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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46168 Location: yes
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 21 12:59 am Post subject: long dogs are charming |
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that is about half of the ones out last sunday
it was nice for mutts and humans, it has been rather a long time with no amble and social.
the mutts are quite a mixed bunch, plenty of retired athletes, assorted lurchers from huge to tiny and from "nice" to "challenging", posh fancy things, the honorary longdogs(assorted terriers for the most part)
most are rescues, it is nice to see them settle over time
longies are a bit different to yer average mutt
they are so varied in type, personality and background etc, there is a perfect chum for anyone who has a mutt shaped space in their life
these walks started with a dozen or so, we got world record for great greyhound walk 2 yrs running, iirc the second was 180 ish mutts
over the last decade or so, york team pointy have had ours, and we have nudged loads of folk to go long and get their first one
one is never enough(unless it is)
there are a few folk who are awesome good at this stuff, and plenty of local pointy versions to see what the things are like
we don't do running or enthusiastic play on such occasions, parading those past a cat in a window in a dignified manner is impressive enough, as is a huge mix of packs acting like family when we stop half way or at the pub
"the public" do seem to like it, many of them are now us
ps we do not beg for bickies, but we do hearts and minds big style to get folk interested, comfortable that these things are "nice"* and maybe later they think that it might be for them and a new chum, quite a few like that on the walks and around the city, it is not "do you want a dog?" tis showing how charming they are
*not all are "nice", some can be managed, others are "troubled", again some can be managed
the easy ones are easy, plenty of them
the difficult ones, although a bit specialist, if they last a week will usually chill out in a couple of years, often sooner with good direction
retired athletes are ace, most are very chilled and lovin it as soon as they see a sofa
a bull lurcher covered in badger bites and in witness protection might need a bit more reassurance that the world is quite nice
there is a full range of longdogs that need the right home and a full range of folk who have one awaiting even if they don't know it yet, putting them together can be done
not to be "racist" about mutts, other types also need homes, it takes a different way of thinking but mostly wolf is splendid(a few ds folk met ronnie, he was not a big bad wolf, he was a big good wolf), a bit specialized as a rescue but my first one, a half wolf, was an extreme rescue, that was quite challenging, it turned out well both times.
ditto, i met a wonderful jrt on sunday, she is a rescued unwanted "handbag dog", what a dudette after 3 weeks of a decent home with a retired athlete
afaik the first sunday of october will be the first global greyhound walk for 2 years, there may be one near you, with or without a mutt folk will be welcomed, folk like the mutts
not in york, world record twice but it is good to spread the love and it is hard work, some of the york pointies are off to a big house country park for a county wide version |
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