Needle Noses ... Fostering Ex-Racing Greyhounds

Needle Noses as moved!

2006-09-05T10:42:00.000+10:00

Fostering greyhounds in Queensland Australia has moved to this spot.

Thanks for viewing. I appreciate it and sniff your e-bottom in your honor.

katy and tamale.

Scallywag, Fudge & Macey

2006-08-20T16:45:00.000+10:00

(Katy with Scallywag and Fudge, and Fudge, Tamale, & Macey)

Oh how behind I get on the blogging. We've Scallywag, then Scallywag with Fudge, then just Fudge and then Fudge and Macey. It's always a doggie party here. Needle Noses: Scallywag, Fudge, Macey

I've also had some minor issues with my own Tamale. Clearly this isn't my fault. No way. Hey, if she does this once a month, it won't kill her or make her a meany. We've had her for 2.5 years and she's been up with me on the Womb or couch all of 5 times. I still think this is Mark's fault! Needle Noses: Tamale's been bad!

Enjoy.
k

Bye to Jack, & 'Lo to Pearl

2006-07-21T21:19:00.000+10:00

I have to make this quick!
We're going through dogs so fast. There aren't many cat homes for fostering, so once they get used to the cats, they often get sent to another foster family so another dog can leave the kennel. It's not as slick as it is in the U.S., but I love that all the volunteers know each other or know of each other.

We lost Jack (who was thrilled that Italy beat France, but Tamale was still sore about Germany) to another foster family who had his brother. But we got Pearl in return. She's a laaaaady! Needle Noses: Bye to Jack and 'Lo to Pearl

You'll be able to see from the photos that she is most delicate and feminine. She also drives Tamale wild. Tamale is not bi-sexual, she's bi-attracted. Let's not fool ourselves. NO one is t o come near her booty. No one. But she does fancy both the ladies and the boys. Pearl is getting spayed Monday. Whew! Tamale is finding her scent wildly alluring. It doesn't bother us in theory, but straight or gay, dog or human, please don't hump in front of us during My Name is Earl and Lost. We don't watch much telly, but what we do watch we take seriously!

'Ats da Facts, Jack! (two Jack posts in one)

2006-07-09T17:49:00.000+10:00

We said good-bye to Dexter and a re-hello to Jack.
Jack has issues. He's funny and totally adoptable, but he's not without a few issues. Seems he was a good runner, but didn't want to hang with other dogs. He's still that way. He's a solo boy. Very shy. ...but playful. He's a big tail wagger as he tries to decide if he should come to you or run and hide.

I don't know how many we've done since we started fostering.... 25+? It's one reason I try to blog this. I don't want to forget any foster.... or at least I wanted a way to revisit them. I'm losing count. ... like I lost count of all the men who wanted to live with me forever. I lost count right after one.

He's also not much of a World Cup fan, unlike Tamale. Needle Noses: Not Quite a World Cup Fan

Jack is camera shy. Getting him to pose or stay still is like pulling teeth. He has no respect for my need to show off his eye liner and his charcoal-kissed mouth.
He does like his toys, though. Sometimes he comes out of hiding just to steal toys from Tamale... or my knitting! Needle Noses: Get Back for a Jack attack!

Time to do laundry. You know it's chore time when I start blogging.

Dexter says ciao!

2006-06-28T22:32:00.000+10:00

I've been lazy. Yes, and doing dishes is all part of my grand scheme of laziness.

Just a few reports on Dexter. It looks like he's leaving this weekend. He should go to his forever home and Tamale will play tart with her grey friends at Brooke's place (she's sort of a greyhound party mom.... has a few grey pets and welcomes Tamale when we leave town.... and I think she supplies them treats I don't... all very suss!).

Mark and I are off to skip and sashay around the Gold Coast and call it a marathon. I skip. He sashays.

I'm going to be link lazy as I want to go to bed soon. Both stories can be found here: Needle Noses Main Page. HabanOHNO and Dexter gets an A+ on independent study are his last posts.

HabanOHNO involves a very dangerous pepper.

A+ are his last photos and, as this is a family blog I feel I must warn our younger members, there is some hot dog luvin!

Management can not be held responsible if your dog humps your leg.

Dexta.... so brave

2006-06-12T22:27:00.000+10:00

I have to do dishes, Mark has to watch Australia v. Japan.

so this is quick. Dexter has problems....

Needle Noses: Dexta... the biggest wuss eva!

and you can see it on film (3.6 mb) at Dexter and the fearsome 2 stairs
(movie of the month).

ciao!
k

Tamale in panties! Jonesy poops! Dexter rests.

2006-06-11T00:23:00.000+10:00

I like how the lavender brings out the pink of Tamale's belly. Who says ruined undies can't be used for some blogging fun? I cut a hole in them for her tail. She wore them all of 4 minutes. I can't put her through that much torture. It's not really torture if it's Pink Panther boy cuts.

So, blackhead update, splatter poo, babysitting Jack, and our new dog from the vet school... DEXTER!

I'd like to just say that you can't escape things. I mentioned in the running blog about my iPod escaping or trying to escape death. Now it's pet humiliation.....

Needle Noses: Doggie Girly Shots

Now I spent too much time mucking about with my templates. I was behind on too many things. Time for bed. Thank goodness the queen is being celebrated on Monday. I'd had to have lost this day completely. Whoo hoo! I love a 3-day weekend!

Banjo leaves, Jonesy's here, and stuff I'd rather not share

2006-05-31T19:24:00.000+10:00

well... I have to share it!

First a bit of sad news. Banjo was adopted out but returned. Probably the joy of being a puppy. He'll be alright. He's a great dog. Just wasn't a match.
Needle Noses: Good-bye Banjo! Hello, Jonesy!"

And then there is this. ....

I can't even post a photo to describe what I'm about to do. I'm sure when it happens, there'll be photos, but ... I'm just not there yet.
Needle Noses: I must have been a baaaaaad person

I'm in hell.

Coming soon to a seedy theatre near you...

2006-05-23T21:38:00.000+10:00

I've been away for a bit doing my business. Like Zuni here, as a kitten, doing her business, never realizing that she'd be key in greyhound adoption 13 years later.

But there are posts coming.
Been happy happy joy joy puss puss moo land for two weeks with friend. Now she's gone and I'm all alone. A love song keeps coming to my mind... bugger. cheesy songs always infiltrate me. But no. I'm in a blue mood as I recover from massive homesickness and a week of headaches and migraines.

But the doggie news...
There'll be posts on Banjo (he be gone).
There'll be posts on Jonesy (he be here).
There's a return of Banjo and the request to squeeze the blackheads of Jonesy (oh laws how I wish I were kidding).

and I think I am not caught up on retro introductions.

k

Banjo's out, Jonesy's in... and I'm not there to see all this!

2006-05-15T12:32:00.000+10:00

I'm in Cairns right now... You know... in an internet cafe as it's been o'cast and rainy the entire time we've been here. Harrumph. We're having a great time, though. I did contact the Manboy and he told me that Kirsty the Evil has taken my Banjo, but dropped off Jonesy at the same time. The old bait'n'switch on Tamale. She never noticed that her boytoy toyboy left. Seems Jonesy is also quite the hotty, but much more mature.

Pictures and a better post when I return.

Now, I must go and cruise your blogs!

k

Mmmmm.... hello, scratch my belly!

2006-05-06T22:07:00.000+10:00

Just some updates on Banjo. He's not an expert in cockroaching and he's been a bit naughty....
Needle Noses: Look ma, no paws!

You can also see him in the movie of the month on my mac.com site (the one that saves me $$$ on long distance phone bills).
Movie of the Month: Banjo Movie

And just a little photo for you. Tamale and I are modeling the yoga socks I was knitting when Mark was commenting on my very impressive ability to knit and stretch clad only in a towel.

I'm very excited... a friend I've known since I was 10 is coming to visit. Her first trip to Australia. I need to clean. ... not blog. ... clean.

Lazy bastards!

2006-05-02T22:15:00.000+10:00

This is just a link to another blog. Not the greyhound blog. My own to my friends back home. As you may or may not read, I couldn't decide if this was more about dogs, running, or the domestic bliss a casa CasHew (combination of our last names).

I think what this shows about greyhounds is their calm nature. If you're a runner, you'll understand the volume that isn't captured on digital camera. If you're not... well, start running and enjoy the fun!

Musings of a Texan in Oz: When one of us suffers, we all suffer!

I'm having trouble getting photos of Banjo. He's the most mobile wiggly thing I've had and in the time between pressing the button and the coolpix actually taking the photo, Banjo is gone already.

A Day Off

2006-04-27T21:46:00.000+10:00

This past Tuesday was ANZAC Day here. Think Memorial Day if you're American. Mark and I had a run around the river and then we came home to give the dogs the "last walk." Banjo lost his man-berries the following day. No walks for a week while his dangly bits heal.

The cats are showing signs of age and this pains me. I deal with it by not thinking about it. I am a pretty laid back woman, but my animals and husband are under strict instructions not to die. I hold them to this rule.

It's not an impressive blog, but just a little glimpse... and hey, we WILL be painting this house. Green?! Oy! Naturally we're going to paint it purple with bright green and red accents. As if any other color combination is an option!

Needle Noses: Mark/Kids ANZAC Day.

Now I must go and work on my new blog... I have to write to Mark doesn't hear me yammer all the time. It's YAMMER TIME!

Maddie masters the art of kiddoflage!

2006-04-21T20:11:00.000+10:00

Greyhounds and kids. My stepchildren are 10 and 12 going on 8 and 21. We had 3 dogs, 2 kids, 2 cats and 2 adults... and mostly we were in the same room. C and A made all sorts of force fields around the dogs using some magnetic stick and ball thing from Australian Geographic. Because they did not have the engineering degree to build an active force field, the dogs were able to disregard it without losing hair or brain cells. C and A moved on to burying the dogs in the dogs' toys. There was no resistance. C and A are good around the dogs, so there was no stress. And hey, being buried in plushies was heaven!

Needle Noses: where's Maddie?

Catching up on the Needle Noses

2006-04-13T21:39:00.000+10:00

It's been a while. we were in Canberra (Trip to Canberra). Mark did a marathon, I did the marathon eve 10k. Was going to do another tomorrow for Good Friday's Easter Egg Fun Run, but after the amount of Thai curry I had tonight (I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW.... i forgot, get off my case), me thinks I might just run several loops of my own hood as to be near a potty, lest tomorrow be written up as the day Katy turned Good Friday's fun run into Bun Runs! I have not mastered the green curry quick step... I hear it's a lot like Yassos.

But this isn't about the pink furless bipedal runner with the knockout chest and the fine sublime booty (hey, online, I'm HOT!)

This is about how Greys can curl up into wee balls and some fun outings for our cause....Needle Noses: Goldieball

and...

Our fun weekend with TWO greys... Needle Noses: Maddie and Banjo.

Okay, I must get to bed now. Must get up early enough to... you know... Too bad I can't run with the hounds... would love to have something to blame.

Cole: Hello and Good-bye

2006-04-04T22:42:00.000+10:00

Whooo... We lose Becky one day, gain Cole the next, and he's gone as of tomorrow (Weds). No matter how long you have them, the dogs find their way into your heart. It's one reason I am blogging this. I never want to forget a dog.

This one includes a movie in the blog. I hope it works.

Needle Noses..Cole: Hello and Good-Bye

A Dark and Stormy Night

2006-03-31T06:16:00.000+10:00

The day was filled with gloom from the beginning. Katy was too tired in the am to get up for an überearly run that would have allowed her to get to work by 7:15. The day was grey and getting darker. The arrogant bitch at work was on her case, Pedantic Doily Twit was back and "goodness graciousing" to no end. Katy tried to lighten the day with a purchase of Keens, but no style to her liking in her size. While she did get a pair of comfy hippie shoes to turn off even the most viagra addicted randy boy, her joy was tempered by the worry of cycling home in the storm that was, and I quote, "a brewin'." The wee boss shooed her home, "you're riding your bike, you should go now!" (oh to go home early on a Friday? Tweeest my arm!" Things were looking up... Perhaps the day wasn't so grey. The dogs still seem to enjoy my arrival and appreciate an opened door. The cats hadn't puked. and the dirty dishes hadn't multiplied on their own... but then...

CRASH!

BOOM!.....

A Dark and Stormy Night

Video of Becky: link fixed

2006-03-20T21:46:00.000+10:00

i have a wee digital camera that lets me take small videos. i had to capture Becky's spazmatroid behaviour. well, she's not really a spaz. right now she's asleep... again. .... still.... as usual. but when I come home, it's aaaaaall about the booty shakin'.

i tried to get this with the theme to the banana splits show, but i worried about a cease and be-pissed order.

this should work now. why can't links just understand my needs?
Becky Begs at Balcony

2-FAQ Fershur

2006-03-14T06:53:00.000+10:00

oh, i had to rant on the dummarsch questions i get. questions that make me nuts and make Tamale lose her head.

Needle Noses: 2-FAQ Fershur

They're just being mean

2006-03-06T21:46:00.000+10:00

i continue to struggle with the bravery gene in becky. the main struggle is that she is lacking in this gene. the cats have detected this and now play a game with her.

really unfair. ...but kind of amusing.

Needle Noses: Now they're just being mean!

What is with the rug?!

2006-03-05T21:57:00.000+10:00

it's a scummy rug. was cheap as. not like we'll fork over the dough for a rug when we have two cats and a revolving door of foster greyhounds and our own greyt. But seriously, they LIVE on it. i can't figure out how i'll clean it with all the water restrictions and the lack of a good drying queensland sun. it's a CSI rug. i read a foster blog today and i liked his line about how pet hair is a new condiment in his house. yup. see, we'll live forever because of the hair of the dog...s... and cats.

back to the rug

for some reason, the dogs love the rug and with Becky, the rug has special powers....

Needle Noses: What's with the rug?

Becky!

2006-03-05T04:07:00.000+10:00

There's got to be a superhero that uses extreme wuss'ism to fight the good fight.

I'm not going to bother counting the rooms in our house, but let's just say it's more than two, but two is the number of rooms that Becky feels safe in. And really just one. The sleep-out is only safe to walk into so we can stick our head in the bedroom and plead for Mark and Katy to wake up and come out into the living room to watch us sleep safely on the rug of security. We don't actually enter the bedroom as there are small furry beasts with rotating paws of death!

Needle Noses: Becky

Good-bye to my boys and my boys' buoys

2006-03-05T04:03:00.000+10:00

After a month with Charlie and just barely a work week with CeeJay, I had to say good-bye to my boys. First they were here, fully equipped, then they were gone... and "they" were gone, too. Do they associate me with that? Perhaps it's good they left. I don't think I could handle two Castrati mad at me.

Tamale was very sad about the whole thing.

Needle Noses (Foster Greyhound Blog): Good-bye to my boys

coming posts

2006-03-02T07:43:00.000+10:00

for when i'm not overly zonked to write.

we've lost our two foster boys, but are promised a bitch. see, i do this just so i can say bitch in everyday conversation.

so...
1) there'll be the good-bye party pics...
2) a FAQ rant... "are greyhounds vicious" YES... DEADLY AND OUT OF CONTROL. DID YOU NOT SEE THE MOVIE "PREDATOR & ALIEN vs. THE RETIRED GREYHOUND?!... that's why i keep 2-3 around me at all times. i live on the edge. sigh....
on serious note, most people really don't know... so the rant is against australia and ireland... the only countryies that require that they're muzzled in public
3) and (hopefully) the becky introduction.

gotta run. my stinky hubby is outside bitching about how i've locked him out. seems he's been yelling at me to let him in from his morning run. yell louder, bub. i've still got my ear phones in. really. where is the effort?

Retro-Introduction: Tim

2006-02-26T15:32:00.000+10:00

Thieving Tim takes Tamale's Toy!

And how many bloggers do you know alliterate? I ask you... Almost none. Be happy you know me.

Tim was the first dog we cat tested. Usually our dogs come to us pre cat tested, but Tim's owner was closer to us than the other families, so ... LUCKY MY CATS!

He did very well and was housed in a heavenly home. See? I can do it twice in one entry.

Needle Noses (Foster Greyhound Blog): Tim

NEW FOSTER: CeeJay

2006-02-25T10:39:00.000+10:00

Looooook intoooooooo my eyyyyyyyyyes......

Guess we know what color the back of their eyes is.

CeeJay... Race name? Mr. Cholesterol. Where do they get these names?

He's young and hot. Now I have two young and hot males and one sexy bitch. She's not equipped, but they are (until Tuesday) and it's all about posturing. While the boys get along, when she walks by, there's a huffin, a flexin' and a growlin.... But it's all good. In the detailed foster blog, you can see the boys get along just fine, as long as the canine tease is not stirring their hormonal hell.

Needle Noses (Foster Greyhound Blog) CeeJay

Greyhound Logistics

2006-02-25T10:17:00.000+10:00

Sometimes fostering requires more of a logical mind and less of a fluffy full of love mind.

Most of the time my hostess and fosters travel sans muzzle. But when I have two boys, fully loaded in the bits, and new to each other? Muzzle city...
The other day I had to take one dog (Charlie) to see how he'd be with a really loud squeaky dog, then pick up another one (CeeJay) on the way home. I'll have them both until they lose their boulders, plums, manberries, orbs of feistiness, then CeeJay will come back and Charlie will go and recover at another foster home. So... yeah... organisation. Three dogs in this small house is really too much for Mark, but about 3 too few for me.

Needle Noses (Foster Greyhound Blog): Greyhound Logistics

Soon to be published

2006-02-24T06:52:00.000+10:00

New dog CeeJay (no, really... written out.... race name? Mr. Cholesterol)

Taking Charlie (Mr. Wasarbelle) to a home to see if he's a suitable match.

Greyhound logistics.

Scratch-Me-Happy: LINK FIXED

2006-02-18T09:58:00.000+10:00

Let me introduce you to Rocky... race name Scratch-Me-Happy. There are too many Rockies out there... Or would it be Rockys in this case? Anyway, Rocky, Angel, Chief... been done too often. If you had the choice wouldn't you have gone for Scratch-Me-Happy? And check out those eyes. Perfectly applied eyeliner, or what?

SCRAAAATCH!

Needle Noses (Foster Greyhound Blog) SCRATCH!

Cheemie

2006-02-18T09:42:00.000+10:00

Jimmy. Jimmmaaaay!

Jimmy was our first foster dog. We've now had 14 (I think).

Jimmy had this odd sleeping position. No foster since has been so into sleeping à la rack.

Needle Noses (Foster Greyhound Blog) Retro-Introduction: Jimmy

A man a plan a canal panama!

2006-02-18T06:00:00.000+10:00

Introducing Tamale (the plan) and Mark (the man).

See, on me, big thighs and little ankles wouldn't be so cute. Nor would having roo feet. But enough about Mark...

The photo of Angel Moonlily gave me the idea of putting up all the photos of the dogs we've had. In no order. That wouldn't be fun.

The stories of the specific dogs are found by clicking on the Linkydink "IHateToast" over to your right. No, up a bit. There.

I should also put a photo or two of the two very patient cats who help train these guys to live safely with felines. Living safely does not mean they don't annoy the living crappé out of them, but it does mean they don't eat them.

Ciao!

Needle Noses (Foster Greyhound Blog)

Angel Moonlily

2006-02-18T05:51:00.000+10:00

How can you not love a crosseyed dog?

Angel passed a big test. Not only did she have to become cat safe, she had to be proven chook safe!

Needle Noses (Foster Greyhound Blog), Retro-Introduction: Moonlily

Greyhound Adoption Fostering Ex-Racing Greyhounds Queensland Australia

2006-01-29T11:21:00.000+10:00

Oh this is a cheap way for me to get your attention.

I'm hoping that if I write things like... oh, say,
Greyhound Ex-Racing
Fostering Greyhounds
Greyhound Adoption
Greyhounds in Not
Greyhounds in Australia
Greyhounds in Queensland
Lévriers
Needle Noses
Sight Hounds

people googling for information might eventually land here and then click here...
Needle Noses (Foster Greyhound Blog) ... and all is good.

it's not a political site. it's just a site written by a foster carer... who has recently shaved her legs and is feeling mighty smooth today... who wants to share her experiences with other foster carers of Greyhounds and other breeds.

who knows if the search engine is that good. but being that i'm perky and freshly bathed, i'm in the mood to try it.

nuh night puss puss.

not really my blog

2006-01-26T09:48:00.000+10:00

this isn't really my blog. this is just so i can comment on others and have my name be pretty and blue and not typewriter ink black.

bye bye puss puss