ranks for most of the dogs out there now though I would think.
When I put my earlier post on and checked Lana’s details, her great-grandfather was an Irish hound - I’m slippy, a white and blue brindle - take it to be the same one!
Could all our roos be distantly related to each other in some way!?
This is getting more complicated, but facinating!. Of two Kyle Jack’s female offspring, one is the mother of the bitch and one is the mother of the sire that produced Penny! - arghhhh! I’m totally confused now!
(Kyle Jack - Clyde’s great- great great grandfather?)
When I put my earlier post on and checked Lana’s details, her great-grandfather was an Irish hound - I’m slippy, a white and blue brindle - take it to be the same one!
Could all our roos be distantly related to each other in some way!?
This is getting more complicated, but facinating!. Of two Kyle Jack’s female offspring, one is the mother of the bitch and one is the mother of the sire that produced Penny! - arghhhh! I’m totally confused now!
(Kyle Jack - Clyde’s great- great great grandfather?)
That’s a close one, does that make Penny’s parents cousins??
Kyle Jack was Clyde’s great grandfather. I was totally facinated with the website just after I got Clyde but it’s really interesting to hear how the weans are all related to each other!! I’m Slippy is mentioned 3 times as Clyde’s great x 3 grandfather, so must have sired 3 of his great x 2 grandparents!!!
Wow I didn’t realise there would be so many similar ancestors!!
We would love to know more about Jodi’s history, but her tatoo has been smudged. Some people I have met at the GAL walks have told me this is probably deliberate for one of 2 reasons - one if Jodi was a fast runner they may have wanted to pass her off as a different dog so she would be closer to the start line or two (sadly) if the trainer was going to leave her somewhere and didn’t want to be traced. I don’t like to think about the second. Unfortunately GAGAH couldn’t tell us much about Jodi’s life before her last family.
I’m Slippy was a bit of a lad!! Its amazing how closely connected our family of groos are when you look them up.
Re Jodi, its not unheard of for dodgy trainers to substitute a fast dog and a lesser one at races to push up the odds, I am sure that is why Byron’s were so vague.
As a rule English tattoos are in one ear and denote the year the dog was born and the number of pups in the litter.The Irish have three letters left ear and two in right ear which indicate same.
Some dogs go from UK to Ireland and end up with two tattoos as well.
I am sure the data site explains the letters=year etc if you have a look.
Please look up Nell (Rapid Passion) if you are on, its extraordinary to see her picture before her face went white!! She looks totally different.
Marie
Then moved up to Northern Ireland and subsequently ended up over here. She was by Spriral Nikita, a black Irish dog, who sired a lot of dogs. He would be in the Grandfather ranks for most of the dogs out there now though I would think.
